It plans to stand 12-15 candidates in the 2009 general election.
The Democrats stood 50 candidates in the 1935 election, but none of them were successful.
During the 1979 general election, they stood two candidates who received 1,033 votes between them.
In the 2005 general election, it stood two candidates who won a total of 1,850 votes.
The Alliance stood candidates in the 2005 election but won less than 1% of the party vote.
The party stood several candidates in the 1985 local government elections, none of whom were successful.
The party stood two candidates in the 2008 election, who gained 58 and 16 votes.
In the 2008 election, the party stood three candidates, gaining 222 votes.
However, political parties are not permitted to stand candidates for these posts.
Three new parties stood candidates for the first time.
