List of social democratic and democratic socialist parties that have governed

This is a list of social democratic and democratic socialist parties which have governed countries, whether as the ruling party or as a member of a governing coalition. Most of these parties were members of the Socialist International.

Political parties

Country	Party	Years in power	Member of SI	Notes
Afghanistan	Homeland Party	1990–1992
Albania	Socialist Party of Albania	2013–present
Australia	Australian Labor Party	1904, 1908–1909, 1910–1913, 1914–1917, 1929–1932, 1941–1949, 1972–1975, 1983–1996, 2007–2013, 2022–present	yes (formerly)
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Awami League	2009–present
Barbados	Barbados Labour Party	1954–1961, 1976–1986, 1994–2008, 2018–present
	Democratic Labour Party	1961–1976, 1986–1994, 2008–2018
Belgium	Belgian Socialist Party	1938–1939, 1945–1949, 1954–1958, 1973–1974
	Parti socialiste	2011–2014
Bermuda	Progressive Labour Party	1998–2012
Bolivia	Movement Towards Socialism	2006–present
Chile	Socialist Party of Chile	1970–1973, 2006–2010, 2014–2018	yes
Brazil	Brazilian Socialist Party	2002–2014, 2023–present
	Socialism and Liberty Party	2023–present
	Workers' Party	2003–2016, 2023–present
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Socialist Party	2002-2012
Costa Rica	National Liberation Party	1948-1949, 1953-1958, 1962-1966, 1970-1978, 1982-1990, 1994-1998, 2006-2014
Denmark	Social Democrats (Denmark)	1916–1920, 1924–1926, 1929–1945, 1947–1950, 1953–1968, 1971–1973, 1975–1982, 1993–2001, 2011–2015, 2019–
Dominica	Dominica Labour Party	1961–1979, 2000–present
Dominican Republic	Dominican Revolutionary Party	1963, 1978–1986, 2000–2004
Ecuador	Democratic Left	1988–1992
	PAIS Alliance	2007–2021
El Salvador	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front	2009–2019
Fiji	Fiji Labour Party	1987, 1999–2000
Finland	Social Democratic Party of Finland	1926–1927, 1937–1959, 1966–1991, 1995–2007, 2011–2015, 2019–2023	yes
France	French Section of the Workers' International
	Socialist Party	1981–1995, 1997–2002, 2012–2017	yes
Gibraltar	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party
Germany	Social Democratic Party of Germany	1918–1920, 1921–1922, 1923, 1928–1930, 1966–1982, 1998–2009, 2013–present
Greece	Panhellenic Socialist Movement	1981–1989, 1993–2004, 2009–2012
	Syriza	2015–2019
Greenland	Siumut
Guyana	People's National Congress (Guyana)	2015–present
Hungary	Hungarian Socialist Party	1994–1998, 2002–2010	yes
	Social Democratic Party of Hungary	1918–1919
Iceland	Social Democratic Alliance	2009–2013	yes
India	Indian National Congress	1947–1977, 1980–1989, 1991–1996, 2004–2014	yes
Ireland	Sinn Féin	1919–22
Israel	Israeli Labor Party	1968–1977, 1984–1990, 1992–1996, 1999–2003, 2006–2011, 2020–2022	yes (formerly)
Italy	Italian Socialist Party
Jamaica	People's National Party	1955–1962, 1972–1980, 1989–2007, 2012–2016
Japan	Japan Socialist Party	1947–1948	yes	[1]
Malta	Labour Party
Mauritius	Labour Party
	Mauritian Militant Movement
	Militant Socialist Movement
Mongolia	Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
Montenegro	Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro
Morocco	Socialist Union of Popular Forces
Nepal	Nepali Congress
Netherlands	Labour	1946, 1948–1958, 1973–1977, 1994–2002
New Zealand	Labour Party	1935–1949, 1957–1960, 1972–1975, 1984–1990, 1999–2008, 2017–2023	observer
Niger	Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism
Norway	Labour Party	1928, 1935–1965, 1971–1972, 1973–1981, 1986–1989, 1990–1997, 2000–2001, 2005–2013, 2021–present	observer
Pakistan	Pakistan People's Party
Poland	Polish Socialist Party
	Democratic Left Alliance	1993–1997, 2001–2005
	New Left	2024-present
Portugal	Socialist Party	1976–1978, 1983–1985, 1995–2002, 2005–2011, 2015–2024	yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party	1960–1980, 1995–2015
Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia Labour Party	1960–1964, 1979–1982, 1997–2006, 2011–2016, 2021–present
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent Labour Party	1967–1972, 1974–1984
	Unity Labour Party	2001–present
Serbia	Democratic Party	2000–2003, 2008–2012	yes
Slovakia	Smer	2006–2010, 2012–2020, 2023-present	yes
South Africa	African National Congress	1994–present	yes
Spain	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	1931–1933, 1936–1939, 1982–1996, 2004–2011, 2018–present	yes
Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1956–1960, 1960–1965, 1970–1977, 1994–2022	no
	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	2004–2005, 2024–present	no
Sweden	Swedish Social Democratic Party	1917–1920, 1921–1923, 1924–1926, 1932–1976, 1982–1991, 1994–2006, 2014–2022
Tanzania	Tanganyika African National Union	1962–1977
	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	1977–present	yes
Trinidad and Tobago	United National Congress	1995–2001, 2010–2015
Turkey	Republican People's Party	1923–1950, 1961–1965, 1971–73, 1974, 1977, 1978–1979, 1995–1996
	Social Democratic People's Party	1991–1995
	Democratic Left Party	1997–2002
	Peoples' Democratic Party	2015
United Kingdom	Labour Party	1915–1922, 1924, 1929–1951, 1964–1970, 1974–1979, 1997–2010, 2024–present	observer
Uruguay	Socialist Party of Uruguay	2005–present	yes
Venezuela	Democratic Action	1945–1948, 1959–1969, 1974–1979, 1984–1993

Currently represented

The following is a list of democratic socialist or partially democratic socialist parties which are currently being represented in the legislature of their country. It does not include democratic socialist parties that are mainly social democratic and are considered to their right within the centre-left.

