Social Democratic Party of Enderron

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Social Democratic PartySociaal-democratische Partij社会民主党 Shèhuì Mínzhǔdǎng社会民主党 Shakai Minshu-tō 	Social Democratic PartySociaal-democratische Partij社会民主党 Shèhuì Mínzhǔdǎng社会民主党 Shakai Minshu-tō
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Leader 	Lisa Kelsey Chan
Deputy Leader 	James Radovich
Founded 	29 January 1920
Merger of 	Democratic PartyLabour Party
Youth wing 	Young Social Democrats
LGBT wing 	SDP Rainbow Alliance
Membership 	232,000 (2019)
Ideology 	Majority:Social democracySocial liberalismCivic nationalismFactions:Left-wing populismProgressivismThird Way
Political position 	Centre-left
International affiliation 	Progressive Alliance
Colour 	Red
Slogan 	A Fair Go for Enderron
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The Social Democratic Party of Enderron (SDPE, branded as the Social Democrats and colloquially known as the SDP or Soc DemsDutch: Sociaal-democratenChinese: 社民党 ShèmíndǎngJapanese: 社民党 Shamintō) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Enderron. The party is the one of the two major political parties in Enderronian politics, the other being the Liberal Party of Enderron. The current party leader is Lisa Kelsey Chan, who has been Prime Minister of Enderron since 2015.
The Social Democratic Party has been in government since 2014, after sitting in opposition for three terms starting in 2002. Founded in 1920 as a merger between the Democratic Party of Enderron and Enderronian Labour Party, the Social Democratic Party is the oldest political party in the Enderronian Parliament and longest-existing party in Enderronian history. As of 2020, there have been five periods of Social Democratic government under ten Social Democratic prime ministers.
As an amalgamation of democratic socialist and liberal traditions, the modern SDP espouses the principles of social democracy with elements of social liberalism, progressivism and civic nationalism. It is affiliated with several major Enderronian trade unions, including the Enderronian Federation of Trade Unions, the United Workers of Enderron, the Enderronian Teachers Federation, and ESDAW. The party supports a democratic capitalist, mixed-market economy with taxation levied to fund the Enderronian welfare state. It is moderately economically interventionist, and generally supports socially progressive and egalitarian policies such as multiculturalism, social welfare and environmental protection. At various times throughout the party's history, different factions have controlled the leadership and as a result its policies have encompassed a broad spectrum of ideologies. The SDP's support base includes working class voters, ethnic minorities, young people and professionals. The party is traditionally strongest in major cities, especially in central and eastern Enderron.
The Social Democrats' flagship policies and legislative decisions throughout Enderronian history include universal healthcare, republicanism, official multiculturalism and multilingualism, tertiary education reform, carbon pricing, and support of abortion rights, LGBT rights and drug law reform.
The Social Democrats have governed Enderron for all but 16 years since the country became a republic in 1970, making it one of the most electorally successful political parties in the democratic world, and leading to some to refer to it as Enderron's "natural governing party". The party has continuously held at least 40 percent of seats in the federal parliament since 1962, and polled a plurality of votes at every election from 1970 to 2002. It is so dominant at the federal level that there have only been four years since 1970 where a party other than the SDP has governed in majority (2006–2010).
The party currently control 13 prefectural legislatures and 9 gubernatorial offices. Seven prefectures (Kaigan, Miranda, New Colorado, New Plymouth, New Surrey, Sierra and Sylvania) currently have both a SDP governor and premier.
The Social Democratic Party has been a member of the Progressive Alliance since 2015, having previously been a member of Socialist International.
==History==
===Formation===
The Social Democratic Party was formed in January 1920, but its roots go considerably further back. The party came about as a merger between the Democratic Party of Enderron and the Enderronian Labour Party. The Democratic Party gained its main support from middle class voters in the cities, while the Labour Party had a working class base, with its support evenly distributed across the country. The Democratic Party was formed in 1898 as a splinter of the British Mariana Liberal Party, while the Labour Party was founded by trade unionists and socialists in 1900 to represent the interests of the growing urban working class.
