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{{Infobox political party
|name               = People's Democratic Party
|native_name        = Factio Democraticae Populi<br>Partido Democrático Popular<br>Partita Demaukrata Popaulara
|abbreviation       = Latin: FDP<br>Pelaxian: PDP<br>Reform Tainean: PDN
|logo               = [[File:People's Democratic Party Logo.svg|175px]]
|colorcode          = #FF1119
|secretary_general  = [[Francisco Carvalho]]
|president          = [[Carmen Huerta]]
|founder            = Francisco Carvalho
|leader1_title      = Deputy Leader
|leader1_name       = [[Luis Hidalgo]]
|leader2_title      = Peerage leader
|leader2_name       = [[Enrique Valdez, Baron Valdez|Enrique, Baron Valdez]]
|leader3_title      = Commons leader
|leader3_name       = [[Jaun Girou]]
|founded            = 30 May 1991 (41 years ago)
|dissolved          = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
|merger             = [[Socialist Workers' Party|PST]], [[Delepasian Communist Party|PCD]], [[Democratic Party of the Left|PDI]]
|split              =
|predecessor        = Socialist Workers' Party
|merged             =
|successor          =
|headquarters       = [[Santa Maria]], [[Castadilla]]
|newspaper          = [[Socialist Action]]
|student_wing       =
|youth_wing         = [[Federation of the Socialist Youths in Castadilla|FISR]]
|membership_year    = 2028
|membership         = {{increase}} 487,068
|ideology           = '''Majority:'''<br>{{collapsible list
|title              = {{nobold|{{nowrap|[[Velvetine Socialism|Velvetine socialism]]}}}}
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| [[Carvalhoism]]
| {{wp|Communism}}
| [[Constitutionalists in the Velvet Revolution|Constitutionalism]]
| [[Velvetine Socialism#Crown socialism|Crown socialism]]
| {{wp|Democratic socialism}}
| {{wp|Left-wing populism}}
| {{wp|Market socialism}}
| {{wp|Marxism}}
| {{wp|Monarchism}}
| {{wp|Revolutionary nationalism}}
| [[Sarpedonism]]
| {{wp|Socialist patriotism}}
| [[Velvetine Socialism#Castadillaanism|Castadillaanism]]
}}<small>(In practice, the PDP functions more akin to a {{wp|social democratic}} party than a Marxist party)</small><br>'''Factions:'''<br>[[Cabacero Socialism]]<br>{{wp|Democratic centralism}}<br>{{wp|Permanent revolution}}<br>{{wp|Revolutionary socialism}}
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|seats3_title       = [[Municipalities of Castadilla|Local Government]] ([[Castadillaan municipal elections, 2032|2032-2036]])
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The '''People's Democratic Party''' ('''PDP'''; [[Classical Latin|Latin]]: ''Factio Democraticae Populi'', ''FDP''; [[Pelaxian language|Pelaxian]]: ''Partido Democrático Popular''; [[Brenadine Tainean|Reform Tainean]]: ''Partita Demaukrata Nau'', ''PDN'') is a {{wp|left-wing politics|left-wing}} {{wp|democratic socialist}} [[List of political parties in Castadilla|political party]] in [[Castadilla]]. It was founded on 30 May 1991 by militants who were at the time members of the [[Socialist Workers' Party]], one of the many groups in opposition to the [[Estado Social (Castadilla)|Estado Social]] regime. The PDP has been the {{wp|governing party}} of Castadilla since the [[1996 Castadillaan legislative election|1996 legislative election]], the nation's first post-revolution election.

The PDP is serves as the {{wp|dominant party}} in Castadillaan politics, having many of its values enshrined in the [[Constitution of Castadilla|constitution]] much to the chagrin of the opposition on the {{wp|political right}}. The current leader of the PDP is [[Francisco Carvalho]], the current [[Prime Minister of Castadilla]] and the party's founder. The party won 256 out of 500 seats in the [[National Assembly of Castadilla|National Assembly]] following the [[2028 Castadillaan legislative election|2028 election]], enough to retain a majority government.
==History==
===Socialist Workers' Party (1982-1991)===
===People's Democratic Party (1991-present)===
==Ideology==
{{main|Velvetine Socialism}}
===Formal ideology===
The core ideology of the party is the fundamental principles that emerged after the [[Velvet Revolution]] in 1994, in particular the moderate socialist [[Constitutionalists in the Velvet Revolution|"constitutionalists"]] that overthrew the radical far-left coup. As the PDP's founder Francisco Carvalho is also the party's incumbent leader and Castadilla's incumbent prime minister, these principles have had minimal changes since its formalisation in 1997. Whether or not changes may be applied by his probable successor is entirely up for debate. However, with the democratic nature of the party structure, some have suggested that such changes are an inevitability when Carvalho steps down.

{{wp|Marxism}} is the first official ideology of the PDP. According to the PDP, "Marxism reveals the universal laws of societal development as per historical truth." To the PDP, Marxism provides a "vision of the inherent flaws of societal capitalism and of the inevitability of the rise of societal socialism and the eventual achievement of communism." According to ''[[Socialist Action]]'', [[Carvalhoism]] "is the Castadillaan application and development of Marxism for a society formerly under the rule of a reactionary dictatorship." Carvalhoism was conceived not only by Francisco Carvalho himself, but also by leading party officials.

