# Democratic Current > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Democratic_Current > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Democratic_Current.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Current > Source revision: 1278546010 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Tunisian political party}} {{for|the breakaway faction of Mexican Institutional Revolutionary Party|Party of the Democratic Revolution}} {{Infobox political party | name = Democratic Current | native_name = التيار الديمقراطي | logo = 200px | founder = [Mohamed Abbou](/source/Mohamed_Abbou_(Tunisian_politician)) | leader1_title = General Secretary | leader1_name = [Nabil Hajij](/source/Nabil_Hajij) | leader2_title = Spokesperson | leader2_name = | foundation = {{Start date and age|2013|5|30|df=y}} | slogan = "Conscience, will, realization" | headquarters = Rue de Marseille [Tunis](/source/Tunis) | youth_wing = Democratic Students Current | membership = | membership_year = | ideology = [Social democracy](/source/Social_democracy)
[Arab nationalism](/source/Arab_nationalism)
[Progressivism](/source/Progressivism)
[Pan-Arabism](/source/Pan-Arabism){{cite web | url=http://www.businessnews.com.tn/Tunisie---Le-Courant-D%C3%A9mocrate-de-Mohamed-Abbou,-le-parti-qui-vise-un-Etat-f%C3%A9d%C3%A9ral-arabe,520,38675,3 | title=Tunisie - Le Courant Démocrate de Mohamed Abbou, le parti qui vise un Etat fédéral arabe | publisher=Business News | date=12 June 2013 | language=fr | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026172646/http://www.businessnews.com.tn/Tunisie---Le-Courant-D%C3%A9mocrate-de-Mohamed-Abbou%2C-le-parti-qui-vise-un-Etat-f%C3%A9d%C3%A9ral-arabe%2C520%2C38675%2C3 | archivedate=26 October 2014 | url-status=dead }} | position = {{Nowrap|[Centre-left](/source/Centre-left_politics)}} | international = | seats2_title = [Assembly of the Representatives of the People](/source/Assembly_of_the_Representatives_of_the_People_(Tunisia)) | seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|161|hex={{party color|Democratic Current}}}} | colours = {{Color box|{{party color|Democratic Current}}|border=darkgray}} [Orange](/source/Orange_(colour)) | native_name_lang = ar | colorcode = {{party color|Democratic Current}} | website = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060524190451/http://www.attayar.net/ www.attayar.net]}} | country = Tunisia }} thumb|right|Foundation ceremony on 12 June 2013 The '''Democratic Current''' ({{langx|ar|التيّار الديمُقراطي|at-Tayyār ad-Dīmuqrāṭī}}) is a [social-democratic](/source/social_democracy) [political party](/source/political_party) in [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia) that was founded in 2013. The party was initiated by the former secretary-general of the [Congress for the Republic](/source/Congress_for_the_Republic), [Mohamed Abbou](/source/Mohamed_Abbou_(Tunisian_politician)){{cite web | title=Nidaa Tunis is not the only winner | url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2014/10/tunisia-winners-elections-parliamentary.html | publisher=Al Monitor | date=30 October 2014 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112231227/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2014/10/tunisia-winners-elections-parliamentary.html | archivedate=12 November 2014}} who also served as deputy prime minister in the [Jebali Cabinet](/source/Jebali_Cabinet) until June 2012. It is committed to the project of realizing an "[Arab federal state](/source/Pan-arabism) reuniting the Arab nations freed from the yoke of dictatorship". After the [2019 Tunisian parliamentary election](/source/2019_Tunisian_parliamentary_election), the party agreed to form a parliamentary bloc with the [People's Movement](/source/People's_Movement_(Tunisia)).{{cite news |last1=at-Tarhuni |first1=Salwa |title=كتلة برلمانية موحدة تضم نواب حركة الشعب والتيار الديمقراطي |url=http://www.tunisien.tn/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3/%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%85-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9 |accessdate=5 December 2019 |work=tunisien.tn |date=27 November 2019}} == Election results == === Parliamentary elections === {|class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan=2|Election ! rowspan=2|Leader ! colspan=2|Party list ! colspan=3|Seats |- ! # ! % ! # ! ± ! Position |- |[2014](/source/2014_Tunisian_parliamentary_election) |[Mohamed Abbou](/source/Mohamed_Abbou_(Tunisian_politician)) |66,396 |1.95 |{{Composition bar|3|217|hex={{party color|Democratic Current}}}} |{{increase}} 3 |{{steady}} 7th |- |[2019](/source/2019_Tunisian_parliamentary_election) |[Mohamed Abbou](/source/Mohamed_Abbou_(Tunisian_politician)) |183,464 |6.42 |{{Composition bar|22|217|hex={{party color|Democratic Current}}}} |{{increase}} 19 |{{increase}} 4th |} === Municipal elections === {|class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan=2|Election ! rowspan=2|Leader ! colspan=2|Party list ! colspan=3|Seats |- ! # ! % ! # ! ± ! Position |- |[2018](/source/2018_Tunisian_local_elections) |[Ghazi Chaouachi](/source/Ghazi_Chaouachi) |75 619 |4,19 |{{Composition bar|205|7212|hex={{party color|Democratic Current}}}} |{{increase}} 205 |{{steady}} 3rd |} ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== *{{official website}} {{in lang|ar}} {{Tunisian political parties}} Category:2013 establishments in Tunisia Category:Arab nationalism in Tunisia Category:Nationalist parties in Africa Category:Pan-Arabist political parties Category:Political parties established in 2013 Category:Political parties in Tunisia Category:Progressive parties Category:Social democratic parties in Tunisia {{Tunisia-party-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Democratic Current](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Current) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Current?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.