Party of the Besmenian Left

Party of the Besmenian Left Partei der Besmenischen Linke
Chairperson	Petra Wachsmuth
Secretary-General	Georg Winkler
Founded	August 15, 1998 (1998-08-15)
Headquarters	Eisenstraße 73, Laitstadt, Besmenia
Ideology	Democratic socialism Left-wing populism Pacifism
Colors	Red
Federal Chamber	45 / 442
Federal Senate	1 / 64
Seats in states parliaments	109 / 1,488

The Party of the Besmenian Left (Besmenian: Partei der Besmenischen Linken) is a democratic-socialism and left-wing party in Besmenia.

The PBL was formed in January 1998 initially primarily from critical SDU members who had formed the association Wahlalternative der Besmenischen Linken e. V. and constituted itself as a political party on August 15, 1998.

Election results

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Federal Chamber

Election	Prime Minister Candidate	Votes in %	Seats	Government
2001	Hannes Hochstein	5,3% (#6)	24 / 427	Opposition
2005	Erik Schwan	5,8% (#6)	26 / 427	Opposition
2009	Erik Schwan	8,9% (#5)	39 / 427	Opposition
2012	Sandra Eckwach	7,3% (#6)	37 / 427	Opposition
2016	Sandra Eckwach	8% (#5)	36 / 427	Opposition
2020	Sandra Eckwach	9% (#5)	45 / 427	Opposition
2021	Sandra Eckwach	10,1% (#5)	45 / 427	Opposition

President

Election	Candidate	First round result		Second round result
		Votes in %	Result	Votes in %	Result
2003	No candidate
2009	No candidate
2009	No candidate
2021	Wilfried Wetzstein	4,2%	5th place

Chairpersons of the PBL

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Tenure (Years and days)	State	Prime Minister
1		Hannes Hochstein (1953–2014)	15 August 1998	21 September 2001	3 years, 37 days	Summingia	Erik Tautenbach
2	File:Erik Schwan.jpg	Erik Schwan (1959–)	21 September 2001	7 December 2009	8 years, 77 days	Maurenmark	Erik Tautenbach Ursula Kummstein
3	File:Anton Pohl.jpg	Anton Pohl (1964-)	7 December 2009	6 October 2011	1 year, 303 days	Metakumburg	Ursula Kummstein Jörg Rautenberg
4		Sandra Eckwach (1966–)	6 October 2011	15 May 2022	10 years, 221 days	Laitstadt	Jörg Rautenberg Theodor Sidemann Richard Benkel Elisabeth Rademacher
5		Petra Wachsmuth (1982–)	15 May 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 193 days	Frankenburg	Elisabeth Rademacher