The major ideas behind Carvalhoism are what spurred the ideas of "[[Velvetine Socialism#Crown socialism|Crown socialism]]", the belief that the Emperor, as a long-term national ruler, plays an integral role in guiding the nation towards socialism and away from reactionary ideologies, and "constitutionalist socialism", the idea that the transition towards socialism must be a gradual one. Basically, for socialism to work, it must have both the support of the people, and a comfortable standard of living for those same people. If one or the other is not achieved, then the socialist revolution is in jeopardy before it even begins. These two ideas were added to the party constitution in 1996 after the [[2nd National Congress of the People's Democratic Party|2nd National Congress]].

[[Velvetine Socialism#Castadillaanism|Castadillaanism]] was added to the party constitution in 2001 after the PDP's [[3rd National Congress of the People's Democratic Party|3rd National Congress]]. The concepts of "{{wp|socialist patriotism}}" and "[[Sarpedonism]]" were credited to this theory. Castadillaanism can be defined as a belief that the Castadillaan national identity was not founded in the chauvinistic [[Delepasian exceptionalism]] or the [[Catholic Church]], but in the shared history of the nation's four cultures and how they came together to form one stronger nation in [[Vallos]] from multiple weaker polities. In addition, Castadilla's natural future lays not with the [[Leventia|Leventines]], but with the Sarpedonians. This meant closer ties with Sarpedon's superpower [[Caphiria]].

There does exist more radical wings of the party that seek to do away with Carvalhoism and Velvetine Socialism in favour of what the far-left ''cabaceros'' would have wanted had they not have been overthrown by the constitutionalists. However, these wings are only at their strongest in the city of [[Adouka]], which was the last pro-Cabacero stronghold in Castadilla, itself having been defeated in late 1995.
===Economics===
Francisco Carvalho has never believed that the fundamental difference between the capitalist and socialist modes of production was {{wp|central planning}} and {{wp|free markets}}. He said, "Top-down economic planning is not an inherently socialist idea, nor are the existence of markets an inherently capitalist idea. Many capitalist nations have used elements of a planned economy both then and now, so has a few socialist nations have embraced a market economy with socialistic characteristics. In short, both markets and economic planning make for effective tools to ensure a healthy and, hopefully, ethical economy. If it works, then why not embrace it?". He has also said, "Socialism needs a strong foundation in order to make it work. That is why, until it is time, that Castadilla must stick to a socialist market-based economy, albeit with heavy elements of state dirigism and collaborationistic tripartism to ensure that both the economy and the worker remain in pleasant harmony. Once that strong foundation is built, then Castadilla may venture towards pure socialism, and most certainly at a faster rate than if we had directly started off with a purely socialist economy".

Based on those two statements, it is clear that Carvalho advocates for a form of {{wp|market socialism}} as a necessary first step towards what he has called "pure" socialism, seeing state planning and free markets as not inherently capitalistic or socialistic. This economy would make use of {{wp|dirigism}} for state economic planning, and {{wp|tripartism}} for a more diplomatically democratic approach towards economic matters. The idea being that these kinds of economic policies would guarantee economic growth while still effectively protecting the worker from exploitation and market failures. This has also allowed for the establishment of {{wp|special economic zones}}, most notably in [[Portas Gemeas]] and the [[Federal District (Castadilla)|Federal District]], with plans to establish further SEZs in [[Bahia (Castadilla)|Bahia]] and [[Inaua]] well underway.
===Analysis and criticism===
Many foreign analysts have agreed that the PDP has rejected orthodox socialism and Marxism in favour of {{wp|social democracy}} with elements of {{wp|left-wing populism}}. The PDP, however, disagrees with that notion, claiming that "Franciso Carvalho has rid the Party of the ideological attachments to different kinds of ownership; he did not give up on Marxism or socialism altogether, but rather he provided the Party with a more nuanced and modernistic approach to understanding Marxism and socialism, hence why we still maintain our commitment towards the socialist revolution in both the Party's and the nation's constitutions even though we've adapted to meet the conventions of the world's economies." The attainment of true "communism" is still stated as the "natural endpoint" of both the PDP and Castadilla. Although the PDP has claimed that Castadilla is undergoing a transitional stage towards socialism, party theorists have argued that the current development stage "more closely resembles that of a mixed-market social democracy" than any form of socialism or even a step towards anything, leading to some amongst the more radical wings of the PDP having dismissed the concept as a cynical surrendering to reactionary forces.
==Election results==
===National Assembly===
====Congress of the Commons====
====Congress of the Peerage====
===Regional Assemblies===
===Municipal Assemblies===
==List of lead party figures==
===Secretaries-General===
===Party presidents===
===Leaders of the Commons===
===Leaders of the Peerage===
===Prime Ministers===
==See also==
*[[Politics of Castadilla]]
*[[Velvetine Socialism]]
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[[Category:Politics of Castadilla]]
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