•   indicates a governing party, including as junior coalition partner or providing parliamentary support

Party	Country	Date established	% of popular vote in the latest election	Seats in the legislature (lower chamber if bicameral)
Movement for Socialism [2]	Bolivia	1998	55.10% (2020)	75 / 130 (58%)
Broad Front 1 [3]	Uruguay	1971	40.49% (2019)	42 / 99 (42%)
Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova [4]	Moldova	1997	27.17% (2021)	32 / 101 (32%)
National Unity of Hope 1 [2]	Guatemala	2002	17.92% (2019)	54 / 160 (34%)
Labour Party 1 [5]	United Kingdom	1900	33.70% (2024)	404 / 650 (62%)
Scottish National Party 1 [6]	Scotland	1936	47.7% (2021)	64 / 129 (50%)
Plaid Cymru 1 [7] [8] [9] [10]	Wales	1925	20.70% (2021)	13 / 60 (22%)
Social Democratic and Labour Party 1 [11]	Northern Ireland	1970	9.1% (2022)	8 / 90 (9%)
Sinn Féin [12] [13]	Northern Ireland	1905	29% (2022)	27 / 90 (30%)
	Ireland	1905	24.53% (2020)	37 / 158 (23%)
Syriza 1 [14]	Greece	2004	17.83% (2023)	47 / 300 (16%)
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front [2]	El Salvador	1980	6.91% (2021)	4 / 84 (5%)
Inuit Ataqatigiit [15]	Greenland	1976	37.44% (2021)	12 / 31 (39%)
Left-Green Movement [16]	Iceland	1999	12.57% (2021)	6 / 63 (10%)
Democratic Socialist Left [17]	San Marino	2017	16.49% (2019)	10 / 60 (17%)
Party of Socialists and Democrats 1 [17]	San Marino	2005	13.13% (2019)	8 / 60 (13%)
Guasú Front [2]	Paraguay	2010	11.83% (2018)	6 / 45 (13%)
Peoples' Democratic Party [18] [19] (Entered the 2023 elections from the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party lists)	Turkey	2012	8.82% (2023)	57 / 600 (10%)
Workers' Party 1 [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]	Brazil	1980	10.30% (2018)	56 / 513 (11%)
Unidas Podemos [27]	Spain	2016	12.86% (2019)	35 / 350 (10%)
The Left [28]	Slovenia	2014	4.46% (2022)	5 / 90 (6%)
The Left [29]	Germany	2007	4.9% (2021)	39 / 709 (6%)
Socialist Party 1 [30]	Netherlands	1971	6% (2021)	9 / 150 (6%)
Socialist Party of Serbia 1 [31] [32]	Serbia	1990	11.79 (2022)	23 / 250 (9%)
Left Alliance [33]	Finland	1990	8.17% (2019)	16 / 200 (8%)
Left Party [34]	Sweden	1917	8.02% (2018)	28 / 349 (8%)
Socialist People's Party [35]	Denmark	1959	7.71% (2019)	14 / 179 (8%)
New Democratic Party 1 [36]	Canada	1961	15.98% (2019)	24 / 338 (7%)
Red–Green Alliance [35]	Denmark	1989	6.93% (2019)	13 / 179 (7%)
A Just Russia 1 [37]	Russia	2006	6.34% (2016)	16 / 225 (7%)
Broad Front [38] [39]	Peru	2013	6.18% (2020)	9 / 130 (7%)
Socialist Left [40]	Norway	1975	6.02% (2017)	11 / 169 (7%)
Brazilian Socialist Party [41]	Brazil	1947	5.52% (2018)	31 / 513 (6%)
Democratic Labour Party 1 [41]	Brazil	1979	4.68% (2018)	28 / 513 (5%)
La France insoumise [42]	France	2016	11.03% (2017)	17 / 577 (3%)
The Left [43]	Luxembourg	1999	5.48% (2018)	2 / 60 (3%)
Socialism and Liberty Party [41]	Brazil	2004	2.85% (2018)	10 / 513 (2%)
Free and Equal 1 [44]	Italy	2017	3.39% (2018)	14 / 630 (2%)
Movement of Socialist Democrats [45]	Tunisia	1978	1.04% (2019)	1 / 217 (0.5%)
Armenian Revolutionary Federation 1 [46] [47]	Armenia	1890	3.89% (2018)	0 / 132 (0%)
Workers' Party 1 [48]	Singapore	1957	14.99% (2025)	10 / 97 (10%)

• ¹ Parties which are also social democratic.

See also

• List of social democratic parties
• List of democratic socialist parties and organizations
• List of socialist parties with national parliamentary representation
• List of communist parties represented in European Parliament

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