Social Democrats (Slovenia)
The Social Democrats (Slovene: Socialni demokrati, SD) is a centre-left political party in Slovenia, currently led by Igor Lukšič. From 1993 until 2005, the party was known as the United List of Social Democrats (Slovene: Združena lista socialnih demokratov, ZLSD). SD won 10.52% of the vote at the early 2011 Slovenian parliamentary election on 4 December 2011, thus gaining 10 seats in the National Assembly.
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