Party of the Besmenian Left

Party of the Besmenian Left Partei der Besmenischen Linke
Leader	Sandra Eckwach
Founded	1 August 1998 (as The Besmenian Left)
Split from	Social Democratic Union
Headquarters	Eisenstraße 73, Laitstadt
Ideology	Democratic socialism Left-wing populism Pacifism
Colors	Violet
Federal Chamber	55 / 427
Federal Senate	1 / 60
Seats in states parliaments	114 / 1,398

The Party of the Besmenian Left (Besmenian: Partei der Besmenischen Linke) is a democratic socialism party in Besmenia. The party was founded in 1998 as The Besmenian Left. The reason for the foundation of the PBL was the secession of the democratic socialist wing of the SDU.

In 2001 the party got its current name. In 2001 the PBL was represented in the Federal Chamber for the first time.

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	8,4% (#5)	37 / 427	Opposition
2016	Sandra Eckwach	8% (#5)	36 / 427	Opposition
2020	Sandra Eckwach	10,5% (#3)	45 / 427	Opposition
2021	Sandra Eckwach	12,6% (#4)	55 / 427	Opposition

President

Election	Candidate	First round result		Second round result
		Votes in %	Result	Votes in %	Result
2003	No candidate
2009	No candidate
2015	Regina Vogel	26,3%	2nd place
2021	Wilfried Wetzstein	4,2%	5th place

Leaders of the PBL

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Tenure (Years and days)	State	Prime Minister
1		Hannes Hochstein (1953–2014)	1 August 1998	21 September 2001	3 years, 51 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 Laura Kummstein
3	File:Anton Pohl.jpg	Anton Pohl (1964-)	7 December 2009	6 October 2011	1 year, 303 days	Metakumburg	Laura Kummstein
4		Sandra Eckwach (1966–)	6 October 2011	Incumbent	13 years, 49 days	Laitstadt	Laura Kummstein Theodor Sidemann Richard Benkel Elisabeth Rademacher