Social Democratic Radical Party of Werania

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Social Democratic Radical Party of Werania

Sozialdemokratische Radikale Partei von Ostischland
AbbreviationSRPO
ChairwomenLuise Höcherl
Deputy ChairpersonKonrad Schröder
Parliamentary leaderLuise Höcherl
General-SecretaryJochen Rupprecht
FounderLudolf Ostermann
Joschka Schreiber
Founded4 June 1977
Preceded bySPO
RP
HeadquartersWestbrucken
Student wingSocialist Students of Werania
Youth wingSRPO Youth
Membership250,000 (2018)
IdeologySocial democracy
Social liberalism
Pro-Eucleanism
Democratic socialism (minority)
Political positionCentre-left
European affiliationSocialist Alternative for Euclea
Colours  Pink
Volkstag
85 / 545
Herrstag
68 / 232
Governorships
5 / 12
Landtage
247 / 1,067
Euclean Parliament
26 / 122

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
1 Frank Schellscheidt
(1928-2009)
Leopold Gratz (1971).jpg 18 March 1977 4 June 1982 Former leader of the SPO.
2 Ludolf Ostermann
(1927-)
Ostermann colour.png 4 June 1982 16 1992 Served as Chancellor from 1984-1992.
3 Wolfgang Löscher
(1942-)
2015-12 Gerhard Schröder SPD Bundesparteitag by Olaf Kosinsky-12.jpg 16 May 1992 4 October 1998 Served as Chancellor from 1992-1998.
4 Zigmas Šilingas
(1928-2012)
Algirdas Mykkolas Brazauskas, Litauens statsminster, under det Nordiskt-Baltiska statsministermotet i Reykjavik 2005-10-24.jpg 4 October 1998 7 June 1999 Served as Chancellor from 1998-1999.
- Dietmar Preußen
(1946-)
Wolfgang Clement.jpg 7 June 1999 22 November 1999 Interim leader.
5 Lothar Holzmeister
(1944-)
Oskar Lafontaine (DIE LINKE) in Hamm (10571425525).jpg 22 November 1999 22 November 2007
6 Ellis Koopmann
(1965-)
Mari Kiviniemi A4.jpeg 22 November 2007 14 September 2013 Served as Chancellor from 2011-2013.
7 Viktor Oberhauser
(1962-)
Werner Faymann Wien08-2008a.jpg 14 September 2013 17 October 2017 Served as Chancellor from 2013-2017.
8 Josef Felder
(1962-)
2017-07-21 Martin Schulz 0789.JPG 17 October 2017 1 June 2019 Served as Chancellor from 2017-2019.
- Konrad Schröder
(1954-)
Udo Bullmann.JPG 19 June 2019 27 January 2019 Interim leader.
9 Luise Höcherl
(1971-)
2019 Pamela Rendi-Wagner (32995117698) (cropped).jpg 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
Increase 151 #2 Opposition Frank Schellscheidt
1984 7,087,256 28.70% +6.51%
157 / 579
Increase 43 #2 Coalition government Ludolf Ostermann
1988 7,895,832 32.81% +4.11%
224 / 598
Decrease 12 #1 Coalition government Ludolf Ostermann
1992 8,585,721 33.57% +0.76%
217 / 598
Decrease 7 #1 Coalition government Wolfgang Löscher
1996 8,938,695 31.71% -1.86%
187 / 545
Decrease 30 #23 Coalition government Wolfgang Löscher
1999 6,877,382 23.87% -7.84%
104 / 545
Decrease 83 #2 Opposition Zigmas Šilingas
2003 7,657,312 24.86% +0.99%
119 / 545
Increase 15 #2 Opposition Lothar Holzmeister
2007 9,787,191 26.40% +2.01%
110 / 545
Decrease 9 #2 Opposition Lothar Holzmeister
2011 11,463,728 30.19% +3.79%
190 / 545
Increase 80 #1 Coalition government Ellis Koopmann
2015 9,175,847 27.12% -3.07
157 / 545
Decrease 33 #1 Coalition government Viktor Oberhauser
2019 6,154,682 17.00% -10.82%
85 / 545
Decrease 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
Increase 85 #2 Minority Ludolf Ostermann
1993 TBA TBA% TBA
32 / 116
72 / 232
Decrease 13 #2 Minority Wolfgang Löscher
1997 TBA TBA% TBA
29 / 116
61 / 232
Decrease 11 #2 Minority Wolfgang Löscher
2001 TBA TBA% TBA
41 / 116
73 / 232
Increase 12 #2 Minority Lothar Holzmeister
2005 TBA TBA% TBA
45 / 116
85 / 232
Increase 12 #1 Majority Lothar Holzmeister
2009 TBA TBA% TBA
54 / 116
99 / 232
Increase 14 #1 Majority Ellis Koopmann
2013 TBA TBA% TBA
40 / 116
94 / 232
Decrease 5 #1 Minority Ellis Koopmann
2017 TBA TBA% TBA
28 / 116
68 / 232
Decrease 26 #2 Minority Viktor Oberhauser
2021 3,258,201 13.45% TBA
23 / 116
59 / 232
Decrease 21 #2 Minority Luise Höcherl