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The Democratic Party (Macedonian: Демократска партија, Demokratska Partija, DP) was a political party in Macedonia.

History

The establishment of the party was announced by Petar Gošev [mk] in April 1993 after he left the Social Democratic Union, which he had previously headed. Gošev was joined by several former members of the League of Democracy, which was dissolved in May, as well as three other minor parties; Ilinden–Free Democrats, the Green Party and the Reform Party of Ohrid. A founding assembly was held on 27 June, and the party had three MPs going into the 1994 elections; Gošev, Mihail Panovski and Risto Jovanov.

The elections saw the party run on a platform of lower taxes and a privatisation voucher scheme. It finished in third place with 11% of the vote in the first round of voting, but boycotted the second round due to electoral irregularities, and as a result, failed to win a seat. Despite its protestations, the DP was accused of violating a ban on campaigning in the 48 hours prior to election day by putting up posters in Kumanovo, and was subsequently fined 25,000 denars.

In April 1997 the party merged with the Liberal Party to form the Liberal Democratic Party, with Gošev becoming its first leader.

Despite the merger, a faction of the DP ran in the 1998 elections as part of an alliance with the MAAK – Conservative Party and the Macedonian Alliance. However, the alliance received less than 1% of the vote in both rounds and failed to win a seat. The DP did not contest any further elections.

References

1. ^ IRI Election Observation Mission: Macedonia: October 30, 1994 IRI
2. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1288 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
3. Liberal Democratic Party, LDP Balkan Insight
4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1281

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For a European Future (18 seats)	MPs SDSM (15) New Social Democratic Party (2) Liberal Democratic Party (1) Without MPs Democratic Renewal of Macedonia Party for a European Future New Alternative Party for Economic Changes 21 Social and Economic Progress Party Party of Pensioners Party of Pensioners Serbian Party in Macedonia United Party for Roma Equality Party for Democratic Prosperity of the Roma Democratic Union of the Vlachs of Macedonia VMRO – People's Party
European Front (18 seats)	MPs Democratic Union for Integration (10) Alliance for Albanians-Sela (4) Democratic Party of Turks (1) Party for the Movement of the Turks in Macedonia (1) People's Movement (1) Democratic Party of Albanians (1) Without MPs Democratic European Party Union of Roma in Macedonia Bosniak Democratic
VLEN (14 seats)	MPs Alliance for Albanians (5) Democratic Movement (3) Alternative (2) Besa Movement (2) Self-determination Movement in North Macedonia (1)
Other parties	The Left (6) For Our Macedonia (ZNAM) (6)
Without MPs	Albanian Democratic Union Citizen Option for Macedonia Communist Party of Macedonia (within The Left) Democratic Alternative Democratic League of Bosniaks Green Humane City Homeland Macedonian Organization for Radical Reconstruction - Vardar - Aegean - Pirin National Democratic Party National Democratic Revival New Democracy Party for Democratic Prosperity Social Democratic Party United Party of Roma in Macedonia Integra-Macedonian Conservative Party Macedonian Renewal Reform Option – Workers' Party Party for the Full Emancipation of the Roma of Macedonia People's Movement for Macedonia – United Macedonia Permanent Macedonian Radical Unification (TMRO)
Defunct	Democratic Party Democratic Party of Macedonia Liberal Party of Macedonia Movement for All-Macedonian Action Party of Democratic Action–Islamic Path Party of Yugoslavs in Macedonia People's Democratic Party Radical Party of the Serbs in Macedonia Workers Party Young Democratic-Progressive Party
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