Maltese Democratic Party

{{Short description|Short-lived anti-establishment Maltese political party}}

{{Not to be confused with|Democratic Party (Malta)}}{{Infobox political party

| native_name = Partit Demokratiku Malti

| logo = Democratic Party (1987) logo.svg

| colorcode = Green

| leader = Lino Briguglio

| president = Michael Vella

| foundation =

| ideology =

| country = Malta

| abbreviation = PDM

| founder = Lino Briguglio

| dissolved =

| colors = {{color box|Green}} Green
{{color box|Yellow}} Yellow

| symbol =

}}

The Maltese Democratic Party ({{langx|mt|Partit Demokratiku Malti}}; PDM) was a short-lived Maltese political party formed by Lino Briguglio to contest the 1987 general elections. The party ran four candidates across eight of the thirteen electoral districts.{{Cite book |last=Schiavone |first=Michael J. |title=Elezzjonijiet f'Malta 1849 - 1992 - Storja, Fatti, Ċifri |publisher=Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza (Independence Publications) |year=1992 |edition=1st |location=Pietà, Malta |pages=440–448 |language=MT |trans-title=Elections in Malta 1849 - 1992, History, Facts, Figures}} The party ran with the slogan "The Citizens first!", this slogan would later be adopted ten years after by the Labour Party.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3UBdywAACAAJ |title=Iċ-Ċittadin l-ewwel: il-politika ġdida Laburista |date=1996 |publisher=Partit Laburista, Ċentru Nazzjonali Laburista |language=mt |trans-title=The Citizens First: the new Labour policy}}