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Many more pro-capitalist parties existed during the first years of socialism in Constantinopolis (following the 1921 revolution). Social Democrats, Liberals and even Conservatives were a common sight in the 1920's and early 1930's, and they did fairly well in elections. But as the socialist economy really started to take off and its advantages over capitalism became obvious, the pro-capitalist parties fell into sharp decline. The conservatives barely managed to scrape up 0.78% of the vote in 1938, and their membership declined to such an extent that they were forced to dissolve their party in 1941. The liberals fared only slightly better, with 3.9% in 1938 and 1.2% in 1942. After the disastrous result of 0.08% in 1946, however, they also decided to disband. The social democrats turned out to be the only pro-capitalist party who managed to survive. By calling for only a very limited form of capitalism, they were able to stop their decline at around 1.5% of the vote in 1946. They got a practically identical result in 1950, and continued to oscillate between 1% and 3% of the vote throughout the rest of the 20th century.
 
Many more pro-capitalist parties existed during the first years of socialism in Constantinopolis (following the 1921 revolution). Social Democrats, Liberals and even Conservatives were a common sight in the 1920's and early 1930's, and they did fairly well in elections. But as the socialist economy really started to take off and its advantages over capitalism became obvious, the pro-capitalist parties fell into sharp decline. The conservatives barely managed to scrape up 0.78% of the vote in 1938, and their membership declined to such an extent that they were forced to dissolve their party in 1941. The liberals fared only slightly better, with 3.9% in 1938 and 1.2% in 1942. After the disastrous result of 0.08% in 1946, however, they also decided to disband. The social democrats turned out to be the only pro-capitalist party who managed to survive. By calling for only a very limited form of capitalism, they were able to stop their decline at around 1.5% of the vote in 1946. They got a practically identical result in 1950, and continued to oscillate between 1% and 3% of the vote throughout the rest of the 20th century.
  
Today, the social democrats are in basically the same position as they were 60 years ago. In the 2002 elections, they gathered 2.5% of the vote, which brought them 8 seats (out of 370) in the Assembly.
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Today, the social democrats are in basically the same position as they were 60 years ago. In the 2002 elections, they gathered 2.5% of the vote, which brought them 20 seats (out of 800) in the Assembly.
  
 
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The Social Democrat Party of Constantinopolis is currently the smallest political party that is represented in the People's Assembly of Constantinopolis. It is also the only party in the Assembly that still supports a capitalist economic system (although they want to moderate it with a strong welfare state). As a result of their rejection of socialism, the Social Democrats represent the extreme right-wing of politics in Constantinopolis, and they are little more than a fringe group, usually ignored by the vast majority of the population.

Many more pro-capitalist parties existed during the first years of socialism in Constantinopolis (following the 1921 revolution). Social Democrats, Liberals and even Conservatives were a common sight in the 1920's and early 1930's, and they did fairly well in elections. But as the socialist economy really started to take off and its advantages over capitalism became obvious, the pro-capitalist parties fell into sharp decline. The conservatives barely managed to scrape up 0.78% of the vote in 1938, and their membership declined to such an extent that they were forced to dissolve their party in 1941. The liberals fared only slightly better, with 3.9% in 1938 and 1.2% in 1942. After the disastrous result of 0.08% in 1946, however, they also decided to disband. The social democrats turned out to be the only pro-capitalist party who managed to survive. By calling for only a very limited form of capitalism, they were able to stop their decline at around 1.5% of the vote in 1946. They got a practically identical result in 1950, and continued to oscillate between 1% and 3% of the vote throughout the rest of the 20th century.

Today, the social democrats are in basically the same position as they were 60 years ago. In the 2002 elections, they gathered 2.5% of the vote, which brought them 20 seats (out of 800) in the Assembly.