Democratic Progressive Party (Spain) Explained

Democratic Progressive Party (Spain) should not be confused with Progressive Democratic Party (Spain).

Democratic Progressive Party
Native Name:	Partido Progresista Demócrata
Leader:	Cristino Martos
Country:	Spain
Merged:	Possibilist Democratic Party Dynastic Left
Ideology:	Liberalism Progressivism
State:	Spain

The Democratic Progressive Party (Spanish; Castilian: Partido Progresista Demócrata, PPD) was a Spanish political party created in 1879. It was joined by elements from the Republican Reformist Party, led by Cristino Martos, ahead of the 1879 Spanish general election.^[1]

In 1882 it dissolved and its members joined the Possibilist Democratic Party and the Dynastic Left.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• Liberalism and radicalism in Spain

Notes and References

1. Web site: Republicans 1868-1931 . Spanish . historiaelectoral.com . Electoral History . 26 December 2016.
2. Web site: Cortes Election 27 April 1884 . Spanish . historiaelectoral.com . Electoral History . 24 September 2017.
3. Web site: Graphs and analysis: Elections in the Revolutionary Sexennium and the Restoration 1869-1923 . Spanish . historiaelectoral.com . Electoral History . 24 September 2017.