Irish Democratic Party
The Irish Democratic Party (IDP) is a minor Irish political party formed in 2013, as a result of a split with Direct Democracy Ireland. Another minor party of the same name but different ideology and leadership had been established in 2010 but was later dissolved.
Irish Democratic Party | |
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Chairman | Ken Smollen |
Founded | October 2013 |
Ideology | Participatory democracy |
Political position | Centre |
Colours | Blue |
Local government in the Republic of Ireland | 1 / 949
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Website | |
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The party advocates the introduction of participatory democracy in the Republic of Ireland. The IDP ran two candidates in the 2016 general election,[1] the party chairperson Ken Smollen ran in Offaly.[2][3] He received 2.2% of the first preference votes and was eliminated on the second count.[4] Smollen was elected to Offaly County Council for Tullamore in the 2019 local elections on the eighth count. He received 1,054 votes and 9.5% of the first preferences.[5] Mark Keogh who ran in the 2016 general election in Limerick, ran unsuccessfully as a Direct Democracy Candiate in the 2019 local elecions.
Smollen was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2020 general election in the Laois–Offaly constituency.
References
- Irish Democratic Pary announce offaly candidate Offaly Independent, Monday, 8 June 2015.
- Officially Declared Candidates
- Confirmed Irish Democratic Party candidates for the next General Election 15 June 2015.
- "General election 2016: Offaly". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- "Results from the 2019 local elections". RTÉ News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.