Democratic Conviction

Democratic Conviction Partia Bindja Demokratike
Abbreviation	BD
Leader	Astrit Patozi
Founded	23 April 2019;5 years ago (2019-04-23)
Split from	Democratic Party
Merged into	LZHK
Headquarters	Rruga Pjetër Bogdani, ndërtesa 13, hyrja 6/1,Tirana
Ideology	Conservatism Liberal conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
Colours	Blue
National Assembly	0 / 140
Municipality	0 / 61
Website
Official website
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The Democratic Conviction ^[a] (Albanian : Partia Bindja Demokratike, BD) is a political party in Albania that was registered on April 23, 2019, belongs to the center-right political spectrum. Its coordinator is Astrit Patozi. ^[6]

History

Democratic Conviction was created during the 2019 Albanian protests. ^[7] It participated in the 2021 Albanian parliamentary election, ^[8] winning 0.5% of the vote and no seats. They merged with LZHK on 31 January 2025. ^[9]

Notes

1. News sources have reported on the party under various English names: Democratic Conviction Party or Democratic Obedience Party. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} However, on its own website, it has referred to itself in English as Democratic Conviction. ^[5]

References

1. "The Democratic Obedience, the newest party of Albania led by the former Democrat Astrit Patozi". 23 April 2019.
2. "CEC completes registration of 6 mayoral candidates in Democratic Obedience Party list". 20 May 2019.
3. "New Electoral Code, Democratic Obedience party makes surprise move: This is the only way to overthrow it!". sot.com.al.
4. "Democratic Conviction registers as political party".
5. "BOARD". bd.al. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
6. "Sot regjistrohet 'Bindja Demokratike', Patozi kryetar". Gazeta Express. 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
7. "Albania: Opposition coalition plans protests May 11 /update 11". GardaWorld. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
8. "Parti & kandidatë të pavarur 2021: krahasimi me 2017 dhe 2013 – ISP" (in Albanian). Archived from the original on 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
9. "LZHK and Bindja Demokratike join forces/Merge into a single political entity". CNA.

See also

• List of political parties in Albania