Liberal Democracy of Slovenia

{{Infobox political party

|country = Slovenia

|name = Liberal Democracy of Slovenia

|native_name = Liberalna demokracija Slovenije

|colorcode = {{party color|Liberal Democracy of Slovenia}}

|logo = Liberalna_demokracija_Slovenije_Logo.svg

|leader = Tone Anderlič

|foundation = 12 March 1994

|split =

|merger = Liberal Democratic Party
Democratic Party
Socialist Party of Slovenia
Greens – Ecological Social Party

|headquarters = Ljubljana

|ideology = Liberalism{{cite book|author=José Magone|title=Contemporary European Politics: A Comparative Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g73UtvxJsFcC&pg=PA457|access-date=19 July 2013|date=26 August 2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-203-84639-1|pages=457–}}{{cite book|author=Paul G. Lewis|title=Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UjmwJWwgOfgC&pg=PA51|access-date=6 February 2013|year=2000|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-20182-7|pages=51–}}{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/slovenia.html|title=Slovenia|work=Parties and Elections in Europe|archive-date=24 December 2013|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224123247/http://parties-and-elections.eu/slovenia.html|year=2011|url-status=dead}}
Social liberalism{{Citation |first1=Vít |last1=Hloušek |first2=Lubomír |last2=Kopeček |title=Origin, Ideology and Transformation of Political Parties: East-Central and Western Europe Compared |publisher=Ashgate |year=2010 |pages=114–115}}
Pro-Europeanism

|position = {{nowrap|Centre{{Citation |first1=Alan John |last1=Day |first2=Roger |last2=East |first3=Richard |last3=Thomas |title=Liberal Democracy of Slovenia |work=A political and economic dictionary of Eastern Europe |publisher=Routledge |year=2002 |page=331 |isbn=9780203403747 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dt2TXexiKTgC&q=day+east+thomas+political+dictionary+eastern+europe |access-date=14 November 2011}} to centre-left{{cite book |author=J. Lodge |title=The 2004 Elections to the European Parliament |publisher=Routledge |year=2016 |page=223 |isbn=9780230523821 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w5uFCwAAQBAJ&q="desus"+centre-left&pg=PA223 |access-date=29 May 2020}}}}

|youth_wing = Young Liberal Democracy

|international = Liberal International (formerly)

|european = ALDE (formerly)

|europarl = ALDE (2004–2014)

|national = LIDE-DeSUS-LDS

|colours = Light blue

|seats1_title = National Assembly

|seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|90|{{party color|Liberal Democracy of Slovenia}}}}

|seats2_title = European Parliament

|seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|8|{{party color|Liberal Democracy of Slovenia}}}}

|seats3_title = Municipal council

|seats3 = {{Composition bar|4|2750|{{party color|Liberal Democracy of Slovenia}}}}

| website = http://www.lds.si

}}

Liberal Democracy of Slovenia ({{langx|sl|Liberalna demokracija Slovenije}}, LDS) is a social-liberal{{cite book|author=Igor Guardiancich|title=Pension Reforms in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe: From Post-Socialist Transition to the Global Financial Crisis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=APcO_fndhx0C&pg=PA194|date=21 August 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-22595-6|pages=194–}} political party in Slovenia. Between 1992 and 2004, it (and its main predecessor, the Liberal Democratic Party) was the largest (and ruling) party in the country. In the 2011 Slovenian parliamentary election, it failed to win entry to the Slovenian National Assembly. The party was a member of the Liberal International and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

The LDS dominated Slovenian politics during the first decade following independence. Except for a brief interruption in 2000, it held the parliamentary majority between 1994 and 2004, when it lost the election to the conservative Slovenian Democratic Party. The loss was followed by decline, infighting and political fragmentation. In the runup to the 2008 parliamentary election the LDS joined in an unofficial coalition with the Social Democrats and Zares, but lost nearly 80% of its seats, dropping from 23 to just 5 and becoming the smallest parliamentary party. In the 2011 parliamentary election on 4 December 2011, its support collapsed even further: it won only 1.48% of the vote, not reaching the parliamentary threshold of 4%.{{cite web|url=http://volitve.gov.si/dz2011/en/rezultati/rezultati_slo.html |title=Republic of Slovenia Early Elections for Deputies to the National Assembly 2011: Election results |access-date=16 December 2011 |publisher=National Electoral Commission |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109033015/http://volitve.gov.si/dz2011/en/rezultati/rezultati_slo.html |archive-date=January 9, 2012 }} It has not regained seats in parliament or a place as a major political force since, only retaining minor relevance at a local level in some municipalities.