People's Democratic Party | |
Abbreviation: | DLP |
Founder: | Bhadase Sagan Maraj |
Leader: | Bhadase Sagan Maraj |
Wing1 Title: | Labor wing |
Wing1: | All Trinidad Sugar Estates and Factory Workers Union (de facto) |
Wing2 Title: | Religious wing |
Wing2: | Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (de facto) |
Ideology: | Labourism Civic nationalism Anti-communism Social conservatism Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian civil rights Hindu and Muslim religious rights |
Foundation: | [1] |
Regional: | West Indies Democratic Labour Party (1957) |
Headquarters: | Champ Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago[2] |
Colors: | Yellow |
Country: | Trinidad and Tobago |
Symbol: | Wheel |
The People's Democratic Party was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago formed in 1953. Under the leadership of Bhadase Sagan Maraj it contested the 1956 General Elections, capturing 5 of 24 elected seats in the Legislative Council and 20.3% of the vote. In 1957 it joined the Federal Democratic Labour Party and later co-founded the Trinidad and Tobago Democratic Labour Party, together with the Trinidad Labour Party and the Party of Political Progress Groups.