Liberal Democratic Party (Seketan)

Liberal Democratic Party Libre democrateça ynden
Abbreviation	LDY
Leader	Kati Jolas
President	Lyeslji Yorgan
Founded	January 30, 1998 (1998-01-30)
Merger of	Democratic Party Liberal Party
Headquarters	Conelibek
Youth wing	Young LibDems
Ideology	Liberalism Social Liberalism Pro-Europeanism Libertarianism (minority)
Political position	Centre
Colors	Orange
Commons Council	20 / 293
State Council	4 / 106
State Governors	0 / 7
State Legislatures	10 / 487

The Liberal Democratic Party is a liberal political party in Seketan. Since its creation in 1996, it has frequently been the third-largest party in Seketese politics. Currently, it has 14 MHA's, 4 senators, and 30 provincial lawmakers. They sit in the centre of the Seketese political spectrum between the Socialists and the National Conservatives. Despite often being a kingmaker in minority governments, they have never served in government at the national level, though they have been junior partners in provincial governments and were once the senior member in Nelderjen's government from 2018-2022.

The party was established in 1998 after the Democratic Party and the Liberal Party merged. The Liberal Party had existed since 1889, being one of the few parties not banned under the Kjedorate regime, while the Democratic party emerged from the moderate factions in the 1978 Seketese Revolution. Both parties served in several governments, supporting both Socialist and National Conservative Governments. By the 1990s, after several elections of perceived vote splitting between the two liberal parties, a merger was agreed to, thus forming the modern Liberal Democrats.

Today the party is broadly a coalition of liberals and progressives, with a small libertarian faction on the right. The party has often fluctuated between the centre-right and centre-left based on which faction has supremacy. They are most popular among the collage educated, self-employed, middle-class, and urban voters.

Election Results

Election	Party votes	Total %	Change %	Seats won	Seats change	Status
1999	543,063	17.2%	3.3pp	22 / 193	3	Opposition
2003	516,724	17.3%	0.1pp	22 / 193	0	Opposition
2005	457,358	15.8%	1.5pp	28 / 293	6	Opposition
2006	447,103	14.7%	1.1pp	20 / 293	8	Opposition
2010	503,450	17.3%	2.6pp	33 / 293	13	Opposition
2014	531,299	16.4%	0.9pp	34 / 293	1	Opposition
2017	414,382	14.5%	1.9pp	29 / 293	5	Opposition
2021	97,358	3.0%	11.5pp	2 / 293	28	Opposition