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Family Party of Germany Familienpartei Deutschlands | |
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| Leader | Helmut Geuking |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Ideology | Conservatism Social conservatism[1] Christian democracy Familialism |
| Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
| European affiliation | European Christian Political Movement |
| European Parliament group | European Conservatives and Reformists[2] (until 2021) European People's Party (since 2021) |
| Colours | Orange[3] |
| Bundestag | 0 / 709 |
| State Parliaments | 1 / 1,855 |
| European Parliament | 1 / 96 |
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| http://www.familien-partei.de/ | |
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The Family Party of Germany (German: Familienpartei Deutschlands) is a minor conservative[4] political party in Germany. It has elected members to several local councils in the state of Saarland. The party wants to introduce a right to vote for children carried out by the legal guardians.
History
[edit]In the 2005 federal election, the Family Party received 0.4% of the national vote, its best result in a federal election yet.[5]
In the 2009 federal election, the Family Party received 0.3% of the national vote (120,718 votes in total).[6]
In the 2013 federal election, the Family Party fell to 0.02% of the national vote (7,449 votes in total). This was the party's worst result in a federal election since the 1994 federal election, when it did not participate.[7]
In the 2014 European parliament elections, the Family Party received 0.69% of the national vote (202,871 votes in total) and elected one Member of the European Parliament - Arne Gericke,[8] however he later went on to join Freie Wähler in June 2017.[9]
In the 2017 federal election, the Family Party did not run a list, and instead only ran candidates in the constituencies. The party received 506 votes.[10]
In the 2019 European Parliament election, the Family Party slightly increased their vote share to 0.73% of the national vote (273,828 votes in total). Lead candidate Helmut Geuking was elected as an MEP.[11]
In the 2021 federal election, the Family Party received 1,817 votes and 0.00% of the national vote.[12]
In the 2024 European Parliament election, the Family Party received 0.61% of the national vote (243,975 votes in total). Helmut Geuking was succeeded by Niels Geuking.[13]
Election results
[edit]Federal Parliament (Bundestag)
[edit]| Election year | No. of constituency votes | No. of party list votes | % of party list votes | No. of overall seats won | +/– |
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| 1987 | 130 | - | 0.0 | 0 / 631 | |
| 1998 | 8,134 | 24,825 | 0.1 | 0 / 631 | |
| 2002 | 15,138 | 30,045 | 0.1 | 0 / 631 | |
| 2005 | 76,064 | 191,842 | 0.4 | 0 / 631 | |
| 2009 | 17,848 | 120,718 | 0.3 | 0 / 631 | |
| 2013 | 4,478 | 7,449 | 0.0 | 0 / 631 | |
| 2017 | 506 | - | - | 0 / 709 | |
| 2021 | 1,817 | - | - | 0 / 736 |
European Parliament
[edit]| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
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| 1994 | 2,781 | 0.01 (#27) | 0 / 99 | New | – |
| 1999 | 4,117 | 0.02 (#23) | 0 / 99 |  0 | |
| 2004 | 268,468 | 1.04 (#10) | 0 / 99 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 252,121 | 0.96 (#10) | 0 / 99 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 202,803 | 0.69 (#12) | 1 / 96 |  1 | ECR |
| 2019 | 273,828 | 0.73 (#12) | 1 / 96 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 243,975 | 0.61 (#14) | 1 / 96 | 0 | EPP |
References
[edit]- ^ William T Daniel (2015). Career Behaviour and the European Parliament: All Roads Lead Through Brussels?. Oxford University Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-19-871640-2.
- ^ "Who's going where? Tracking the musical chairs in the European Parliament". Europe Decides. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ "Kreuzchen - Das Landtagswahlkampf-Blog der Frankfurter Rundschau". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ Daniele Caramani (2013). The Europeanization of Politics. Cambridge University Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-107-11867-6.
- ^ "Bundestagswahl 2005 - Die Bundeswahlleiterin". www.bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ "Bundestag election 2009 - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Results Germany - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Übersicht". Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ "Schwerin: Gericke von der Familienpartei wechselt zu Freien Wählern". FOCUS Online (in German). Archived from the original on 2023-04-27. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- ^ "Results Germany - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Results Germany - The Federal Returning Officer". bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ "Results Germany - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Results Germany - The Federal Returning Officer". bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
External links
[edit]- Official website
(in German)
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