This is a list of social democratic and democratic socialist parties which have governed countries, whether as the ruling party or as a member of a governing coalition. Most of these parties were members of the Socialist International.
Political parties
editCountry | Party | Years in power | Member of SI | Notes | |||
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Afghanistan | Homeland Party | 1990–1992 | |||||
Albania | Socialist Party of Albania | 2013–present | |||||
Australia | Australian Labor Party | 1904, 1908–1909, 1910–1913, 1914–1916, 1929–1932, 1941–1949, 1972–1975, 1983–1996, 2007–2013, 2022–present | yes (formerly) | ||||
Bangladesh | Bangladesh Awami League | 2009–present | |||||
Barbados | Barbados Labour Party | 1954–1961, 1976–1986, 1994–2008, 2018–present | |||||
Democratic Labour Party | 1961–1976, 1986–1994, 2008–2018 | ||||||
Belgium | Belgian Socialist Party | 1938–1939, 1945–1949, 1954–1958, 1973–1974 | |||||
Parti socialiste | 2011–2014 | ||||||
Bermuda | Progressive Labour Party | 1998–2012 | |||||
Bolivia | Movement Towards Socialism | 2006–present | |||||
Chile | Socialist Party of Chile | 1970–1973, 2006–2010, 2014–2018 | yes | ||||
Brazil | Brazilian Socialist Party | 2002–2014, 2023–present | |||||
Workers' Party | 2003–2016, 2023–present | ||||||
Bulgaria | Bulgarian Socialist Party | 2002-2012 | |||||
Costa Rica | National Liberation Party | 1948-1949, 1953-1958, 1962-1966, 1970-1978, 1982-1990, 1994-1998, 2006-2014 | |||||
Denmark | Social Democrats (Denmark) | 1916–1920, 1924–1926, 1929–1945, 1947–1950, 1953–1968, 1971–1973, 1975–1982, 1993–2001, 2011–2015, 2019– | |||||
Dominica | Dominica Labour Party | 1961–1979, 2000–present | |||||
Dominican Republic | Dominican Revolutionary Party | 1963, 1978–1986, 2000–2004 | |||||
Ecuador | Democratic Left | 1988–1992 | |||||
PAIS Alliance | 2007–2021 | ||||||
El Salvador | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front | 2009–2019 | |||||
Fiji | Fiji Labour Party | 1987, 1999–2000 | |||||
Finland | Social Democratic Party of Finland | 1926–1927, 1937–1959, 1966–1991, 1995–2007, 2011–2015, 2019–2023 | yes | ||||
France | French Section of the Workers' International | ||||||
Socialist Party | 1981–1995, 1997–2002, 2012–2017 | yes | |||||
Gibraltar | Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party | ||||||
Germany | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 1918–1919, 1921–1922, 1923, 1928–1930, 1966–1982, 1998–2005, 2013–present | |||||
Greece | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | 1981–1989, 1993–2004, 2009–2012 | |||||
Syriza | 2015–2019 | ||||||
Greenland | Siumut | ||||||
Guyana | People's National Congress (Guyana) | 2015–present | |||||
Hungary | Hungarian Socialist Party | 1994–1998, 2002–2010 | yes | ||||
Social Democratic Party of Hungary | 1918-1919 | ||||||
Iceland | Social Democratic Alliance | 2009–2013 | yes | ||||
India | Indian National Congress | 1947–1977, 1980–1989, 1991–1996, 2004–2014 | yes | ||||
Ireland | Sinn Féin | 1919–22 | |||||
Israel | Israeli Labor Party | 1968–1977, 1984–1990, 1992–1996, 1999–2003, 2006–2011, 2020–2022 | yes(formerly) | ||||
Italy | Italian Socialist Party | ||||||
Jamaica | People's National Party | 1955–1962, 1972–1980, 1989–2007, 2012–2016 | |||||
Japan | Japan Socialist Party | 1947–1948 | yes | [1] | |||
Malta | Labour Party | ||||||
Mauritius | Labour Party | ||||||
Mauritian Militant Movement | |||||||
Militant Socialist Movement | |||||||
Mongolia | Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party | ||||||
Montenegro | Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro | ||||||
Morocco | Socialist Union of Popular Forces | ||||||
Nepal | Nepali Congress | ||||||
Netherlands | Labor Party | 1946, 1948–1958, 1973–1977, 1994–2002 | |||||
New Zealand | Labour Party | 1935–1949, 1957–1960, 1972–1975, 1984–1990, 1999–2008, 2017–2023 | observer | ||||
Niger | Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism | ||||||
Norway | Labour Party | 1928, 1935–1965, 1971–1972, 1973–1981, 1986–1989, 1990–1997, 2000–2001, 2005–2013, 2021–present | observer | ||||
Pakistan | Pakistan People's Party | ||||||
Poland | Polish Socialist Party | ||||||
Democratic Left Alliance | 1993–1997, 2001–2005 | ||||||
Portugal | Socialist Party | 1976–1978, 1983–1985, 1995–2002, 2005–2011, 2015–present | yes | ||||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party | 1960–1980, 1995–2015 | |||||
Saint Lucia | Saint Lucia Labour Party | 1960–1964, 1979–1982, 1997–2006, 2011–2016, 2021–present | |||||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Saint Vincent Labour Party | 1967–1972, 1974–1984 | |||||
Unity Labour Party | 2001–present | ||||||
Serbia | Democratic Party | 2000–2003, 2008–2012 | yes | ||||
Slovakia | Smer | 2006–2010, 2012–present | yes | ||||
South Africa | African National Congress | 1994–present | yes | ||||
Spain | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | 1931–1933, 1936–1939, 1982–1996, 2004–2011, 2018–present | yes | ||||
Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1956–1960, 1960–1965, 1970–1977, 1994–present | |||||
Sweden | Swedish Social Democratic Party | 1917–1920, 1921–1923, 1924–1926, 1932–1936, 1936–1976, 1982–1991, 1994–2006, 2014–2022 | |||||
Tanzania | Tanganyika African National Union | 1962–1977 | |||||
Chama Cha Mapinduzi | 1977–present | yes | |||||
Trinidad and Tobago | United National Congress | 1995–2001, 2010–2015 | |||||
Turkey | Republican People's Party | 1923–1950, 1961–1965, 1971–73, 1974, 1977, 1978–1979, 1995–1996 | |||||
Social Democratic People's Party | 1991–1995 | ||||||
Democratic Left Party | 1997–2002 | ||||||
Peoples' Democratic Party | 2015 | ||||||
United Kingdom | Labour Party | 1915–1922, 1924, 1929–1931, 1945–1951, 1964–1970, 1974–1979, 1997–2010, 2024–present | observer | ||||
Uruguay | Socialist Party of Uruguay | 2005–present | yes | ||||
Venezuela | Democratic Action | 1945–1948, 1959–1969, 1974–1979, 1984–1993 |
Currently represented
editThe following is a list of democratic socialist or partially democratic socialist parties which are currently being represented in the legislature of their country. It does not include democratic socialist parties that are mainly social democratic and are considered to their right within the centre-left.
- indicates a governing party, including as junior coalition partner or providing parliamentary support
- 1Parties which are also social democratic.
See also
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