People's Democratic Party | |
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| Abbreviation | DLP |
| Leader | Bhadase Sagan Maraj |
| Founder | Bhadase Sagan Maraj |
| Founded | 1953[1] |
| Dissolved | 1957 |
| Succeeded by | |
| Headquarters | Champ Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago[2] |
| Labor wing | All Trinidad Sugar Estates and Factory Workers Union (de facto) |
| Religious wing | Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (de facto) |
| Ideology | Labourism Civic nationalism Anti-communism Social conservatism Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian civil rights Hindu and Muslim religious rights[1] |
| Political position | Big tent |
| Regional affiliation | West Indies Democratic Labour Party (1957) |
| Colors | Yellow |
| Election symbol | |
| Wheel | |
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The People's Democratic Party was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago formed in 1953. Under the leadership of Bhadase Sagan Maraj it contested the 1956 General Elections, capturing 5 of 24 elected seats in the Legislative Council and 20.3% of the vote. In 1957 it joined the Federal Democratic Labour Party and later co-founded the Trinidad and Tobago Democratic Labour Party, together with the Trinidad Labour Party and the Party of Political Progress Groups.
References
- 1 2 Malik, Yogendra Kuma (1966). The Democratic Labor Party of Trinidad: An attempt at the formation of a mass party in a multi-ethnic society (PhD thesis). University of Florida.
- ↑ "List of political parties and their symbols" (PDF). ebctt.com.
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