Liberal Democratic Party (Valenzuela)

The Liberal Democratic Party of Valenzuela (Spanish: Partido Liberal Democrático de Valenzuela) is a left-wing political party in Valenzuela. Some scholars classify its ideology in the 21st century as social democracy, with the party shifting from a broadly socialist ideology in the 1990s. Founded in 1961, the LDP governed at the federal level in a supramajority government from 1 June 1990 to 31 December 2000. With the highest approval rating in the history of the country, former President Emigdio Pavía is LDP's most prominent member. In all general elections since 1990, the LDP has been in power almost continuously except from 2005 to 2010.

Although the LDP deliberately never identified itself with a particular brand of leftism, it nevertheless "always defined itself as socialist" and espoused many radical positions. Over the next few years after Pavia stepping down as the president of the country after 20 years, the party moderated a bit, but it never clearly shed its radicalism and undertook no major reforms of party principles.