Socialist Democratic Party (Malaysia)
Socialist Democratic Party Parti Sosialis Demokratik SDP | |
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| Leader | Yeap Ghim Guan (Founder) Fan Yew Teng (Secretary General) |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Dissolved | 1986 |
| Split from | Democratic Action Party |
| Headquarters | Ipoh, Malaysia |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
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Socialist Democratic Party (SDP) (Malay: Parti Sosialis Demokratik) was a splinter party of Democratic Action Party (DAP) formed in 1978 by Yeap Ghim Guan. He was later joined by another former DAP MP Fan Yew Teng who had also left the party after a dispute with the leadership of Lim Kit Siang. SDP failed to win any seat in the Malaysian general election, 1986 and it finally became defunct.