Sotirian Democratic Party (Imagua)

Sotirian Democratic Party of Imagua and the Assimas Partito Democratico Sotiriano di Imagua e Assime
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Founded	1892
Dissolved	1997
Merged into	Sotirian Democratic Labour Party
Headquarters	Cuanstad, Imagua and the Assimas
Student wing	Sotirian Democratic Students
Youth wing	Sotirian Democratic Youth
Ideology	Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
Colors	Blue
Political parties Elections

The Sotirian Democratic Party of Imagua and the Assimas (Etrurian: Partito Democratico Sotiriano di Imagua e Assime), or the Sotirian Democratic Party (Etrurian: Partito Democratico Sotiriano) for short, was one of the two major political parties on Imagua and the Assimas, the other being the Democratic Labour Party, operating from 1892 until it merged with the National Labour Party to create the Sotirian Democratic Labour Party in 1997.

Originating in 1892, it was the governing party of the Estmerish colony of Imagua from 1892 to 1917, from 1936 to 1952, and from 1956 to 1960, benefitting from the support of the Eucleo-Imaguan population, who exerted extensive political and economic influence in the country in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. However, from the 1940s onwards, as Imagua became independent, the Sotirian Democrats began to lose influence to the Democratic Labour Party, as the latter garnered extensive support from the majority Bahio-Imaguan and Coian-Imaguan populations.

From 1960 onward, the Sotirian Democratic Party declined in relevance, particularly as many voters saw it as a white supremacist party, due to the fact most of its members and voters were Eucleo-Imaguans. The declined only accelerated when the National Labour Party emerged in 1983 due to a schism within the Democratic Labour Party, which consumed much of its remaining base: by 1992, it lost all seats, and after gaining zero seats, it was dissolved in 1997, when it finally merged into the newly-established Sotirian Democratic Labour Party, with a small minority of members founding the Sotirian Defence Party.

Positions

Economically, the National Party of Imagua is a supporter of neoconservative economic policy, with fewer regulations on the national economy in Imagua and the Assimas.

Socially, while it is considered to be part of the centre-right, the National Party has strongly opposed same-sex marriage and LGBT rights, saying that it threatens the "stability of the family." It has supported the status quo regarding abortion, which may only be received for medical reasons or if the child was conceived of rape.

Election results

These results include all elections contested as the Conservative Party of Imagua (from 1892 to 1944), and the Conservative Party of Imagua and the Assimas (1948 to 2000).

Election	Leader	Candidates	Seats	+/-	Position
1892	Harmon Lambourne	36/36	20 / 36	new	Majority government
1896		36/36	22 / 36	2	Majority government
1900		36/36	22 / 36		Majority government
1904		37/37	26 / 37	4	Majority government
1908		37/37	24 / 37	2	Majority government
1909	Dick Parlow	37/37	24 / 37		Majority government
1913		38/38	19 / 38	5	Minority government
1917		38/38	9 / 38	10	Official Opposition
1920	Gilbert McGrath	38/38	7 / 38	2	Third Party
1924	Trevor Fullmore	39/39	12 / 39	5	Official Opposition
1936	Lucas Pembroke	39/39	22 / 39	10	Majority government
1940		39/39	29 / 39	7	Majority government
1944	Frederick Maynard	40/40	31 / 40	2	Majority government
1948		64/66	40 / 66	9	Majority government
1952		63/63	28 / 63	12	Official Opposition
1956	Martin Ellingham	63/63	34 / 63	6	Majority government
1960		63/63	25 / 63	9	Official Opposition
1964	Oswald Dunning	65/65	23 / 65	2	Official Opposition
1968	Pericle Cappetta	65/65	29 / 65	6	Official Opposition
1972	Priamo Angelino	67/67	25 / 67	4	Official Opposition
1976	Roland Arnold	67/67	19 / 67	6	Official Opposition
1980		67/67	15 / 67	4	Official Opposition
1981	Victor Banks	67/67	13 / 67	2	Official Opposition
1984		63/64	7 / 64	6	Third party
1988	Edwin Burke	56/64	1 / 64	6	Third party
1992	Erberto Formica	50/67	0 / 67	1	Extra-parliamentary opposition
1996		55/67	0 / 67		Extra-parliamentary opposition