The Democratic and Labour parties competed against each other for the urban vote during the first two decades of their existence. The Democratic Party was the larger party, and was the main rival to the conservative Enderron People's Party. The Labour Party rose to prominence in the early 1910s, largely taking votes from the Democrats. Labour's rise caused a split in the centre-left urban vote, allowing the EPP to win seats in the cities on minority votes. Combined with malapportionment in favour of rural areas, this left the Democrats and Labour significantly electorally disadvantaged. The combined popular vote of the two parties exceeded that of the EPP at five consecutive general elections (1908, 1911, 1914, 1915 and 1919), yet the EPP was able to form government on all but one of those occasions (1908).
In hopes of countering the EPP's dominance, the Democratic Party sought to join forces with the Labour Party and form a single party. Several rounds of negotiation occurred in late 1919 following the general election. Eventually, Labour agreed to a merger after extracting various concessions from the Democrats, such as trade union representation and core leadership positions, and the Social Democratic Party was formed on 29 January 1920. Erstwhile members of the Democratic and Labour parties made up the bulk of new party. Charles Watson was elected as the SDP's inaugural leader, largely as a compromise between Alec Marshall and Allen Sjoberg, the last leaders of the Democratic and Labour parties respectively, neither of whom wished to serve under the other.
The former Democrats, who became the moderate liberal faction in the new party, saw the merger as a means to unite liberals and leftists into a single opposition force against the conservatives. However, the more radical Labour members used the merger as an opportunity to supplant the liberals as the dominant political force of the left. The new party quickly came to be dominated by working class members and trade unionists, as the labour movement continued to rise. Within months, the moderate liberals, consisting mainly of former Democrats, were relegated to a minority position within the party. Some members left the party and joined the EPP, while others decided to form a new liberal party, which became the New Democratic Party.
After two years as leader, Watson, seen as an uncharismatic and ineffectual leader, resigned and was replaced by Sjoberg. Although Sjoberg was from the Labour side of the merger, he recognised the need to retain liberals and moderates in the party; for some time the EPP had been running a political campaign portraying the SDP as a party infiltrated by radicals and extremists. Under Sjoberg's leadership, strong efforts were made to invite liberals back into the SDP, and the party significantly moderated its policy manifesto to combat fears stoked by the EPP.
With Sjoberg as leader, the Social Democratic Party grew significantly in popular support. In its first electoral test as an amalgamated party, the 1923 election, the Social Democrats swept the EPP from power, shocking many conservatives. While the SDP won 48.4 percent of the popular vote, compared to a combined vote of 47.8 percent won by the Democratic and Labour parties in the 1919 election, with vote splitting no longer an issue, the SDP was able to win 11 seats from the EPP for a total of 39 seats in a 66-seat Legislative Assembly. Sjoberg became Enderron's first Social Democratic prime minister. Conversely, the 12-year EPP government was knocked down to just 21 seats, in one of the worst election defeats in Enderronian history.
===Early years in government and opposition===
Sjoberg took office during the peak of the Roaring Twenties, a period of economic prosperity and industrial growth across the Western world. As the first SDP government, the Sjoberg Government quickly moved to implement a number of significant reforms. The most significant of these include the implementation of the early beginnings of a social welfare system and a nationally mandated forty-hour work week. The Sjoberg Government also created a state housing scheme to curb homelessness, increased workers' wages and enshrined basic industrial relation laws, including the formation of a court of arbitration. Following pressure from the party's liberal wing, and emboldened by the great societal change of the 1920s, Sjoberg's administration also implemented several progressive social reforms, including further removing barriers to voting for women and ethnic minorities.
