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{{Infobox political party
|name          = Pacitalian Social Democratic Congress
|logo          = [[Image:CSDP_Logo.png|250px]]
|colorcode     = #EE0000
|general_secretary = [[Damián Moya]]
|chairperson   = Federico Mattapensa
|foundation    = {{Start date|2020|06|30}}
|merger     = Pacitalian Social Congress, Democratic Nationalist Party
|ideology      = {{wp|Democratic socialism}}, {{wpl|social democracy}}, {{wp|market socialism}}, {{wp|social liberalism}}, {{wp|Georgism}}
|position      = {{wp|Centre-left politics|Centre-left}}
|headquarters  = Corso D'Amato 292/10, Timiocato 2077AC
|youth_wing    = CSDPxJuve
|womens_wing   = CSDPxFemme
|colours       = {{Color box|#EE0000}} Red
|website       = www.csdp.org.pc
|seats1_title = [[Senato Repubblicana|Senato]]
|seats1 = {{Composition bar|57|100|hex=#EE0000}}
|seats2_title = [[Constazione Repubblicana|Constazione]]
|seats2 = {{Composition bar|340|715|hex=#EE0000}}
|country       = Pacitalia
}}
The '''Pacitalian Social Democratic Congress''' ('''PSDC''', [[Pacitalian]]: ''Conagresso Sociodemocrate Pacitaliana'', ''CSDP'') is a major, left-wing to centre-left political party in [[Pacitalia]]. Historically, the PSDC has been Pacitalia's only major national-level social democratic political party.

The PSDC, in its current state, was formed in 2020 by the re-merger of the more centrist [[Pacitalian Social Congress]] (PSC) and left-wing [[Democratic Nationalist Party]] (DNP). The DNP had been created in 2007, when trade union leaders and the progressive faction of the PSC, disaffected by what they perceived to be a rightward drift in the party's platform and principles, and eager to take advantage of the new Second Republic's proportional representation electoral systems, split away from the PSC. This group created their own political party, initially called "The Egalitarians".

Both parties were in opposition to centre-right governments (led by the [[Federation of Progressive Democrats]]) for the majority of the era in which they were split. Seeking an opportunity to consolidate progressive voters and win power, DNP leader [[Damián Moya]] and his counterpart in the PSC, Tomás de la Marques, engineered a reconstitution of the two parties, ratified by their respective memberships by the end of 2019, and taking effect by June 30, 2020.

Prior to the re-merger, the two parties were junior partners in a coalition government with the [[Pacitalian Green Party|Green Party]] from 2009 to 2011. In 2018, after the [[Maurizio Conte|Conte government]] failed to retain majority support in parliament and resigned, the DNP and PSC partnered again, with Moya becoming prime minister and de la Marques his deputy. The coalition relied on confidence votes from other minor parties to stay in power for the remainder of the term. Voters delivered the reunified party a massive mandate in the [[Pacitalian parliamentary elections, 2020|2020 national elections]] due to the Moya government's handling of, and response to, the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Pacitalia]].

Due to its alignment and close ties with the labour movement in Pacitalia, the party has a massive organizational advantage over other parties and deploys an extensive campaign apparatus during elections. The PSDC is by far the largest party by membership and fundraising income as of 2023. It holds the [[Archonate of the Pacitalian Republic|archonacy]], dominates both chambers of the national parliament, and holds majorities or pluralities of seats in more than half of Pacitalia's [[Autonomous communities of Pacitalia|regional councils]]. Pacitalia's five largest cities are all run by mayors who are PSDC members.

== Ideology ==
The party's constitution describes it as a "democratic socialist organization [that is] dedicated to the advancement of socialist, democratic, and socially liberal ideas and values". Further, the constitution states that "the means of production and distribution are to be in common ownership for the good of all".

Though the explicit language of the constitution indicates the PSDC is a socialist, secular party, the party has never explicitly disavowed religion or capitalism. The PSDC adopted a series of motions by members at its national conventions during the 1990s which struck out potentially anti-religious sentiment from the party bylaws and allowed it to adopt more free market economic policies in its election platforms. The modern party typically campaigns and governs closer to the political centre. Like other centre-left parties, the PSDC and its predecessors have sought, as former leader Fernando Chiovitti once remarked, "a capitalist system inside a tall fence".

