Democratic Labour Party (Imagua)

Democratic Labour Party of Imagua and the Assimas
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Chairman	Edmondo Privitera
Parliamentary Leader	Douglas Egnell
Founded	1948
Merger of	Democratic Party Labour Party
Headquarters	Cuanstad, Imagua and the Assimas
Student wing	Labourers of the Intelligentsia
Youth wing	Young Labourers
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
Colors	Crimson
Anthem	Bella ciao
Legislative Council	12 / 19
Lesser House	27 / 70
Website
dlp.org.ia
Political parties Elections

The Democratic Labour Party of Imagua and the Assimas (Etrurian: Partito Democratico del Lavoro di Imagua e Assime), or the Democratic Labour Party of Imagua (Etrurian: Partito Democratico del Lavoro di Imagua) is one of the two major political parties of Imagua and the Assimas, the other being the Sotirian Democratic Labour Party.

Founded in 1948 following the merger of the Labour Party and the Democratic Party, the party quickly became a major party in Imaguan politics, governing from 1952 to 1956, and then from 1960 onwards. While initially being part of a two-party system with the Sotirian Democrats, after an internal divide led to the formation of the National Labour Party in 1978, the NLP quickly displaced the SDP as being the primary opposition party.

After the SDP and NLP merged in 1997 to form the Sotirian Democratic Labour Party, the DLP lost power in 2000, and only would return to power in the 2016 general elections. Since then, it has held the Presidency, as well as control of the Lesser House of Parliament.

Positions

Economically, the Democratic Labour Party supports increased regulations on industries, in order to "ensure the safety and well-being of the Imaguan people," while ensuring that capitalism can continue to operate freely.

Socially, the Democratic Labour Party are more liberal than the Nationals, supporting increased LGBT rights and supporting on-demand abortions. They are also more supportive of the environmentalist movement. However, the Democratic Labour Party is opposed to increasing immigration, as they believe that immigration would only benefit the rich and harm local Imaguans.

Election results

The results below include the Labour Party of Imagua from 1903 to 1944, and the Democratic Labour Party of Imagua from 1948 onwards, but exclude the results of the Democratic Party of Imagua.

Election	Leader	Candidates	Seats	+/-	Position
1904	Clayton Keating	18/37	0 / 37		Extra-parliamentary opposition
1908		21/37	0 / 37		Extra-parliamentary opposition
1909		22/37	1 / 37	1	Fourth party
1913		24/38	3 / 38	2	Third party
1917		26/38	9 / 38	6	Democratic-Labour coalition
1920	Nelson Egnell	33/38	20 / 38	11	Majority government
1924		37/39	22 / 39	2	Majority government
1936		39/39	7 / 39	15	Third party
1940	Martin Trevarthen	39/39	4 / 39	3	Third party
1944	Wilbur Smith	39/39	5 / 39	1	Official Opposition
1948	Herschel Ahern	66/66	24 / 66	16	Official Opposition
1952	Marguerite Ernman	63/63	34 / 63	10	Majority government
1956		63/63	29 / 63	7	Official Opposition
1960	Efrem Lacovara	63/63	38 / 63	9	Majority government
1964		65/65	42 / 65	4	Majority government
1968	Eric Fleming	65/65	36 / 65	6	Majority government
1972		67/67	42 / 67	6	Majority government
1976	Pietro Muro	67/67	47 / 67	5	Majority government
1980		67/67	44 / 67	3	Majority government
1981	Marguerite Ernman	67/67	45 / 67	1	Majority government
1984	Edmondo Privitera	64/64	43 / 64	2	Majority government
1988		64/64	38 / 64	5	Majority government
1992	Gerald Larsson	67/67	37 / 67	1	Majority government
1996		67/67	39 / 67	2	Majority government
2000	Ladislao Colacino	67/67	22 / 67	17	Official Opposition
2004	Pete Tasuku	68/68	29 / 68	7	Official Opposition
2008	Agostina Di Bari	68/68	31 / 68	2	Official Opposition
2012		70/70	32 / 70	1	Official Opposition
2016	Douglas Egnell	70/70	36 / 70	4	Majority government
2020		70/70	27 / 70	9	Minority government