Democratic Socialist Coalition

Democratic Socialist Coalition Coalición Socialista Democrática
Leader	Fulgencio Batista
Founded	1939 (1939)
Dissolved	1944 (1944)
Headquarters	La Havana, Cuba
Political position	Left-wing to Centre-right
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The Democratic Socialist Coalition (Spanish: Coalición Socialista Democrática, CSD)^[1] was a Cuban political coalition, led by Fulgencio Batista. The party was founded in 1939, and served for the 1940 general elections, won by Batista. The founding parties and members were four: the Liberal Party (liberal), the Nationalist Union Party (conservative), the Communist Revolutionary Union (communist), and the Democratic National Association (conservative).

The Coalition won 36 of 162 Deputies, against the 45 of Opposition Front.^[2] In the 1944 election, the coalition supported the presidential candidacy of Carlos Saladrigas Zayas as President and Ramón Zaydín as Vice President. However, the election was won by Ramón Grau San Martín.

In the 1954, the CSD run as National Progressive Coalition.

References

Political parties in Cuba

Government	Communist Party of Cuba

Opposition	Christian Democratic Party of Cuba Cuban Democratic Socialist Current Cuban Liberal Solidarity Party Cuban Liberal Union Democratic Social-Revolutionary Party of Cuba Orthodox Renovation Party Social Democratic Co-ordination of Cuba

Historical	Cuban National League Cuban National Party Democratic Federal Republican Party of Santiago de Cuba Democratic Solidarity Party Democratic Union Party Independent Republican Party Liberal Party National Action Party National Liberal Party of Cuba Partido Auténtico Partido Ortodoxo People's Labour Party People's Party Popular Socialist Party Progressive Action Party Republican Party of Havana Socialist Party of Manzanillo Socialist Worker Party

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