The party has historically advocated for, among others:

{{Bulleted list||
| prioritizing national interests over foreign ones;
| establishing and owning enterprises to compete with the private sector;
| extensively supervising and regulating private industry;
| encouraging workers to organize and form unions;
| imposing higher taxes on the wealthy and redistributing wealth;
| providing a strong social safety net through welfare and social programs;
| guaranteeing equal rights for every person;
| running well-funded, efficient public services; and,
| disincentivizing private health care and education
|}}

The PSDC is considered a "big tent" political party, encompassing large factions of socialists, social democrats, market socialists, and social liberals. In recent years, the farther left elements of the party have been more prominent and guided the party's overall policy direction.

Its voting base tends to skew towards non-religious people, urban professionals, people with at least some post-secondary education, young people, women, LGBTQ+ people, new immigrants, and non-traditional households. The party is more popular in cities and, historically, has drawn consistent, strong support in [[Pomentane]], [[Pungaria]], [[Franconia]], [[Empordia]] and [[Marquería]]. Though working-class rural voters have largely shifted right in the last 25 years, there is still notable support for the party among workers in some primary industries, such as fishermen in the Pacitalian islands. This is because PSDC governments have often enacted and/or reinforced protectionist measures that support their livelihoods.

== History ==
=== Notable policy achievements ===
{{Bulleted list||
| Legalization of labour and trade unions (1969)
| Decriminalization of homosexuality (1970)
| Legalization of homosexuality (1975)
| Decriminalization of "soft" drugs like cannabis (1976)
| Landmark housing anti-discrimination law (1979)
| Legalization of cannabis (1983)
| Abolition of the death penalty (1984)
| Creation of a consumption tax (2010)
| Passage of the ''Housing Affordability and Cost of Living Act'' (2018)
| Complete overhaul of road and public transport rules (2019-2020)
| Foringanan split from [[Atlantian Oceania]] (2022)
|}}

== Party leaders ==
{|class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
|-
! Name
! Party
! Served from
! Served until
! Notes
|-
| colspan=2 | [[Juan Rodriguez (Pacitalian politician)|Juan Rodriguez]]
| April 18, 1963
| January 9, 1969
| Prime Minister (1965-1969)
|-
| colspan=2 | [[Roberto Castorini]]
| January 9, 1969
| September 5, 1977
| Prime Minister (1969-1977)
|-
| colspan=2 | [[Athena Papistikas]]
| September 5, 1977
| May 31, 1993
| Prime Minister (1977-1985)
|-
| colspan=2 | [[Aracio Partiva]]
| May 31, 1993
| July 10, 2002
| &nbsp;
|-
| colspan=2 | [[Fernando Chiovitti]]
| July 10, 2002
| September 1, 2007
| rowspan=2 | Prime Minister (2006-2007)
|-
| [[Fernando Chiovitti]]
| style="background-color: #FFE6E6" | PSC
| September 1, 2007
| August 4, 2008
|-
| [[Jávier Grandinetti]]
| style="background-color: #ECECF9" | DNP
| September 1, 2007
| November 15, 2012
| &nbsp;
|-
| [[Bartomeu Cámp i Franc]]
| style="background-color: #FFE6E6" | PSC
| August 4, 2008
| January 26, 2011
| &nbsp;
|-
| [[Tomás de la Marques]]
| style="background-color: #FFE6E6" | PSC
| January 26, 2011
| September 9, 2011
| Leader ''ad interim''
|-
| ''Vacant''
| style="background-color: #FFE6E6;" | PSC
| September 9, 2011
| September 9, 2013
| ''Party suspended (Elections Act violation)''
|-
| [[Cristián Piñera]]
| style="background-color: #ECECF9" | DNP
| November 15, 2012
| February 6, 2016 §
| DNP archonal candidate, [[Pacitalian archonal election, 2010|2010]]
|-
| Tomás de la Marques
| style="background-color: #FFE6E6" | PSC
| September 9, 2013
| June 29, 2020
| Deputy Prime Minister (2018-2020)
|-
| Jávier Grandinetti
| style="background-color: #ECECF9" | DNP
| February 8, 2016 §
| May 31, 2016
| &nbsp;
|-
| [[Damián Moya]]
| style="background-color: #ECECF9" | DNP
| May 31, 2016
| June 29, 2020
| rowspan=2 | Prime Minister (2018-present)
|-
| colspan=2 | Damián Moya
| June 30, 2020
| &nbsp;
|}
<small>§ Piñera died suddenly of a heart attack and the party officially had no leader for the two days between Piñera's death and Grandinetti being named the interim replacement.<br>Note: Leader's party only listed for the era in which the PSC and DNP were split (2007-2020).''</small>
== Electoral performance ==
The below tables include pre-merger results of both the DNP and PSC for historical context.

