Editing Democratic Social Movement (section)

== History ==
=== Formation and early success ===
In the [[1996 Greek legislative election|1996 legislative election]], DIKKI received 4.43% of the vote and 9 seats in the [[Hellenic Parliament]]. In the [[1999 European Parliament election in Greece|1999 election to the European Parliament]], the party received 6.85% of the vote and 2 seats in the European Parliament, and was a full member of the [[European United Left - Nordic Green Left]] group.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.guengl.org/showPage.jsp?ID=39 |title=GUE/NGL Site<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-08-22 |archive-date=2010-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627023451/http://www.guengl.org/showPage.jsp?ID=39 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Failures and disputes ===
After these initial successes, however, DIKKI failed to elect members to the Hellenic Parliament on two consecutive elections; it received 2.69% of the vote in the [[2000 Greek legislative election|2000 legislative election]] and 1.8% of the vote in the [[2004 Greek legislative election|2004 legislative election]].

After the 2004 election, Tsovolas unilaterally decided to dissolve DIKKI and give the party possessions away to the Greek state. That decision led to a conflict between the party leader and the National Committee, who voted against the dissolution; there are accusations that Tsovolas went through these actions, because he was planning to be readmitted in PASOK in the near future.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dikki.org/Telos.asp |title=P. Mantas, ''Tsovolas expelled his history on his own |access-date=2008-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204011458/http://www.dikki.org/Telos.asp |archive-date=2008-12-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The National Committee went to law and the court ruled that the party is legally administered by the national executive bodies, thus it cannot cease to exist unless the National Congress or the National Committee takes such decision.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}} The party possessions were returned and Tsovolas was expelled.

=== Reorientation ===
In the [[2006 Greek local elections|local elections of 2006]] DIKKI supported many tickets led by the [[Communist Party of Greece]] (KKE), and numerous party members (for the size of the party) were elected in local councils. Moreover, DIKKI participated in [[All Workers Militant Front]] (PAME), a [[trade union]]ist coordination centre closely related with KKE.

Although it was expected that co-operation between the two parties would become permanent, on August 22, 2007 DIKKI announced that it was participating in the [[Coalition of the Radical Left]] (SYRIZA),<ref>[http://www.dikki.org/Article.asp?W=1&ID=201 DIKKI press release] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122023805/http://www.dikki.org/Article.asp?W=1&ID=201 |date=2008-01-22 }}</ref> which received 5.04% of the vote in the [[2007 Greek legislative election|legislative election]] held on September 16, 2007.

On February 20, 2015, the party announced it was severing ties with SYRIZA.

In the summer of 2015, it joined an alliance with [[Popular Unity (Greece)|Popular Unity]]. It would remain affiliated until June 2019, when it joined an electoral coalition with the [[United Popular Front]] and [[Agricultural Livestock Party of Greece]]. 

In March 2021, it joined the [[Free People (Greece)|Free People]] of George Trangas, from which it left a few months later.