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The party was founded in 1998 by Salvo Andò and other former leading members of the late Italian Socialist Party (PSI). [1]
In the 2001 regional election, the party garnered 1.0% of the vote and elected a regional councillor. [2]
In the 2003 provincial elections, the party elected provincial councillors in the provinces of Catania, Messina, Palermo, Agrigento and Caltanissetta. [3]
In 2003, the party was merged into the Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI). [1]
In 2010, Andò and other former Liberal Socialists formed the Socialist Clubs, a network of local social-democratic clubs in Sicily. [4]
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