{|class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
|-
|+ [[Constazione Repubblicana]]
|-
! rowspan=2|Election
! rowspan=2|Leader
! rowspan=2|Party
! colspan=2|Electorate votes{{efn|name=First-choice|Total of first-preference votes only.}}
! colspan=2|Party list votes
! colspan=2|Electorate seats
! colspan=2|Party list seats
! colspan=2|Total seats
! rowspan=2|Position
! rowspan=2|Result
|-
! No.
! Share
! No.
! Share
! No.
! ±
! No.
! ±
! No.
! ±
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[Pacitalian parliamentary elections, 2014|2014]]
|style="text-align:right;"|Cristián Piñera
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#ECECF9;"|DNP
|style="text-align:right;"|79,712,679
|style="text-align:right;"|23.2%
|style="text-align:right;"|73,528,075
|style="text-align:right;"|21.4%
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|56|270|hex=#3939AC}}
|{{increase}} 20
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|95|445|hex=#3939AC}}
|{{increase}} 32
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|151|715|hex=#3939AC}}
|{{increase}} 52
|{{increase}} 2nd
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|style="text-align:right;"|Tomás de la Marques
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFE6E6;"|PSC
|style="text-align:right;"|16,726,602
|style="text-align:right;"|5.0%
|style="text-align:right;"|33,910,208
|style="text-align:right;"|10.1%
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|0|270|hex=#FF0000}}
|{{steady}} 0
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|45|445|hex=#FF0000}}
|{{increase}} 45
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|45|715|hex=#FF0000}}
|{{increase}} 45
|{{increase}} 4th
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[Pacitalian parliamentary elections, 2017|2017]]
|style="text-align:right;"|[[Damián Moya]]
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#ECECF9;"|DNP
|style="text-align:right;"|89,335,062
|style="text-align:right;"|27.4%
|style="text-align:right;"|71,402,842
|style="text-align:right;"|21.9%
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|70|270|hex=#3939AC}}
|{{increase}} 14
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|97|445|hex=#3939AC}}
|{{increase}} 2
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|167|715|hex=#3939AC}}
|{{increase}} 16
|{{steady}} 2nd
|{{yes2|Coalition government with PSC}}
|-
|style="text-align:right;"|Tomás de la Marques
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFE6E6;"|PSC
|style="text-align:right;"|64,229,953
|style="text-align:right;"|19.7%
|style="text-align:right;"|72,707,004
|style="text-align:right;"|22.3%
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|62|270|hex=#FF0000}}
|{{increase}} 62
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|99|445|hex=#FF0000}}
|{{increase}} 54
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|161|715|hex=#FF0000}}
|{{increase}} 116
|{{increase}} 3rd
|{{yes2|Coalition government with DNP}}
|-
![[Pacitalian parliamentary elections, 2020|2020]]
! colspan=2 style="text-align:right;"|[[Damián Moya]]
|style="text-align:right;"|151,151,231
|style="text-align:right;"|46.5%
|style="text-align:right;"|182,040,274
|style="text-align:right;"|56.0%
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|207|270|hex=#EE0000}}
|{{increase}} 75
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|250|445|hex=#EE0000}}
|{{increase}} 54
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|457|715|hex=#EE0000}}
|{{increase}} 129
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Majority government}}
|-
![[Pacitalian parliamentary elections, 2023|2023]]
! colspan=2 style="text-align:right;"|[[Damián Moya]]
|style="text-align:right;"|140,361,329
|style="text-align:right;"|41.5%
|style="text-align:right;"|135,288,028
|style="text-align:right;"|40.0%
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|162|270|hex=#EE0000}}
|{{decrease}} 45
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|178|445|hex=#EE0000}}
|{{decrease}} 72
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|340|715|hex=#EE0000}}
|{{decrease}} 117
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Coalition government (TBD)}}
|-
|}