However, as a result of increased government spending to fund these new social programs, the People's Party accused the Social Democrats of overspending and poor economic management. Rural voters also criticised the government for its perceived focus on the urban population, at the expense of the farmers. Another problem was dealing with the partially elected, conservative-dominated Legislative Council. Often, a government bill would easily pass the Legislative Assembly due to the SDP's majority, then proceed to fail in the upper house if its members deemed the bill too radical. This political deadlock became a frequent thorn on the side of the Sjoberg Government and contributed to its defeat at the 1926 election. In 1924, he EPP elected George Keeney as its leader, and ran an extensive, and ultimately successful, campaign against the Social Democrats' spending habits and its inability to negotiate with the Legislative Council. In the general election, the SDP's vote slightly increased in the cities, but it suffered a large swing in regional areas. It lost its majority, winning 30 seats to the EPP's 33. The EPP was therefore able to form a minority government, bringing the first SDP government to an end.
Sjoberg continued as the leader of the opposition into 1927, but presided over an increasingly divided party room, and was in declining health. He resigned in September 1927 and was succeeded as leader by Daniel Reed, a key figure in the party's moderate wing. Reed, a powerful orator, successfully turned the Social Democrats' political fortunes around, taking advantage of the conservative Keeney Government's inability to revive the now-slowing Enderronian economy. By 1929, it seemed inevitable that Enderron would enter a severe depression as worldwide markets rapidly deteriorated. The worsening economic conditions also put significant pressure on industrial relations. The Keeney Government was overwhelmed by the crisis brought on by the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and lost its plurality in the 1930 election. Meanwhile, the SDP gained a 5 percent swing and two seats, leaving it one seat short of a majority. Reed negotiated with the New Democrats, who won two seats, for a confidence and supply agreement, allowing him to become prime minister.
Taking office during the onset of the Great Depression, the Reed Government was tasked with repairing a spiralling economy. Enderron's debt continued to balloon and the unemployment rate was 16 percent by the end of 1930. Reed's government faced significant limitations on its power to implement its response to the crisis. The partially-elected Legislative Council remained hostile to the Social Democrats' economic program, and the government also faced opposition from the conservative boards of financial institutions, such as the Royal Bank of Enderron. Reed and his treasurer and deputy, Andrew Mulherin, were unable to embark on an ambitious plan to revive the Enderronian economy. To prevent the deadlock and curb further economic damage, the Reed Government first unsuccessfully attempted to abolish the Legislative Council, then successfully passed legislation to make the Legislative Council fully elected from the next election. Reed implemented a plan to repay foreign debts, provide relief to farmers and create economic stimulus through a public works program. Although bitterly opposed by the EPP opposition and with more radical parts watered down to appease the New Democrats, who held the balance of power, the Social Democrats' economic program was well regarded and helped the country gradually recover from economic disaster.
Reed unexpectedly resigned in March 1934, citing health and personal reasons, and was succeeded by his deputy Mulherin. With Enderron's economy on a slow path to normalcy, Mulherin immediately called an early election, catching the EPP off-guard. In the June election, Mulherin led the Social Democrats to an increased majority; it was the first time the SDP was re-elected to a second term in government. Mulherin faced a number of foreign policy challenges in the lead-up to World War II, and pursued a policy of pacifism and opposition to rearmament, in direct contrast with the British government and in support of the party room's desire for a more independent foreign policy. However, the increasingly dire situation in Europe by 1937 led to public opinion turning against pacifism, and a growing acceptance of inevitable war. Mulherin led the Social Democrats to a heavy defeat at the 1937 election, beginning a 33-year period in opposition.
===World War II and decades in opposition===
Under Mulherin's successor as party leader, Robert Fraser Scott, the Social Democrats participated the war cabinet of prime minister William Oxley from 1940 to 1945. As the end of the war approached, Scott was convinced to resign as leader in favour of veteran MP Peter Vickerson after eight years in the position. Vickerson led the the party to another lacklustre showing at the 1945 election, and resigned after serving only nine months in the office. His successor Jeremy Fulton led the party to a landslide defeat at Enderron's first post-independence election in 1946, winning just 17 of the 75 seats in the new Enderronian Parliament.
