Union of Rightists (Elizea)

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Union of Rightists

Unio de Dekstruloj
AbbreviationUdD
Founded1908
Dissolved1962
Merged intoPeople's Party
Membership (1958)435,902
IdeologyConservatism
Anti-communism
Economic liberalism
Political positioncentre-right to right-wing
National affiliationPeople's Alliance (1957-1962)
Colors     

The Union of Rightists was the major political party in Elizea between the 1920s and 1950s. In 1962 the party merged, together with the Liberal Union and the Christian Democracy, into the People's Party.

Ideology

In the 1910s the UDD combined conservatism with protectionist economic policies. At the end of the 1910s the UDD made a dramastic shift away from protectionism to economic liberalism. Protection of family values and opposition to the creation of a welfare state. Gradually the UDD became more open to the creation of a welfare state, which resulted in coalition governments with the social liberal Democratic Union. In the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s the UDD governed together with the Democratic Union. In this period a welfare state was created, a land value tax was introduced and the size of the army was more doubled.

Election results

Election Votes % Seats +/– Government
1946 2,860,000 28.61 (#1)
110 / 360
Increase 1 Government
1950 2,860,295 29.22 (#1)
113 / 360
Increase 3 Government
1954 2,924,002 29.29 (#1)
122 / 360
Increase 9 Government