Social Democratic Party (Papua New Guinea)

Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party
Leader	Powes Parkop
President	Wesley Sanarup
Secretary	Justin Yatu
Founded	June 2010
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
National Parliament	4 / 118
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	Politics of Papua New Guinea; Political parties; Elections;

The Social Democratic Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. It was founded in June 2010 by Port Moresby Governor Powes Parkop.^[2]

It won three seats at the 2012 election: Parkop (National Capital District Provincial), Justin Tkatchenko (Moresby South Open) and Joseph Yopyyopy (Wosera-Gawi).^[3]^[4] It supported the government of Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, and Tkatchenko was appointed as Minister for Sport.^[4]^[5] Yopyyopy later defected to the United Resources Party,^[6] while Tkatchenko joined the People's National Congress.^[7]

As of June 2023, the party has 4 seats in the National Parliament.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "REGISTRY OF POLITICAL PARTIES" (PDF). Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
^ "Port Moresby Governor launches PNG political party". Radio New Zealand International. 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
^ "NATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 2012". PNG Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Parkop's party in trouble". PNG Post-Courier. 4 June 2014.
^ "PNG Government stays calm". PACNEWS. 25 October 2015.
^ "Hon. Joseph Yopyyopy, MP". National Parliament of Papua New Guinea. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
^ "Hon. Justin Tkatchenko, MP". National Parliament of Papua New Guinea.