The party struggled to gain a footing during Oxley's post-war premiership, and never came particularly close to regaining government except at the 1954 election, where a proposed SDP-NDP coalition came two seats short of forming government. Fulton continued to lead the party until resigning in 1952, and was succeeded by Gordon Collins, who led the party to a narrow loss in 1954 and a large defeat in 1958, after which he lost the confidence of the party caucus. Calvin Rhinehart, then aged 42, became the new leader. His youth helped reinvigorate a party that had already spent more than two decades in opposition, but his age and relative lack of political experience prevented him from making major reforms. Rhinehart, a member of the SDP's soft left faction, was prevented by the more conservative factions of the party from making significant changes to the SDP's policies on race-based immigration and the commitment to nationalisation. This disconnect between the party leadership and the caucus, as well as the increasing unpopularity of such policies, contributed to the party's failure to win the 1962 election against the ailing Oxley, who was increasingly seen as past his prime. Rhinehart handed the leadership to Jens Larsson, who was seen as a compromise candidate between the left and right wings of the party. Larsson spearheaded some modernising reforms in the SDP, gradually shifting the party in a more social democratic direction and removing some policy positions that were deemed outdated by the 1960s. He also opposed Enderron's involvement in the Vietnam War, a position that was controversial at the time. He was able to make significant ground against new prime minister Benjamin Thrailkill, and ultimately came up 8 seats short of winning a majority at the 1966 election, the closest the SDP had been to forming government since 1954. Nevertheless, Larsson was not seen as having great electoral prospects, and in December 1967 he was defeated by Rhinehart in a leadership challenge.
===Return to government===
The United government, now led by Alex Holthe following the sudden death of Thrailkill in April 1967, was increasingly seen as tired, unfocused and past its due date. Public opinion also began turning against Enderron's continued participation in the Vietnam War, to the advantage of the Social Democrats. Holthe proved to be no match for Rhinehart when it came to campaigning, and by the time of the 1970 election it was all but assured that the Social Democrats would return to government after 33 years in opposition. The SDP saw a swing of almost 15 percent towards them in two-party-preferred terms, and took 39 seats off United; both records remain to this day. The Social Democrats ultimately won 94 of the 125 seats in parliament.
As prime minister, Rhinehart embarked on an ambitious program of social reform. Many of the policies enacted by Rhinehart Government remain cornerstones of Enderronian government policy and institutions today, including the advent of official multiculturalism, universal healthcare, the metric system and daylight saving time. Rhinehart also decriminalised homosexuality, abolished military conscription, relaxed Sunday trading, drinking and censorship laws, and enacted the first federal anti-discrimination laws. On the economic side, the Rhinehart Government began gradually liberalising the then heavily protectionist Enderronian economy, most significantly by reducing almost all tariffs on imported goods. It also heavily increased government spending on social welfare and infrastructure. The Rhinehart Government was in favour of political decentralisation, and supported Wentworth self-government, granting the city metropolitan prefecture status in 1972. However, it opposed the Greenberg prefecturehood movement on economic grounds.
===Leadership troubles and continued governance===
Under Rhinehart's leadership, the SDP won a further two elections in 1974 and 1978. However, the 1978 election yielded a weaker result for the Social Democrats than expected, with the party winning a majority of just five seats, a far cry from the 32 seat majority at the 1970 election. By early 1979, the party's polling, and Rhinehart's personal popularity, were in freefall, and the United Party took a consistent lead in the polls for the first time in over a decade. Discontent within the parliamentary party about Rhinehart's reluctance to retire led to public bickering between Rhinehart and members of his frontbench, particularly his long-serving Treasurer William Watt. In May, several of Rhinehart's ministers resigned from the Cabinet, and Watt launched a leadership spill, defeating Rhinehart in a caucus vote by 36 votes to 31.
