Democratic League of Kosovo

Democratic League of Kosovo

Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës
Democratic League of Kosovo Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës
Leader	Lumir Abdixhiku
Parliamentary leader	Arben Gashi
Founder	Ibrahim Rugova
Founded	23 December 1989
Headquarters	Pristina
Military wing	Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova
Ideology	Liberal conservatism; Social conservatism;
Political position	Centre-right
European affiliation	European People's Party (observer)
Colours	Red; Black
Assembly	16 / 120
Mayors	10 / 38
Municipal councils	206 / 994
Party flag
Website
	www.lidhjademokratike.org
	Politics of Kosovo; Political parties; Elections;

The Democratic League of Kosovo (Albanian: Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës, LDK) is the oldest and one of the largest political parties in Kosovo.

At the legislative elections held on 24 October 2004 the party won 45.4% of the popular vote and 47 out of 120 seats, seven of which have defected to the Nexhat Daci-led Democratic League of Dardania. One of the founding members, Ibrahim Rugova was the president of the party as the president of Kosovo until his death, on 21 January 2006. At the last legislative elections held on 17 November 2007, the party won only 22.6% and 25 seats but went on to form a Coalition government with Hashim Thaçi's Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). In October 2010, the LDK withdrew from the coalition.^[5]

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