Besmenian Republican Party
Besmenian Republican Party Besmenische Republikanische Partei | |
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 Last logo used from 1987 to 1990 | |
| Abbreviation | BRP |
| Founded | 4 May 1957 |
| Dissolved | 28 May 1990 |
| Split from | BKP |
| Succeeded by | NBP |
| Ideology |
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| Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
| Colors | Orange |
The Besmenian Republican Party (Besmenian: Besmenische Republikanische Partei, BRP) was a right-wing and national-conservative political party in Besmenia, which existed from 1957 to 1990.
Starting as a breakaway party of the Besmenian Conservative Party in 1957, the BRP has been represented in all state parliaments since its foundation. The party was permanently represented in the Federal Chamber from 1960 to 1989. Support for the party was at its highest in the 1960s and 1970s, with its share of the votes reaching around more then 10% in some parliamentary elections and the involvement as junior coalition partner of the Besmenian People's Party in the first and second government of Robert Gleitzmann from 1972 to 1980. The BRP's stronghold was Greuningia, where the party achieved its best result in a party election with 23.5% in the 1975 state election. Due to financial, intra-party conflicts and the Huthmacher affair in 1978, the support of the BRP plummeted significantly in the 1980s. The party lost importance in the late 1980s at the latest when it failed to regain seats in some state parliaments, and especially in the 1989 federal election, where the BRP failed to regain seats in the Federal Chamber for the first time with 4.8%. The BRP was dissolved in May 1990 and succeeded by the National Besmenian Party as part of a reorganization under its last chairman Alexander von Wiest.
The BRP represented right-wing conservative, right-wing populist and right-wing extremist views. After reunification, the BRP has become a melting pot for former BNU supporters, which has led to the existence of a Ochsenbeinist faction within the party which left the party in 1984 and founded the Besmenian Ochsenbein Party.
History
Background
The BRP was formed in 1957 when the right-wing party wing split from the Besmenian Conservative Party. The background was an internal party struggle between politicians from the centre-right and the right-wing wing of the BKP. After the centre-right politician Jakob Richtig was elected the new party chairman at the BKP party conference in March 1957, politicians from the right-wing wing left the party. The Besmenian Republican Party was founded on May 4, 1957 during a closed meeting of about 100 members, many of whom were former BKP members, in Sankt Butz.
1957-1972
BVP-BRP government coalition (1972-1980)
1980-1990
Chairmans of the BRP
| Leader | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reinhard Heide | 1957–1970 |
| 2 | Konrad Berger | 1970–1982 |
| 3 | Friedrich Nägele | 1982–1985 |
| 4 | Helmut Schwarzberg | 1985–1989 |
| 5 | Alexander von Wiest | 1989–1990 |
Political position
Election poster from the 1964 East Besmenian federal election
Election poster from the 1967 Greuningian state election
Election poster from the 1972 Besmenian federal election
Election poster from the 1989 Besmenian federal election
Election results
Federal Chamber
| Election | Prime Minister Candidate | Votes in % | Seats | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Reinhard Heide | 12,9% (#4) | 29 / 211 |
Opposition |
| 1964 | Reinhard Heide | 12,0% (#4) | 26 / 211 |
Opposition |
| 1968 | Reinhard Heide | 8,4% (#4) | 37 / 427 |
Opposition |
| 1972 | Konrad Berger | 10,3% (#4) | 45 / 427 |
BVP-BRP majority |
| 1976 | Konrad Berger | 10,8% (#4) | 50 / 427 |
BVP-BRP majority |
| 1980 | Konrad Berger | 10,3% (#4) | 47 / 427 |
Opposition |
| 1981 | Konrad Berger | 9,8% (#4) | 45 / 427 |
Opposition |
| 1985 | Helmut Schwarzberg | 8,3% (#4) | 37 / 427 |
Opposition |
| 1989 | Helmut Schwarzberg | 4,8% (#5) | 0 / 427 |
No seats |