Kaigan Social Democratic Party

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Kaigan Social Democratic Party海岸社会民主党Hǎi'àn Shèhuì MínzhǔdǎngKaigan Shakai Minshu-tō 	Kaigan Social Democratic Party海岸社会民主党Hǎi'àn Shèhuì MínzhǔdǎngKaigan Shakai Minshu-tō
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Leader 	Aurelia Kim
Deputy Leader 	Lisa Duncan
Founded 	16 September 1946
Ideology 	Social democracySocial liberalism
Political position 	Centre-left
Colour 	Red
Slogan 	Doing What Matters for Kaigan
Prefectural Assembly 	/
EnderronianParliament (KA seats) 	/
The Kaigan Social Democratic Party (commonly known as the Kaigan Social Democrats or Kaigan SDP) is the branch of the Social Democratic Party of Enderron operating in Kaigan Prefecture. The party is the one of the two major political parties in Flinderian politics, the other being the Liberal Party of Kaigan. The current party leader is Aurelia Kim, since 2019.
The Social Democrats have governed Kaigan for 36 years, and was most recently in government from 2014 to 2022 under Premiers Brendan Qiu and Aurelia Kim. Notable SDP premiers include Walt Lindsey (1958–1962) and K. D. Nguyen (1990–1998).
==Party leaders==
No. 	Name 	Term began 	Term ended 	Time in office
align="centre"	Oliver Cameron Smith	16 September 1946	19 May 1954 	
align="centre"	Walt Lindsey 	19 May 1954 	22 May 1962 	
align="centre"	Philip Fysh 	22 May 1962 	10 October 1966 	
align="centre"	Jules Freyer 	10 October 1966 	29 April 1977 	
align="centre"	Michael Clarke 	29 April 1977 	17 May 1982 	
align="centre"	Mark Yasuda 	17 May 1982 	12 September 1983	
align="centre"	Ben Jewett 	12 September 1983	7 September 1985 	
align="centre"	Carol Simpson 	7 September 1985 	14 January 1990 	
align="centre"	K. D. Nguyen 	14 January 1990 	1 July 1998 	
align="centre"	Jill Williams 	1 July 1998 	28 March 2001 	
align="centre"	Steve Vargas 	28 March 2001 	22 February 2008 	
align="centre"	Ren Okuma 	22 February 2008 	21 May 2010 	
align="centre"	Brendan Qiu 	21 May 2010 	16 November 2019 	
align="centre"	Aurelia Kim 	16 November 2019 	Incumbent 	
===Deputy leaders===
#Ross Rammell (1946–1950)
#Walt Lindsey (1950–1954)
#Tom Dunstan (1954–1962)
#Don Morrison (1962–1967)
#John Radcliffe (1967–1972)
#Michael Clarke (1972–1977)
#Linda Newbury (1977–1979, 1983–1985)
#Mark Yasuda (1979–1982)
#Ben Jewett (1982–1983)
#K. D. Nguyen (1985–1990)
#John Vorster (1990–1998)
#Erik Judd (1998–2004)
#Ren Okuma (2004–2008)
#Hamish McDonnell (2008–2010)
#Julia Drummond (2010–2014)
#Aurelia Kim (2014–2016)
#Tobias Blake (2016–2019)
#Lisa Duncan (2019–present)
==Election results==
===Prefectural Assembly===
Election	Seats won	± 	Total votes	%	Position	Status 	Leader
1946 	/ 	New	 	 	1st 	Majority government	OliverCameron Smith
1950 	/ 	4 	 	 	2nd 	Official Opposition	OliverCameron Smith
1954 	/ 	1 	 	 	2nd 	Official Opposition	OliverCameron Smith
1958 	/ 	2 	 	 	1st 	Majority government	Walt Lindsey
1962 	/ 	1 	 	 	2nd 	Official Opposition	Walt Lindsey
1966 	/ 	3 	 	 	2nd 	Official Opposition	Philip Fysh
1970 	/ 	6 	 	 	1st 	Majority government	Jules Freyer
1974 	/ 	4 	 	 	2nd 	Official Opposition	Jules Freyer
1978 	/ 	0 	 	 	2nd 	Official Opposition	Michael Clarke
1982 	/ 	7 	 	 	2nd 	Official Opposition	Michael Clarke
1986 	/ 	5 	 	 	1st 	Majority government	Carol Simpson
1990 	/ 	2 	 	 	1st 	Majority government	K. D. Nguyen
1994 	/ 	3 	 	 	1st 	Majority government	K. D. Nguyen
1998 	/ 	2 	 	 	1st 	Official Opposition	K. D. Nguyen
2002 	/ 	4 	 	 	1st 	Majority government	Steve Vargas
2006 	/ 	7 	 	 	2nd 	Official Opposition	Steve Vargas
2010 	/ 	3 	 	 	1st 	Official Opposition	Ren Okuma
2014 	/ 	4 	 	 	1st 	Majority government	Brendan Qiu
2018 	/ 	5 	 	 	1st 	Minority government	Brendan Qiu
2022 	/ 	2 	 	 	2nd 	Official Opposition	Aurelia Kim