Watt continued the Rhinehart Government's agenda of progressive social reform, while shifting the party towards more economically liberal policies. Under Watt's leadership, Enderron took in a large number of Vietnamese boat people, marking the country's first significant intake of refugees. Watt's prime ministership was cut short when he was assassinated by Arthur Harvey in November 1979, just six months into his tenure.
Watt was succeeded by James Thorpe, who led the Social Democrats to an upset victory and a record fourth term in government at the 1982 election. The Thorpe Government's legacy is most significantly defined by the creation of Medicare, Enderron's universal healthcare system.
==Ideology==
The Social Democratic Party is considered to be a centre-left party. Being formed from a merger between the Democratic and Labour parties, it encompasses both social democratic and social liberal ideologies, though social democracy is the party's main tendency.
Although the Labour Party was the smaller of the two parties that amalgamated to form the Social Democratic Party, the merged party adopted a platform closer to that of Labour rather than of the larger Democratic Party. Its original 1920 policy objective called for the "democratic socialisation of the means of production, distribution and exchange". In practice, the SDP has not implemented such democratic socialist policies since the 1970s, and removed references to socialism from its party manifesto in 1989. Traditionally, the Social Democrats have advocated for increased rights for workers, supported state ownership of major industries, and believed in a strong role for governments in economic and social matters. The early Social Democratic governments of 1923–1926 and 1930–1937 established public works programs to alleviate unemployment, increased wages and enshrined basic industrial relation laws. Enderron, under the governments of Daniel Reed and Andrew Mulherin, were among the first in the Western world to practise Keynesian economics, in response to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Although such policies were considered highly radical at the time, by the end of the decade their benefits had been recognised and similar policy measures adopted by other economies.
After the party lost office in the 1937 election, it commenced a period of 33 years in opposition. During this time, the party began to shift from its hardline interventionist platform and towards more moderate social democratic principles. In its early days, the SDP contained a social liberal wing, as well as a more conservative wing. By the 1940s, the liberal wing had become largely extinct, with many of its members and supporters having moved to the more avowedly liberal New Democratic Party.
===Symbols===
The Social Democratic Party has long been associated with red, a political colour traditionally affiliated with socialism and the labour movement. The party has used a variation of the "speech bubble" logo since the 1980s. The speech bubble is taken to represent the party's role in giving working class Enderronians a "voice" in parliament. Prior, the Enderronian eight-point star, a nationalistic symbol, and the red rose, a traditional symbol of social democracy, were commonly used as motifs. Besides the current party slogan, the SDP has used the longstanding slogans "By Your Side" and "For the People" in some form since the 1930s.
==Federal party leaders==
No. 	Name 	Term began 	Term ended 	Time in office
align="centre"	Charles Watson 	29 January 1920 	18 June 1922 	2 years, 140 days
align="centre"	Allen Sjoberg 	18 June 1922 	15 September 1927	5 years, 89 days
