Socialist Party (Arkiasis)

Socialist Party
Socialist Party Logo
Leader	Kimberly Garnett
Founded	11 July, 1894 (as Social Democratic Party)
Headquarters	427 Hamilton Ave, 01DAL539 Leighton
Student wing	Socialist Students
Youth wing	Socialist Youth
Membership (2014)	56,340
Ideology	Democratic Socialism Internal Factions  • Anti-capitalism  • Left-wing populism  • Alter-globalization
Political position	Left-wing
International affiliation	None
Esquarian Parliament	Confederation of the Esquarian Left
Colours	Red
House of Representatives	41 / 650
Senate	18 / 200
Provincial Councils	99 / 1,828
Esquarian Parliament	2 / 42
Election symbol
SP
Website
http://www.socialistpartyarkiasis.org.ak

The Socialist Party is a left-wing Democratic Socialist political party in Arkiasis. It was founded on 11 July, 1894 as the "Social Democratic Party". Later, in 1945 the party chaged its ideology from Social Democracy to Democratic Socialism and changed its name to the "Socialist Party". The Socialist Party is generally regarded as big tent party with many different factions, ranging from communists to social democrats.

Current Platform

The Socialist Party's primary belief is that democracy should also apply to the workplace. The party seeks to empower and encourage worker cooperatives in order to decentralize the economy and favour higher government regulation and increasing corporate tax. Their aim is to gradually transform the capitalist system into a socialist democratic system, based on the principles of justice, equality, solidarity and respect for nature and organized as a social and democratic state of law. The SP wants to achieve Socialism through Democratic measures by passing government policies in Parliament and through political activism to achieve the goal of workers self-management and worker cooperatives. The party also supports a "guaranteed basic income" as an alternative to the nations welfare system.

House of Representatives

Election	Seats	+/–	Government
2014	41 / 650	6	in opposition
2010	47 / 650	11	in government
2006	36 / 600	3	in government
2002	39 / 600	4	in government
1998	35 / 550	3	in government
1994	38 / 550	2	in government
1990	40 / 500	3	in opposition
1986	43 / 500	9	in government
1982	52 / 500	11	in government
1978	41 / 460	5	in opposition
1974	46 / 460		in opposition
1970	46 / 405	46	in opposition
1929	31 / 556	4	in opposition
1926	27 / 546	3	in opposition
1923	24 / 537	5	in opposition
1920	29 / 518	8	in opposition
1917	21 / 511	13	in opposition
1911	34 / 455	7	in opposition
1908	41 / 449	3	in opposition
1905	44 / 445	5	in opposition
1902	49 / 442	31	in opposition
1898	80 / 440	8	in opposition
1895	72 / 432	72	in opposition