Social Democratic Radical Party of Werania

Social Democratic Radical Party of Werania Sozialdemokratische Radikale Partei von Ostischland
Abbreviation	SRPO
Interim chairman	Konrad Schröder
Deputy Chairperson	Vacant
Parliamentary leader	Konrad Schröder
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	Red
Volkstag	85 / 545
Herrstag	68 / 232
Governorships	5 / 10
Landtage	293 / 1,151
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 1979-1999 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 (1979-1991) Wolfgang Löscher (1991-1998) and Heinrich Schuberth (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 formed a three-way coalition of the SRPO, PMZ and Sotirian Democratic Homeland (SDT). In 2019 the party 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 Cislania, Ruttland, Bonnlitz, Kolreuth and Westbrücken whilst participating in the Häfkopf government.

Organisation

Leaders

No.	Name (Born–Died)	Portrait	Term in Office		Notes
1	Ludolf Ostermann (1922-)		4 June 1977	16 1991	Served as Chancellor from 1977-1991.
2	Wolfgang Löscher (1942-)		16 May 1991	4 October 1998	Served as Chancellor from 1991-1998.
3	Heinrich Schuberth (1950-)		4 October 1998	7 June 1999	Served as Chancellor from 1998-1999.
-	Dietmar Preußen (1946-)		7 June 1999	22 November 1999	Interim leader.
4	Lothar Holzmeister (1944-)		22 November 1999	10 March 2005	First SRPO leader to never become Chancellor.
5	Ulrich Kaufmann (1953-)		10 March 2005	4 May 2007
-	Egidijus Bendinskas (1950-)		4 May 2007	14 November 2007	Interim leader.
6	Ellis Koopmann (1965-)		22 November 2007	16 October 2014	Served as Chancellor from 2011-2014.
7	Viktor Oberhauser (1962-)		16 October 2014	19 June 2019	Served as Chancellor from 2014-2019.
-	Konrad Schröder (1954-)		19 June 2019	Incumbent	Interim leader.

Electoral results

Volkstag

Election	Volkstag					Rank	Government	Leader
	Votes	%	±pp	Seats won	+/−
1979	TBA	TBA%	TBA	157 / 579	891	#2	Coalition government	Ludolf Ostermann
1983	TBA	TBA%	TBA	198 / 579	272	#2	Coalition government	Ludolf Ostermann
1987	TBA	TBA%	TBA	236 / 598	38	#1	Coalition government	Ludolf Ostermann
1991	TBA	TBA%	TBA	217 / 598	19	#1	Coalition government	Wolfgang Löscher
1995	TBA	TBA%	TBA	187 / 545	30	#23	Coalition government	Wolfgang Löscher
1999	TBA	TBA%	TBA	94 / 545	93	#2	Opposition	Heinrich Schuberth
2003	TBA	TBA%	TBA	119 / 545	25	#2	Opposition	Lothar Holzmeister
2007	TBA	TBA%	TBA	110 / 545	9	#2	Opposition	Ulrich Kaufmann
2011	TBA	TBA%	TBA	178 / 545	68	#1	Coalition government	Ellis Koopmann
2015	TBA	TBA%	TBA	157 / 545	21	#1	Coalition government	Viktor Oberhauser
2019	7,254,682	19.77%	-5.65%	85 / 545	72	#2	Opposition	Viktor Oberhauser

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