Social Democratic Radical Party of Werania
Social Democratic Radical Party of Werania Sozialdemokratische Radikale Partei von Ostischland | |
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| 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
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| Herrstag | 68 / 232
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| Governorships | 5 / 12
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| Landtage | 247 / 1,067
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| Euclean Parliament | 26 / 122
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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.
History
Origins
The SRPO came from the unification of two parties, the Social Democratic Party of Werania (SPO) and the Radical Party. The Radical party was one of the oldest in Werania, itself coming from a unification of liberal and republican deputies in 1898, who supported a platform of free trade, secularism and representative democracy based on universal suffrage. The Radical Party would govern Werania for two periods - from 1903 to 1909 under Lothar von Kuehnelt and from 1911 to 1914 under Casper von Blumentritt. The radical government implemented progressive reforms such as the introduction of a 48-hour workweek and universal male suffrage and a proportional voting system. These governments were first supported tentatively by socialists but von Kuehnelt's enforcement of union busting laws led to an estrangement with socialist deputies. The socialists did support von Blumentritt's government particularly it's drive to implement more wide reaching secular laws. However the Great Collapse led to von Blumentritt adhering to classical economics to implement a harsh austerity budget that resulted in the socialists to withdraw all parliamentary support leading to a snap election which saw the radicals decimated with a conservative coalition taking power.
Ideology
Organisation
Leaders
| No. | Name (Born–Died) |
Portrait | Term in Office | Notes | |
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| 1 | Frank Schellscheidt (1928-2009) |
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18 March 1977 | 4 June 1982 | Former leader of the SPO. |
| 2 | Ludolf Ostermann (1927-) |
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4 June 1982 | 16 1992 | Served as Chancellor from 1984-1992. |
| 3 | Wolfgang Löscher (1942-) |
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16 May 1992 | 4 October 1998 | Served as Chancellor from 1992-1998. |
| 4 | Zigmas Šilingas (1928-2012) |
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4 October 1998 | 7 June 1999 | Served as Chancellor from 1998-1999. |
| - | Dietmar Preußen (1946-) |
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7 June 1999 | 22 November 1999 | Interim leader. |
| 5 | Lothar Holzmeister (1944-) |
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22 November 1999 | 22 November 2007 | |
| 6 | Ellis Koopmann (1965-) |
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22 November 2007 | 14 September 2013 | Served as Chancellor from 2011-2013. |
| 7 | Viktor Oberhauser (1962-) |
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14 September 2013 | 17 October 2017 | Served as Chancellor from 2013-2017. |
| 8 | Josef Felder (1962-) |
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17 October 2017 | 1 June 2019 | Served as Chancellor from 2017-2019. |
| - | Konrad Schröder (1954-) |
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19 June 2019 | 27 January 2019 | Interim leader. |
| 9 | Luise Höcherl (1971-) |
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27 January 2019 | Incumbent | |
Electoral results
Volkstag
| Election | Volkstag | Rank | Government | Leader | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/− | ||||
| 1980 | 5,406,826 | 22.19% | New | 114 / 579
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 151
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#2 | Opposition | Frank Schellscheidt |
| 1984 | 7,087,256 | 28.70% | +6.51% | 157 / 579
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43
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#2 | Coalition government | Ludolf Ostermann |
| 1988 | 7,895,832 | 32.81% | +4.11% | 224 / 598
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 12
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#1 | Coalition government | Ludolf Ostermann |
| 1992 | 8,585,721 | 33.57% | +0.76% | 217 / 598
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7
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#1 | Coalition government | Wolfgang Löscher |
| 1996 | 8,938,695 | 31.71% | -1.86% | 187 / 545
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30
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#23 | Coalition government | Wolfgang Löscher |
| 1999 | 6,877,382 | 23.87% | -7.84% | 104 / 545
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83
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#2 | Opposition | Zigmas Šilingas |
| 2003 | 7,657,312 | 24.86% | +0.99% | 119 / 545
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15
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#2 | Opposition | Lothar Holzmeister |
| 2007 | 9,787,191 | 26.40% | +2.01% | 110 / 545
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9
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#2 | Opposition | Lothar Holzmeister |
| 2011 | 11,463,728 | 30.19% | +3.79% | 190 / 545
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80
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#1 | Coalition government | Ellis Koopmann |
| 2015 | 9,175,847 | 27.12% | -3.07 | 157 / 545
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33
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#1 | Coalition government | Viktor Oberhauser |
| 2019 | 6,154,682 | 17.00% | -10.82% | 85 / 545
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72
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#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 | |||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested seats | Total seats | +/− | ||||
| 1989 | TBA | TBA% | New | 85 / 232
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85 / 232
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85
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#2 | Minority | Ludolf Ostermann |
| 1993 | TBA | TBA% | TBA | 32 / 116
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72 / 232
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13
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#2 | Minority | Wolfgang Löscher |
| 1997 | TBA | TBA% | TBA | 29 / 116
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61 / 232
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11
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#2 | Minority | Wolfgang Löscher |
| 2001 | TBA | TBA% | TBA | 41 / 116
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73 / 232
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12
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#2 | Minority | Lothar Holzmeister |
| 2005 | TBA | TBA% | TBA | 45 / 116
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85 / 232
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12
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#1 | Majority | Lothar Holzmeister |
| 2009 | TBA | TBA% | TBA | 54 / 116
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99 / 232
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14
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#1 | Majority | Ellis Koopmann |
| 2013 | TBA | TBA% | TBA | 40 / 116
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94 / 232
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5
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#1 | Minority | Ellis Koopmann |
| 2017 | TBA | TBA% | TBA | 28 / 116
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68 / 232
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26
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#2 | Minority | Viktor Oberhauser |
| 2021 | 3,258,201 | 13.45% | TBA | 23 / 116
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59 / 232
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21
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#2 | Minority | Luise Höcherl |