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{{Infobox political party
| country          = Georgia
| country_dab1     = Politics of Georgia (country)
| colorcode        = #dc241f
| leader           =
| name             = Social Democrats for the Development of Georgia
| native_name      = სოციალ-დემოკრატები საქართველოს განვითარებისათვის
| logo             = SocDemsDevelopment.png
| headquarters     = 19 Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue, Tbilisi
| foundation       = February, 2010
| ideology         = [[Social democracy]]
| position         = [[Centre-left politics|Center-left]]
| international    = [[Socialist International]] (consultative)
| national         = [[Georgian Dream (political coalition)|Georgian Dream coalition]] (until February–March 2019)
| seats1_title     = Seats in [[Parliament of Georgia|Parliament]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|0|150|hex=#dc241f}}
| elections_dab1   = Elections in Georgia (country)
| parties_dab1 = List of political parties in Georgia (country)
}}
The '''Social Democrats for the Development of Georgia''' ({{Lang-ka|სოციალ-დემოკრატები საქართველოს განვითარებისათვის|tr}}; SDD) is a [[list of political parties in Georgia (country)|political party]] in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. It was founded in February
2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeanforum.net/country/georgia |title=Georgia country update - European Forum - for Democracy and Solidarity |accessdate=2011-05-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518083858/http://www.europeanforum.net/country/georgia |archivedate=2011-05-18 }}</ref> and  admitted into the [[Socialist International]] as a consultative member in February 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.socialistinternational.org/images/dynamicImages/files/Council%20decisions-1.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-02-11 |archive-date=2018-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907221513/http://www.socialistinternational.org/images/dynamicImages/files/Council%20decisions-1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news|title="სოციალ-დემოკრატები" მომავალ საპარლამენტო არჩევნებში მონაწილეობას დამოუკიდებლად მიიღებენ|url=https://liberali.ge/news/view/35822/salome.ge|date=16 April 2018 |work=Liberali.ge}}</ref>
==Electoral performance==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Election
! Leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Position
! Status
! Coalition
|-
! [[2016 Georgian parliamentary election|2016]]
| align="left" | [[Gia Zhorzholiani]]
| 857,394
| 48.65
| align=left|{{Composition bar|6|150|hex=#dc241f}}
| {{increase}} 6
| 1st
| {{yes|Constitutional majority}}
| [[Georgian Dream (political coalition)|Georgian Dream]]
|-
|}
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://archive.today/20130412212246/http://www.sdd.ge/en/ Official website]
{{Georgian political parties}}
[[Category:2010 establishments in Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:Consultative member parties of the Socialist International]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 2010]]
[[Category:Pro-European political parties in Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:Social democratic parties in Asia]]
[[Category:Social democratic parties in Europe]]
[[Category:Social democratic parties in Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:Centre-left parties in Georgia (country)]]
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