{|class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
|-
|+ [[Senato Repubblicana]]
|-
! rowspan=2|Election
! rowspan=2|Leader
! rowspan=2|Party
! colspan=2|Votes{{efn|name=First-choice}}
! colspan=2|Seats
! rowspan=2|Position
! rowspan=2|Result
|-
! No.
! Share
! No.
! Share
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[Pacitalian parliamentary elections, 2014|2014]]
|style="text-align:right;"|Cristián Piñera
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#ECECF9;"|DNP
|style="text-align:right;"|108,574,166
|style="text-align:right;"|31.6%
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|22|96|hex=#3939AC}}
|{{increase}} 8
|{{increase}} 2nd
|{{no2|Minority (opposition)}}
|-
|style="text-align:right;"|Tomás de la Marques
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFE6E6;"|PSC
|style="text-align:right;"|12,712,798
|style="text-align:right;"|3.7%
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|3|96|hex=#FF0000}}
|{{increase}} 3
|{{increase}} 6th
|{{no2|Minority (opposition)}}
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[Pacitalian parliamentary elections, 2017|2017]]
|style="text-align:right;"|[[Damián Moya]]
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#ECECF9;"|DNP
|style="text-align:right;"|85,422,578
|style="text-align:right;"|26.2%
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|27|96|hex=#3939AC}}
|{{increase}} 5
|{{increase}} 1st
|{{yes2|Majority (governing)}}
|-
|style="text-align:right;"|Tomás de la Marques
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFE6E6;"|PSC
|style="text-align:right;"|77,923,650
|style="text-align:right;"|23.9%
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|20|96|hex=#FF0000}}
|{{increase}} 17
|{{increase}} 3rd
|{{yes2|Majority (governing)}}
|-
![[Pacitalian parliamentary elections, 2020|2020]]
! colspan=2 style="text-align:right;"|[[Damián Moya]]
|style="text-align:right;"|152,752,840
|style="text-align:right;"|47.4%
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|72|100|hex=#EE0000}}
|{{increase}} 25
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Majority (governing)}}
|-
![[Pacitalian parliamentary elections, 2023|2023]]
! colspan=2 style="text-align:right;"|[[Damián Moya]]
|style="text-align:right;"|114,676,083
|style="text-align:right;"|34.2%
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|57|100|hex=#EE0000}}
|{{decrease}} 15
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Majority (governing)}}
|}

{|class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
|-
|+ [[Archonate of the Pacitalian Republic]]
|-
! rowspan=2|Election
! rowspan=2|Candidate
! rowspan=2|Party
! colspan=3|First-round votes
! colspan=3|Runoff election
! rowspan=2|Result
|-
! No.
! Share
! Position
! No.
! Share
! Position
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Pacitalian archonal election, 2010|2010]]
| Cristián Piñera
| style="background-color: #ECECF9" | DNP
| 70,931,379
| 24.7%
| {{increase}} 3rd
| colspan=3 style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" | &nbsp;
| {{no2}} Eliminated in first round
|-
| Athena Papistikas
| style="background-color: #FFE6E6" | PSC
| 21,400,134
| 7.4%
| {{decrease}} 4th
| colspan=3 style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" | &nbsp;
| {{no2}} Eliminated in first round
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Pacitalian archonal election, 2016|2016]]{{efn|name=2016 Archonate|Election result was annulled due to the narrow margin of just 754 votes between the final two candidates, out of nearly 250 million valid votes cast. Voting irregularities and missing postal ballots that may have altered the final result were also noted during the tabulation process. The National Superior Court invalidated the election results as a precaution and officials re-ran the election in 2017.}}
| [[Franco Russo]]
| style="background-color: #FFE6E6" | PSC
| 84,022,575
| 30.8%
| {{increase}} 2nd
| 124,681,113
| 50.0%
| {{steady}} 2nd
| {{no2}} Lost in runoff{{efn|name=2016 Archonate}}
|-
| [[Sorinel Vulpes]]
| style="background-color: #ECECF9" | DNP
| 19,822,366
| 7.3%
| {{decrease}} 4th
| colspan=3 style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" | &nbsp;
| {{no2}} Eliminated in first round
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Pacitalian archonal election, 2017|2017]]{{efn|name=2016 Archonate}}
| [[Vittoria Agradossa]]
| style="background-color: #ECECF9" | DNP
| 77,650,120
| 26.8%
| {{increase}} 2nd
| 141,136,117
| 51.0%
| {{increase}} 1st
| {{yes2}} Elected
|-
| Adan Cárdenas
| style="background-color: #FFE6E6" | PSC
| 61,539,308
| 21.3%
| {{decrease}} 3rd
| colspan=3 style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" | &nbsp;
| {{no2}} Eliminated in first round
|-
| [[Pacitalian archonal election, 2023|2023]]
| colspan=2 | [[Franco Russo]]
| 103,322,602
| 36.1%
| {{steady}} 2nd{{efn|name=Party merger archonate|The change in position compared to the 2017 archonal election is notional as the PSDC did not exist prior to 2020. The ranking of the candidate's performance is relative to how the PSDC's two constituent parties (the DNP and PSC) performed in that election. The DNP's candidate placed 2nd and made the runoff election, while the PSC's candidate finished 3rd and was eliminated.}}
| 132,229,091
| 46.5%
| {{decrease}} 2nd
| {{no2|Lost in runoff}}
|-
|}

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