Social Democratic Radical Party of Werania

Social Democratic Radical Party of Werania Sozialdemokratische Radikale Partei von Ostischland
Abbreviation	SRPO
Chairwomen	Luise Höcherl
Deputy Chairperson	Konrad Schröder
Parliamentary leader	Luise Höcherl
General-Secretary	Jochen Rupprecht
Founder	Ludolf Ostermann Joschka Schreiber
Founded	4 June 1977
Preceded by	SPO RP
Headquarters	Westbrucken
Student wing	Socialist Students of Werania
Youth wing	SRPO Youth
Membership	250,000 (2018)
Ideology	Social democracy Social liberalism Pro-Eucleanism Democratic socialism (minority)
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	Socialist Alternative for Euclea
Colours	Pink
Volkstag	85 / 545
Herrstag	68 / 232
Governorships	5 / 12
Landtage	247 / 1,067
Euclean Parliament	26 / 122
Political parties

The Social Democratic Radical Party of Werania (Weranic: Sozialdemokratische Radikale Partei von Ostischland) commonly abbreviated to the SRPO is a centre-left political party in Werania. Founded in 1977 as a merger of the Social Democratic Party of Werania (SPO) and the Radical Party (RP) the SRPO is the country's main centre-left party supporting social democracy and social liberalism. Since 2019 it has been the main opposition party in Werania.

The SRPO was founded in 1977 with the intention to move the Weranic party system to that based around two parties with the SRPO designed to behave like a big tent party of the left, similar to its right-wing counterpart the National Consolidation Party. The SRPO led the federal government from 1984-1999 first in a coalition with the socialist Weranic Section of the Workers' International (OSAI) and then with the centrist-liberal Modern Centre Party (PMZ). During this time the SRPO was led by three Chancellors - Ludolf Ostermann (1984-1992) Wolfgang Löscher (1992-1998) and Zigmas Šilingas (1998-1999). The 1979-1999 oversaw a period of intense economic and social reform but saw the SRPO ousted from power after a sustained period of ideological fissures and internal fighting.

The SRPO remained in opposition until 2011 when the party returned to power under Ellis Koopmann who formed a coalition with the PMZ. Koopmann was ousted from office in 2014 due to poor polling results being replaced by Viktor Oberhauser. After the 2015 election which saw the government lose its majority Oberhauser subsequently continued the SRPO-PMZ coalition with parliamentary support from the OSAI and Sotirian Democratic Homeland (SDT). In 2019 the party under Josef Felder lost power re-entering opposition.

The SRPO identifies itself as a modern social-democratic party. It currently sits in the Socialist Alternative for Euclea group in the Euclean Parliament and leading in the provincial governments of Ruttland, Bonnlitz-Ostbrücken, Kolreuth, Westbrücken and Ostry whilst participating in the Elbenweis government.

Organisation

Leaders

No.	Name (Born–Died)	Portrait	Term in Office		Notes
1	Frank Schellscheidt (1928-2009)		18 March 1977	4 June 1982	Former leader of the SPO.
2	Ludolf Ostermann (1927-)		4 June 1982	16 1992	Served as Chancellor from 1984-1992.
3	Wolfgang Löscher (1942-)		16 May 1992	4 October 1998	Served as Chancellor from 1992-1998.
4	Zigmas Šilingas (1928-2012)		4 October 1998	7 June 1999	Served as Chancellor from 1998-1999.
-	Dietmar Preußen (1946-)		7 June 1999	22 November 1999	Interim leader.
5	Lothar Holzmeister (1944-)		22 November 1999	10 March 2005
6	Ulrich Kaufmann (1953-)		10 March 2005	22 November 2007
7	Ellis Koopmann (1965-)		22 November 2007	14 September 2013	Served as Chancellor from 2011-2013.
8	Viktor Oberhauser (1962-)		14 September 2013	17 October 2017	Served as Chancellor from 2013-2017.
9	Josef Felder (1962-)		17 October 2017	1 June 2019	Served as Chancellor from 2017-2019.
-	Konrad Schröder (1954-)		19 June 2019	27 January 2019	Interim leader.
10	Luise Höcherl (1971-)		27 January 2019	Incumbent

Electoral results

Volkstag

Election	Volkstag					Rank	Government	Leader
	Votes	%	±pp	Seats won	+/−
1980	5,406,826	22.19%	New	114 / 579	151	#2	Opposition	Ludolf Ostermann
1984	7,087,256	28.70%	+6.51%	157 / 579	43	#2	Coalition government	Ludolf Ostermann
1988	7,895,832	32.81%	+4.11%	224 / 598	12	#1	Coalition government	Ludolf Ostermann
1992	8,585,721	33.57%	+0.76%	217 / 598	7	#1	Coalition government	Wolfgang Löscher
1996	8,938,695	31.71%	-1.86%	187 / 545	30	#23	Coalition government	Wolfgang Löscher
1999	6,877,382	23.87%	-7.84%	104 / 545	83	#2	Opposition	Zigmas Šilingas
2003	7,657,312	24.86%	+0.99%	119 / 545	15	#2	Opposition	Lothar Holzmeister
2007	9,787,191	26.40%	+2.01%	110 / 545	9	#2	Opposition	Ulrich Kaufmann
2011	11,463,728	30.19%	+3.79%	190 / 545	80	#1	Coalition government	Ellis Koopmann
2015	9,175,847	27.12%	-3.07	157 / 545	33	#1	Coalition government	Viktor Oberhauser
2019	6,154,682	17.00%	-10.82%	85 / 545	72	#2	Opposition	Josef Felder

¹Compared to the 1975 seats for the RP and the SPO discounting the 19 seats from those who did not join the party.
²In 1982 the OSAI suffered a split after a vote of no confidence with 68 OSAI Volkstag members defecting to the SRPO bringing their total number to 225 members, meaning they net lost seats in 1983 compared to the start of the election.
³Attained less votes then the NKP but the same amount of seats.

Herrstag

Election	Herrstag						Rank	Status	Leader
	Votes	%	±pp	Contested seats	Total seats	+/−
1989	TBA	TBA%	New	85 / 232	85 / 232	85	#2	Governing minority	Ludolf Ostermann
1993	TBA	TBA%	TBA	32 / 116	72 / 232	13	#2	Governing minority	Wolfgang Löscher
1997	TBA	TBA%	TBA	29 / 116	61 / 232	11	#2	Opposition minority	Wolfgang Löscher
2001	TBA	TBA%	TBA	41 / 116	73 / 232	12	#2	Opposition minority	Lothar Holzmeister
2005	TBA	TBA%	TBA	45 / 116	85 / 232	12	#1	Opposition majority	Ulrich Kaufmann
2009	TBA	TBA%	TBA	54 / 116	99 / 232	14	#1	Opposition majority	Ellis Koopmann
2013	TBA	TBA%	TBA	40 / 116	94 / 232	5	#1	Governing minority	Ellis Koopmann
2017	TBA	TBA%	TBA	28 / 116	68 / 232	26	#2	Governing minority	Viktor Oberhauser