align="centre"	Daniel Reed 	15 September 1927	21 March 1934 	6 years, 187 days
align="centre"	Andrew Mulherin 	21 March 1934 	26 November 1937 	3 years, 250 days
align="centre"	Robert Fraser Scott	26 November 1937 	13 March 1945 	7 years, 107 days
align="centre"	Peter Vickerson 	13 March 1945 	29 December 1945 	291 days
align="centre"	Jeremy Fulton 	29 December 1945 	8 August 1952 	6 years, 223 days
align="centre"	Gordon Collins 	8 August 1952 	30 October 1958 	
align="centre"	Calvin Rhinehart 	30 October 1958 	17 November 1962 	
align="centre"	Jens Larsson 	17 November 1962 	16 December 1967 	
align="centre"	Calvin Rhinehart 	16 December 1967 	20 May 1979 	11 years, 155 days
align="centre"	William Watt 	20 May 1979 	12 November 1979 	176 days
align="centre"	James Thorpe 	12 November 1979 	29 October 1986 	
align="centre"	Jeffrey Ruben 	29 October 1986 	19 June 1987 	
align="centre"	Helen Vandenberg 	19 June 1987 	1 December 1997 	10 years, 165 days
align="centre"	Rick Clarkson 	1 December 1997 	30 October 2002 	
align="centre"	Jason Huynh 	30 October 2002 	27 October 2006 	
align="centre"	Tom Woodlands 	27 October 2006 	3 December 2015 	
align="centre"	Lisa Kelsey Chan 	3 December 2015 	Incumbent 	
===Deputy party leaders===
#Allen Sjoberg (1920–1922)
#Tom Whiteley (1922–1926)
#Daniel Reed (1926–1927)
#Andrew Mulherin (1927–1933)
#George Coe (1933–1939)
#Peter Vickerson (1939–1941, 1944–1945)
#Jack Heffrey (1941–1944)
#Jeremy Fulton (1945)
#Michael Parker (1945–1950)
#Everett McCormack (1950–1957)
#Max Wharton (1957–1958)
#Jens Larsson (1958–1962, 1967–1975)
#John Sullivan (1962–1964)
#Scott Jackson (1964–1967)
#Taylor Colbeck (1975–1981)
#Phil Costello (1981–1986)
#Helen Vandenberg (1986–1987)
#Rick Segal (1987–1990)
#Kim Hernandez (1990–1995, 1997–2002)
#Rick Clarkson (1995–1997)
#Tom Woodlands (2002–2006)
#Emma Villegas (2006–2011)
#Lisa Kelsey Chan (2011–2015)
#Rin Fujiwara (2015–2022)
#James Radovich (2022–present)
==Election results==
===Parliament===
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Election	Seats won	± 	Total votes	% 	Position	Government 	Leader
1923 	/ 	11	1,172,158 	48.35%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	Allen Sjoberg
1926 	/ 	9 	1,100,005 	43.78%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Allen Sjoberg
1930 	/ 	2 	1,332,341 	48.85%	1st 	Minoritygovernment 	Daniel Reed
1934 	/ 	8 	1,531,840 	50.29%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	Andrew Mulherin
1937 	/ 	14	1,292,052 	38.70%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Andrew Mulherin
1940 	/ 	4 	1,194,845 	36.53%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Robert Fraser Scott
1945 	/ 	5 	886,323 	40.24%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Peter Vickerson
1946 	/ 	10	898,472 	33.15%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Jeremy Fulton
1950 	/ 	22	1,237,249 	38.11%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Jeremy Fulton
1954 	/ 	8 	1,910,651 	45.90%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Gordon Collins
1958 	/ 	11	1,807,123 	40.49%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Gordon Collins
1962 	/ 	7 	2,158,652 	43.66%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Calvin Rhinehart
1966 	/ 	20	2,171,992 	41.03%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Jens Larsson
1970 	/ 	39	5,920,017 	55.51%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	Calvin Rhinehart
1974 	/ 	17	5,500,739 	48.26%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	Calvin Rhinehart
1978 	/ 	10	4,836,238 	40.24%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	Calvin Rhinehart
1982 	/ 	3 	5,451,793 	43.96%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	James Thorpe
