SPD Bavaria

The SPD Bavaria (SPD Bayern, own spelling BayernSPD, full name Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD), Landesverband Bayern,[1] Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), State Association of Bavaria) is the Bavarian State Association of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. In 2022, it was the second largest state association of a party in Bavaria with 52,000 members.[2]

SPD Bavaria
ChairpersonRonja Endres
Florian von Brunn
Founded26 June 1892 (1892-06-26)
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationSocial Democratic Party of Germany
Colours  Red
Landtag of Bavaria
22 / 180
Bundestag delegation
23 / 117
Website
bayernspd.de

The party's co-chairs are Ronja Endres and Florian von Brunn.[3]

History

The SPD Bavaria has a rich history, which dates back to 1866, when a workers' education club in Nuremberg was founded as the first Social Democratic institution.[4] In 1881, Karl Grillenberger won the first Reichstag mandate for the SPD in Bavaria, also in Nuremberg. 1887 the SPD (still not under this name) in the Kingdom of Bavaria joined for the first time the election to the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom, and received 2.1 percent of the vote, but no seat.[5] In 1888, the Social Democratic newspaper of Münchener Post was founded.

The history of the SPD Bayern as a separate organization began with the first party conference of the SPD in Bavaria, which met on the initiative of Georg von Vollmar in 1892 in Reinhausen near Regensburg. The party congress decided that the SPD would take part in the state elections in 1893 and passed an election program.[6]

Chairpeople
Georg von Vollmar, first chairman of SPD Bavaria
Period Chairperson
1892–1918 Georg von Vollmar
1918–1933 Erhard Auer
1946–1947 Lisa Albrecht
1946–1947 Wilhelm Hoegner[7]
1947–1963 Waldemar von Knoeringen
1963–1972 Volkmar Gabert
1972–1977 Hans-Jochen Vogel
1977–1985 Helmut Rothemund
1985–1991 Rudolf Schöfberger
1991–2000 Renate Schmidt
2000–2003 Wolfgang Hoderlein
2003–2009 Ludwig Stiegler
2009–2017 Florian Pronold
2017–2021 Natascha Kohnen
2021– Ronja Endres
Florian von Brunn

Election results

Landtag of Bavaria
Election Popular Vote Seats +/– Government
Votes  %
1946 871,760 28.6 (#2)
54 / 180
 CSU-SPD
1950 2,588,549 28.0 (#1)
63 / 204
 Increase 9 SPD-CSU
1954 2,733,946 28,1(#2)
61 / 204
 Decrease 2 SPD-BP-BHE-FDP(1954-57)
1958 2,839,300 30.8 (#2)
64 / 204
 Increase 3 Opposition
1962 3,465,168 35.3 (#2)
79 / 204
 Increase 15 Opposition
1966 3,768,973 35.8 (#2)
79 / 204
 Steady 0 Opposition
1970 3,742,760 33.3 (#2)
70 / 204
 Decrease 9 Opposition
1974 3,409,126 30.2 (#2)
64 / 204
 Decrease 6 Opposition
1978 3,599,479 31.4 (#2)
65 / 204
 Increase 1 Opposition
1982 3,876,970 31.9 (#2)
71 / 204
 Increase 6 Opposition
1986 3,119,124 27.5 (#2)
61 / 204
 Decrease 10 Opposition
1990 2,882,008 26.0 (#2)
58 / 204
 Decrease 3 Opposition
1994 3,506,620 30.0 (#2)
70 / 204
 Increase 12 Opposition
1998 3,501,900 28.7 (#2)
67 / 204
 Decrease 3 Opposition
2003 2,012,265 19.6 (#2)
41 / 180
 Decrease 26 Opposition
2008 1,972,437 18.6 (#2)
39 / 187
 Decrease 2 Opposition
2013 2,437,401 20.6 (#2)
42 / 180
 Increase 3 Opposition
2018 1,309,078 9.7 (#5)
22 / 205
 Decrease 20 Opposition

References
  1. Satzung der BayernSPD Archived 2016-04-08 at the Wayback Machine i. d. F. v. 14. Juli 2014
  2. "Parteimitglieder: CSU und SPD büßen in Bayern weiter ein" (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  3. Irene Esmann (April 24, 2021), BayernSPD: Neue Doppelspitze will nicht leisetreten Bayerischer Rundfunk.
  4. Broschüre Die SPD Nürnberg stellt sich vor (PDF; 1,9 MB)
  5. Wahlen-in-deutschland.de
  6. Robert Hofmann (2003): Der Kampf um Sozialreformen und elementare Bürgerrechte., in Franz Maget/Karin Radermacher (ed.): Mit Leidenschaft für Demokratie. 110 Jahre SPD-Landtagsfraktion in Bayern., Munich 2003
  7. Bayern.de, 13. Mai 1946 bis 11. Mai 1947
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