Social Democratic Party of Macedonia
{{Infobox political party
| name = Social Democratic Party of Macedonia
| native_name = Социјалдемократска партија на Македонија
| logo = Социјалдемократска партија на Македонија.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| colorcode = {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Macedonia}}
| foundation = 1990
| ideology =
| country = North Macedonia
| abbreviation = SDPM
| founder = Slavko Milosavlevski
}}
{{Politics of North Macedonia}}
The Social Democratic Party of Macedonia ({{langx|mk|Социјалдемократска партија на Македонија}}, Socijal-demokratska partija na Makedonija, SDPM) is a political party in North Macedonia.
History
Established in 1990,[http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_37896-1522-1-30.pdf?140529150937 The Republic of Macedonia's 2014 Parliamentary Elections Handbook] Konrad Adenauer Stiftung the SDPM was the first political party to register in Macedonia, with Slavko Milosavlevski becoming its founding president. It contested the 1990 parliamentary elections, at a time when Macedonia was still part of Yugoslavia. It received 1.6% of the vote in the first round and 0.2 in the second, failing to win a seat.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1288 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} It also ran in alliance with the Union of Reform Forces in some areas, but the alliance failed to win a seat.
Despite seeing its vote share fall to 1.2% in the first round of the 1994 elections, the party managed to win a single seat in the Assembly.
The SDPM did not contest the 1998 elections,Nohlen & Stöver, p1281 but returned to run in the 2002 elections. However, the party received just 0.3% of the vote and failed to win a seat. The 2006 elections saw the party increase its vote share to 0.9%, but it remained seatless. In the 2008 elections its vote share fell to 0.65%, as the party again failed to win a seat. In the 2011 elections the party's vote share fell to just 0.2%. The 2014 elections saw it receive 0.4% of the vote, remaining seatless.
References
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Category:1990 establishments in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia