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Imaguan Party of Democrats | |
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| Founded | 7 January, 1948 |
| Split from | Democratic Party of Imagua |
| Headquarters | Cuanstad, Imagua and the Assimas |
| Ideology | Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-right |
| Colors | Rose |
| Senate | 0 / 60
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| Lesser House | 0 / 70
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The Imaguan Party of Democrats (Etrurian: Partito dei Democratici d'Imagua) is a small political party in Imagua and the Assimas. Established in 1948 by members opposed to the merger of the Democratic Party of Imagua with the Labour Party to create the Democratic Labour Party of Imagua, the party maintained a presence in the Imaguan Senate until 1974.
History
Establishment
Following the merger of the Democratic Party with the Labour Party to create the Democratic Labour Party of Imagua, a faction of members opposed to the merger, led by former party leader Abraham Halfacre, held an "extraordinary" party conference to establish the Imaguan Party of Democrats on 7 January, 1948.
There, he invited "all true Democrats" to rally under a continuing Democratic Party, with nine of the eleven Democratic senators joining the continuing party.
However, when the party tried to register with Elections Imagua under the Democratic name, the application was rejected as the name would confuse voters. This forced Halfacre to call the party the Imaguan Party of Democrats.
As well, due to the short time between the merger and the 1948 general election, Halfacre had a hard time finding candidates to run for office. However, he managed to field twenty-two candidates before the writ was dropped.
While Halfacre ran a vigorous campaign, and managed to finish second in much of the constituencies in Cuanstad, the lack of a national presence hampered the party's success. Nonetheless, Halfacre spent the next four years building up a IPD presence across country, vowing to run in "every constituency" by the next general election in 1952.
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