Democratic Coalition (Monsilva)

Democratic Coalition 民主联盟
Ideology	Social democracy (majority) Democratic socialism (majority) Progressivism and green politics
Political position	Centre-left (majority)
Colours	Red
Legislative Assembly	302 / 600 (50%)
Senate	48 / 85 (56%)
State parliaments	0 / 1 (0%)
Political parties

The Democratic Coalition, or Red Coalition is a centre-left political coalition in the Monsilvan Republic, consisting of the Freedom and Democracy Party (FDP/ZMD), the Social Democratic Party (SDP/SMD), the Green Party of Monsilva (GPM/SLD) and the Shaoyu Liberation Party (SLP/SJD).

The coalition is the largest of the two main coalitions in the Monsilvan parliament as of June 2023. The Shaoyu Liberation Party operates an agreement with the Freedom and Democracy Party, whereby the FDP will not run any representatives on the island of Shaoyu, as long as the SLP remains loyal to the FDP's core policies.

History

Both names, the colour and the logo of the coalition originate from the Freedom and Democracy Party. The coalition was formed after the 2012 Coalition Agreement in the Monsilvan parliament whereby the two largest parties in parliament, the Reformed National Party and the FDP formed two opposing coalitions in order to prevent a minority government for either of the two parties. The coalition agreement lead to the leaders of the Green Party of Monsilva and the Social Democratic Party forming a coalition with the FDP, while the RNP formed its own coalition. In 2024, the Shaoyu Liberation Party joined the coalition.

The Democratic Coalition was founded with the policies of social democracy, democratic socialism and progressive social and economic policies. However, in order to prevent conflict within the coalition, each party have moderated their policies. This moderation allows all parties to reach across all voters and members of the coalition. The formation of the coalitions was agreed upon as motivation for voters to vote for parties they more closely align with, instead of voting for the two largest because the voter may believe that vote was 'worthless' otherwise. The agreement was also made in order to prevent Monsilva turning into a two-party system.

Member parties

Current members

Party		Ideology	Leader
	Freedom and Democracy Party (FDP/ZMD) 自由民主党	Social democracy	Lin Yao-tang
	Green Party of Monsilva (GPM/SLD) 山国绿党	Green politics	Wong Seon-lai
	Shaoyu Liberation Party (SLP/SJD) 哨域解放党	Social democracy	Yaxia Erlin
	Social Democratic Party (SDP/SMD) 社会民主党	Democratic socialism	Zi Ch'en

Parliamentary strength

Legislative Assembly

Election	Total Seats	Member parties with seats in the assembly
2012	228 / 440	FDP + GPM + SPD
2016	167 / 440	FDP + GPM + SPD
2020	185 / 440	FDP + GPM + SPD
2023	265 / 516	FDP + GPM + SDP
2024	302 / 600	FDP + GPM + SLP + SDP

Senate

Election	Total Seats	Member parties with seats in the senate
2012	41 / 75	FDP + GPM + SPD
2016	27 / 75	FDP + GPM
2020	31 / 75	FDP + GPM
2023	43 / 75	FDP + GPM + SPD
2024	48 / 85	FDP + GPM + SLP + SDP

See also

• Nationalist Coalition
• List of political parties in Monsilva