People's Democratic Party (Chile)

People's Democratic Party

Partido Democrático del Pueblo
People's Democratic Party Partido Democrático del Pueblo
Founded	1948
Dissolved	1956
Merged into	Democratic Party
Headquarters	Santiago, Chile
Ideology	Social liberalism; Social democracy; Populism
	Politics of Chile; Political parties; Elections;

The People's Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Democrático del Pueblo) was a political party in Chile. It was founded through a split in the Democratic Party. PDP was part of the 1952 People's Alliance that supported Carlos Ibáñez del Campo in the 1952 presidential election. In 1956 the PDP joined the Popular Action Front (FRAP). In 1956 PDP merged again into the Democratic Party.^[1]

References

↑ Bizzarro, Salvatore. Historical Dictionary of Chile. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2005. p. 548

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