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{{Short description|Latvian political party}}
{{Politics of Latvia}} 
The '''Latvian Social Democratic Party''' ({{langx|lv|Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā partija}}, '''LSDP''') was a [[political party]] in [[Latvia]] formed by a [[reformist]] wing of the [[Communist Party of Latvia]].

On 14 April 1990, a pro-independence faction under [[Ivars Ķezbers]] split off from the LKP to form the [[Independent Communist Party of Latvia]] ({{langx|lv|Latvijas Neatkarīgā Komunistiskā partija}}, LNKP). The main body of the LKP, under the leadership of [[Alfrēds Rubiks]], remained loyal to the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|CPSU]]. Later that same year, on 14 September, the party was officially renamed the [[Democratic Labour Party of Latvia]] ({{langx|lv|Latvijas Demokrātiskā darba partija}}, LDDP). In 1995 it changed its name to LSDP. Originally a political party with communist and nationalist leanings, it was transformed into a [[social democratic]] organization by the party leader [[Juris Bojars]].

The party co-operated with the [[Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party]] in the [[1995 Latvian parliamentary election|1995 elections]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://web.cvk.lv/pub/public/27745.html |title=Latvijas Demokrātiskā darba partija |access-date=2011-02-04 |archive-date=2015-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418204131/http://web.cvk.lv/pub/public/27745.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> in the 1997 local government elections, and again in the [[1998 Latvian parliamentary election|1998 elections]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://web.cvk.lv/pub/public/27729.html |title=Latvijas sociāldemokrātu apvienība |access-date=2011-02-04 |archive-date=2015-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418202711/http://web.cvk.lv/pub/public/27729.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In May 1999 it merged into the [[Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party]].

==External links==
*[http://www.lsdsp.lv Official website] (LSDSP)

==References==
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[[Category:Defunct political parties in Latvia]]
[[Category:Pro-independence parties in the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Singing Revolution]]
[[Category:Social democratic parties in Latvia]]
[[Category:1999 disestablishments in Latvia]]
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 1999]]
[[Category:Social democratic parties in the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Political parties in the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
[[Category:Restoration of the independence of the Baltic states]]
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