Social Democratic Party of Tarper

Social Democratic Party of Tarper Parti Social-démocrate de Tarper
Abbreviation	SDPT
Chairperson	Dietmar Voss
General Secretary	Marion Roland Roth
Secretary-General	Valerio Hausler
Founded	2003 (as Party) 2016 (as Organization)
Preceded by	Tarperti Party of Socialism and Democracy
Merged into	Socialist Party of Tarper
Newspaper	The Tarperti Journal
Think tank	Herzog-Tapia Theorist Bureau New Age Foundation
Student wing	Student Socialists
Youth wing	Young Socialists of Tarper
Women's wing	Women in Socialism
Trade union	Tarperti Confederation of Labour
Ideology	Social Democracy
Political position	Center-left
National affiliation	Socialist Party of Tarper
Colors	Red
Slogan	"Yes We Can!"
Party flag

The Social Democratic Party of Tarper (SDPT), also commonly referred to as the SocDems, is a social democratic political organization in Tarper. The party was founded in 2003 as a continuation of the Tarperti Party of Socialism and Democracy, a social democratic party in the former Republic of Tarper.

Since 2016 it has been an influential faction within the Socialist Party of Tarper, its former organizations have either been merged into larger ones or remain as sub-organizations within the SDPT.

History

The Christmas Coup in the Tarperti Confederation, which led to the replacement of interim Communist leader Henry Bosch in December 1991 led to a new generation of politicians in the Confederation's ruling Communist Party (CPT) who looked to become an impenetrable opposition to Hinder's National Party. Unfortunately, Hinder had dissolved the confederation and the party was forced into exile and remained underground until 2002.

This forced exile of the CPT caused various caucuses and factions from the communist era to split from the old party and seek official party recognition from the Republican government.

In 1996 after years of petitioning, the government allowed free elections. Before this only two parties existed, the National Party, and the Sub-National Party. The factions of the breakout factions of the CPT to create parties were, The Red Brigade, Faction of Liberal Communists, and Caucus for Socialism and Democracy, who came together to create the Republican Union of Anti-Capitalists (Tarper) (RUAC); and the Social Democratic Faction, New Confederation Congress, and Free Labour Federation went to create the Tarperti Party of Socialism and Democracy (SD), a social democratic party.

The SD had become the third largest party in the Republic after RUAC, who was second, and the National Party, who was first. Near the turn of the century, Mans Hinder had decided to purge the parties due to his concerns over his power diminishing. All parties were outlawed in 1998, with RUAC ending in 1999. The SD was dissolved with most of its members going to RUAC and then the New Millenium Party.

After the Second Civil War, several former members of the SD had left the newly renamed Socialist Unity Party. In 2003 the members reconvened and created the modern SDPT. In the 2005 Federal Election, the party sent its first members to the Bundestag.

After the 2013 federal election, the Social Democratic Party was part of the Socialist Front, a united Socialist coalition. As part of Chancellor Herzog's "One Big Party" plan, the SDPT's organizations were consolidated into singular entities and in 2016 the party relinquished its independence towards the new Socialist Party of Tarper. The SDPT is now a political organization within the SP and runs its members under the flag of the SP.

Former special organizations

The SDPT currently hosts only one pressure group

• New Age Foundation: the think tank of the party

The organization was host to several pressure groups, though several of the groups are usually sedentary and go along with the organization's leadership, but the Left Faction was the only one to fulfill its mission.

• Social Democratic Youth Organizations (SDYO): oversaw the student and youth organizations
  • Social Democratic Student Union
  • Youths in Social Democracy
• Fesodem (Female Social Democrats): Women's wing of the party, was interested in pushing pro-feminist policy
• Left Faction: created party policy that favored merging with the members of the Socialist Front and create a "Socialist Party of Tarper"
• The Modern Socialist: former newspaper of the SDPT and NeoComms before it, merged with The Tarperti Journal against the wishes of the organization which was against the socialist merger

Federal election results

Election	Seats won	±	Position	Leader
2005	46 / 614	46	6th	Samuel Schuchardt
2009	68 / 622	22	5th	Amelia Osbourne
2013	56 / 630	12	5th	Ruben Mann