1986 	/ 	16	4,251,729 	32.21%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	James Thorpe
1990 	/ 	18	5,341,043 	38.57%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	Helen Vandenberg
1994 	/ 	26	7,111,971 	49.26%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	Helen Vandenberg
1998 	/ 	10	6,994,427 	47.09%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	Rick Clarkson
2002 	/ 	19	6,361,372 	41.47%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Rick Clarkson
2006 	/ 	8 	5,730,576 	35.10%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Jason Huynh
2010 	/ 	4 	6,162,007 	36.40%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Tom Woodlands
2014 	/ 	9 	6,391,695 	35.52%	1st 	Minoritygovernment 	Tom Woodlands
2018 	/ 	13	7,113,298 	37.89%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	Lisa Kelsey Chan
2022 	/ 	9 	6,640,740 	34.56%	1st 	Coalitiongovernment	Lisa Kelsey Chan
===President===
Election	Candidate 	Candidate 	First preference	First preference	First preference	Two-candidate-preferred	Two-candidate-preferred	Two-candidate-preferred	Result
Election	President 	Vice President 	Total votes 	% 	% 	Total votes 	% 	% 	Result
1970 	Peter Hannon 	David Barr 	2,949,402 	27.50% (#3) 	  	 	 	 	Lost
1976 	Roy Bartley 	Andrew Gunderman 	5,004,626 	44.65% (#2) 	  	5,450,727 	48.63% (#2) 	  	Lost
1982 	Roy Bartley 	Hubert Dykstra 	3,447,702 	30.84% (#2) 	  	5,550,533 	49.65% (#2) 	  	Lost
1988 	Calvin Rhinehart 	T. K. C. Wong 	5,477,925 	45.14% (#1) 	  	6,867,430 	56.59% (#1) 	  	Won
1994 	Katelyn Mayfield 	Theodore Trent 	5,201,893 	38.25% (#1) 	  	6,488,426 	47.71% (#2) 	  	Lost
2000 	Jason Calderon 	Christine Miyamoto	5,439,020 	37.64% (#2) 	  	6,723,635 	46.53% (#2) 	  	Lost
2006 	Helen Vandenberg 	Martin Yun Langley	6,042,380 	40.21% (#1) 	  	8,102,590 	53.92% (#1) 	  	Won
2012 	Martin Yun Langley	Tim Preston 	5,525,209 	32.48% (#2) 	  	8,270,802 	48.62% (#2) 	  	Lost
2018 	Roxanne Chen 	Aaron Burnett 	5,581,042 	31.54% (#2) 	  	8,038,895 	45.43% (#2) 	  	Lost
==Prefectural branches==
Party 	Seats	Last election	Leader 	Status 		Federal MPs
Social Democratic Party of Avalon 	/ 	2021 	Joyce Wilkie 	Official Opposition 		/
Cooksland Social Democratic Party 	/ 	2020 	Kate Isaacs 	Majority government 		/
Flinders Social Democratic Party 	/ 	2023 	Alicia Blumstein 	Official Opposition 		/
Social Democratic Party of Greenberg 	/ 	2023 	Nicole Denman 	Official Opposition 		/
Social Democratic Party of Janszoon 	/ 	2020 	Nathan Daley 	Minority government 		/
Kaigan Social Democratic Party 	/ 	2022 	Aurelia Kim 	Official Opposition 		/
Social Democratic Party of Lawrencia 	/ 	2022 	Sue Nakamura 	Official Opposition 		/
Longshan Social Democratic Party 	/ 	2022 	David Tsai 	Majority government 		/
Miranda Social Democratic Party 	/ 	2022 	Dean Sheehan 	Majority government 		/
New Colorado Social Democratic Party 	/ 	2020 	Natalie Takayama 	Majority government 		/
New Plymouth Social Democratic Party 	/ 	2022 	Katsumi Taniguchi 	Coalition government		/
Social Democratic Party of New Surrey	/ 	2022 	Harry Dunphy 	Majority government 		/
Plymouth Social Democratic Party 	/ 	2020 	Bruce Sun 	Majority government 		/
Social Democratic Party of Sierra 	/ 	2020 	Jim Stephenson 	Minority government 		/
Sylvania Social Democratic Party 	/ 	2020 	Danni Mitsui 	Official Opposition 		/
Tojima Social Democratic Party 	/ 	2022 	Yvonne Hanamura 	Coalition government		/
Social Democratic Party of Wentworth 	/ 	2020 	Jennifer Armstrong	Majority government 		/
Westhaven Social Democratic Party 	/ 	2021 	Adrian Steele 	Majority government 		/
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