Parti Demokratik Malaysia

The Malaysian Democratic Party (Malay: Parti Demokratik Malaysia; abbrev: PDM) is a political party in Malaysia. It is a dominant political party which has been the federal government of Malaysia and dominated the politics since it's formation in 2019 until Arifafeef (or ArifTAldana) became the first prime minister from Parti Perjuangan Rakyat in 2020, and the first prime minister to have tenures with two different parties. Following Arif's resignation caused by multiple PPR ministers resigned just shortly after 3 months of PPR's term, PDM subsequently rejoined the government with several ministerial positions.

Formation
Parti Demokratik Malaysia is the successor of Parti Perikatan (PP) which was dissolved after the 2019 Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya Regulation which dictated that any parties that will be contesting in the 8th General Elections will no longer share any similarities to any parties found IRL (in real-life) due to concerns over copyright infringements and confusions with real-life organisations. Founded on 10 September 2019 by politician Arifafeef (ArifTAldana), he was also the first Prime Minister candidate of PDM.

2019
In 2019, PDM first debuted their participation in the 8th General Elections with Arifafeef as the Prime Minister candidate and PROBLOXALIEN as the Deputy Prime Minister candidate. PDM, during GE8, was regarded as the unification of multiple political parties before the formation of it. PDM faced Gabungan Nasionalisis (GN) which was also created after the SPR regulation, lead by Secret_Intelligence as the Prime Minister candidate. PDM won GE8 with 11 seats in the Dewan Rakyat, achieving simple majority and formed the first PDM government. Multiple notable members of the PDM cabinet included Alif14Irfan, MRPOMPEI, iiSpaceRocket, Itz_Philpz and llewelltan3507.

2020
In 2020, PDM ended their first term in April 2020. PDM also underwent a major change in leadership notably the change of the party chairman to iiSpaceRocket, who also became the PDM Prime Minister candidate along with Vermzy as the Deputy Prime Minister candidate in the 9th General Elections. PDM contested against new oppositions which formed around the same time which were Future Progessive Party led by Phoenix_Sushi and United National Party (UNP) led by ZariffAdeeb. PDM won GE9 with 9 seats in the Dewan Rakyat, forming a majority.

Secret_Intelligence as 3rd Party Chairman
After the 2020 Anti Government Protests during the administration of iiSpaceRocket which prompted a brief political crisis and instability in public safety, it is believed that the party council of PDM replaced iiSpaceRocket with Secret_Intelligence as the 3rd party chairman and the new Prime Minister candidate in the 10th General Elections. Around the same time, former chairman of the party Arifafeef left the party and formed Parti Perjuangan Rakyat (PPR) tackling the instability of the previous PDM administration. PPR soon formed a coalition with UNP to form the next government of Malaysia which is the first defeat in a general elections since the formation of the party itself.

KeonVonWolffe's reelection
In 2021, after the stunning defeat in GE10, iiSpaceRocket (now KeonVonWolffe) was selected again as the Prime Minister candidate of the party by the party council. KeonVonWolffe was reelected again as the Prime Minister on 3rd October 2020 with PDM winning 12 seats, forming a majority.

Secret_Intelligence as 4th Party Chairman
After the term ended for KeonVonWolffe's administration, Secret_Intelligence was again selected as the prominent member of the party for PDM in the 12th General Elections. This time, PDM contested against Gagasan Perpaduan (GP) lead by Demosistorean (previously llewelltan3507) and the National Liberal Party (NLP) lead by MrBlue_Dragon868 who was then disqualified from the elections on polling day due to an alleged citizenship issue as reported by SPR. PDM formed the 4th PDM government after winning 14 seats.

Labuan by-election
Main Article: 2021 Labuan by-election

A by-election was held for Labuan after the disqualification of zack_ikiizz (PDM) that was contesting for the constituency of Labuan. It was the first by-election in the history of MYS. Running candidates for the seat of Labuan was OculusZen (PDM), king098654 (Progessive Front, PF) and warrior_7h (NLP). OculusZen was elected as the Member of Parliament for Labuan on 28 February 2021.

Secret_Intelligence's 2nd term
Secret_Intelligence remains the party chairman and Prime Minister candidate after his first successful term as Prime Minister. In the 13th General Elections, PDM contests against the National Solidarity Front (NSF) led by JonasVonKanzaki and KeonVonWolffe now as an independent running for Lembah Klang after his departure from PDM. PDM wins GE13 with 14 seats. Secret's 2nd term (combined with his first) would be the longest term (269 days) yet since Arifafeef's first term running under PDM (232 days).

Avillion_F1 as 5th Party Chairman
After Secret_Intelligence's 2nd term, he stepped down from contesting but still remains as a prominent member of the party. Avillion_F1 was selected by the party council and becoming the next candidate contesting in the 14th General Elections which saw the formation of Barisan Rakyat Malaysia (BRM) led by Ahmad_Mus07 and the short-lived United Malaysia Party led by HHPrinceGeorge. PDM would win 18 seats.

2022
In 2022, Meer_ASPM would be the next party chairman and candidate for PDM contesting in the 15th General Elections against Barisan Rakyat Malaysia, still led by Ahmad_Mus07. PDM would form a government after winning 18 seats, unchanged from the previous election.