Social Democrats for the Development of Georgia

The Social Democrats for the Development of Georgia (Georgian: სოციალ-დემოკრატები საქართველოს განვითარებისათვის, romanized: sotsial-demok'rat'ebi sakartvelos ganvitarebisatvis; SDD) is a political party in Georgia. It was founded in February 2010^[1] and admitted into the Socialist International as a consultative member in February 2013.^[2]

Social Democrats for the Development of Georgia სოციალ-დემოკრატები საქართველოს განვითარებისათვის
Founded	February, 2010
Headquarters	19 Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue, Tbilisi
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Center-left
National affiliation	Georgian Dream coalition (until February–March 2019)
International affiliation	Socialist International (consultative)
Seats in Parliament	0 / 150
Politics of Georgia Political parties Elections

The party held six MPs in the 9th convocation of the Parliament of Georgia (2016-2020) and was a member of the Georgian Dream coalition until 2019, when it left the coalition because of disagreements about pensions and justice reforms.^[3]

Electoral performance

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Status	Coalition
2016	Gia Zhorzholiani	857,394	48.65	6 / 150	6	1st	Constitutional majority	Georgian Dream