Sotsial Demokraticheska Parti

The Sotsial Demokraticheska Parti (short: SDP; Anglic: Social Democratic Party) was a national party in Mursland. The party was founded in 1920 to represent various provincial socialist groups in the national government. The party enjoyed some popularity, but the 1926 Barxia Conflict severely tarnished the reputation of socialism in Mursland. The party would merge with Roumpíni into Novi Rozovtsvyat in 1967.

History
Around the turn of the 20th century, various socialists succeeded in obtaining seats in government. However, they were disunited and often province focussed, which led to the desire to create a national party to partake in policy making, as the socialist ideals rose in popularity. In 1920, after a successful collaboration the previous election, Mursian Hieronimo Furnadji and Traxian Etychi Demetriou founded the party.

The party's popularity decreased severely after the 1926 Barxia Conflict, and would find itself in a struggle with Roumpíni on its voter base.

By the 60s, the party cooperated with Roumpíni to found the Sotsialistichesk Grupa za Diskusija to discuss the issues the parties had and how to strengthen the position of socialists in Mursland. In 1966, the parties agreed to merge. Novi Rozovtsvyat was founded on the 4th of September 1967, and the SDP would be dissolved later that day. Some former members, not agreeing with the terms of the merger founded the Istinski Sotsialisti. However, the split-off party failed to book success and would soon be disbanded as well.

Ideology and issues
The Social Democratic Party was an outspoken party. It was in favour of abolishing the monarchy and supported the 1961 elections reform. The party was divided on whether the national and provincial governments would have to be split.

The party allowed members to deviate from the national policy on a provincial level when discussed with the party top.