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Political parties
Germany — 66 years of data
Historical Values
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 500,000 to 700,000 party members (1990) |
| 1990 | Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Helmut Kohl; Christian Social Union (CSU), Theo Waigel; Free Democratic Party (FDP), Otto Lambsdorff; Social Democratic Party (SPD), Hans-Jochen Vogel; National Democratic Party (NPD), Martin Mussgnug; Republikaner, Franz Schoerhuber; Communist Party (DKP), Herbert Mies; Green Party--Realos faction, Joschka Fischer; Green Party--Fundis faction, Jutta Ditfurth |
| 1990 | about 40,000 members and supporters |
| 1990 | expellee, refugee, and veterans groups |
| 1991 | expellee, refugee, and veterans groups |
| 1992 | Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Helmut KOHL, chairman; Christian Social Union (CSU), Theo WAIGEL; Free Democratic Party (FDP), Otto Count LAMBSDORFF, chairman; Social Democratic Party (SPD), Bjoern ENGHOLM, - chairman; - Green - Party - Ludger VOLMER, Christine WEISKE, co-chairmen (after the 2 December 1990 election the East and West German Green Parties united); Alliance 90 united to form one party in September 1991, Petra MORAWE, chairwoman; Republikaner, Franz SCHOENHUBER; National Democrat |
| 1992 | West - about 40,000 members and supporters; East - about 200,000 party members (December 1991) |
| 1992 | expellee, refugee, and veterans groups |
| 1993 | Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Helmut KOHL, chairman; Christian Social Union (CSU), Theo WAIGEL, chairman; Free Democratic Party (FDP), Klaus KINKEL, chairman; Social Democratic Party (SPD); Green Party, Ludger VOLMER, Christine WEISKE, co-chairmen (after the 2 December 1990 election the East and West German Green Parties united); Alliance 90 united to form one party in September 1991, Petra MORAWE, chairwoman; Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), Gregor GYSI, chairman; Republikaner, Franz SC |
| 1993 | expellee, refugee, and veterans groups |
| 1994 | Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Helmut KOHL, chairman; Christian Social Union (CSU), Theo WAIGEL, chairman; Free Democratic Party (FDP), Klaus KINKEL, chairman; Social Democratic Party (SPD), Rudolf SCHARPING, chairman; Alliance '90/Greens, Ludger VOLMER, Marianne BIRTHLER, co-chairmen; Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), Lothar BISKY, chairman; Republikaner, Franz SCHOENHUBER; National Democratic Party (NPD), Guenter DECKERT; Communist Party (DKP), Rolf PRIEMER |
| 1994 | expellee, refugee, and veterans groups |
| 1995 | Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Helmut KOHL, chairman; Christian Social Union (CSU), Theo WAIGEL, chairman; Free Democratic Party (FDP), Klaus KINKEL, chairman; Social Democratic Party (SPD), Rudolf SCHARPING, chairman; Alliance '90/Greens, Krista SAGER, Juergen TRITTIN, cochairpersons; Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), Lothar BISKY, chairman; Republikaner, Rolf SCHLIERER, chairman; National Democratic Party (NPD), Guenter DECKERT; Communist Party (DKP), Rolf PRIEMER |
| 1995 | expellee, refugee, and veterans groups |
| 1996 | Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Helmut KOHL, chairman; Christian Social Union (CSU), Theo WAIGEL, chairman; Free Democratic Party (FDP), Wolfgang GERHARDT, chairman; Social Democratic Party (SPD), Oskar LA FONTAINE, chairman; Alliance '90/Greens, Krista SAGER, Juergen TRITTIN, cochairpersons; Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), Lothar BISKY, chairman; Republikaner, Rolf SCHLIERER, chairman; National Democratic Party (NPD), Ellen-Doris SCHERER; Communist Party (DKP), Rolf PRIEMER and Heinz STE |
| 1996 | expellee, refugee, and veterans groups |
| 1997 | Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Helmut KOHL, chairman]; Christian Social Union or CSU [Theo WAIGEL, chairman]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Wolfgang GERHARDT, chairman]; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Oskar LAFONTAINE, chairman]; Alliance '90/Greens [Gunda ROESTEL, Juergen TRITTIN, cochairpersons]; Party of Democratic Socialism or PDS [Lothar BISKY, chairman]; Republikaner [Rolf SCHLIERER, chairman]; National Democratic Party or NPD [Ellen-Doris SCHERER]; Communist Party or DKP [Rolf PRIEME |
| 1997 | employers' organizations, expellee, refugee, trade unions, and veterans groups |
| 1998 | Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Helmut KOHL, chairman]; Christian Social Union or CSU [Theodor WAIGEL, chairman]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Wolfgang GERHARDT, chairman]; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Oskar LAFONTAINE, chairman]; Alliance '90/Greens [Christa NICKELS]; Party of Democratic Socialism or PDS [Lothar BISKY, chairman]; Republikaner [Rolf SCHLIERER, chairman]; National Democratic Party or NPD [Gunter DECKERT]; Communist Party or DKP [Rolf PRIEMER and Heinz STEHR, cochairpersons |
| 1998 | employers' organizations, expellee, refugee, trade unions, and veterans groups |
| 1999 | Christian Democratic Union or CDU |
| 1999 | employers' organizations, expellee, refugee, trade unions, and veterans groups |
| 2000 | Alliance '90/Greens [Gunda ROESTEL and Antje RADCKE]; Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL]; Christian Social Union or CSU [Edmund STOIBER, chairman]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Wolfgang GERHARDT, chairman]; Party of Democratic Socialism or PDS [Lothar BISKY, chairman]; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Gerhard SCHROEDER, chairman] |
| 2000 | employers' organizations; expellee, refugee, trade unions, and veterans groups |
| 2001 | Alliance '90/Greens [Renate KUENAST and Fritz KUHN]; Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL]; Christian Social Union or CSU [Edmund STOIBER, chairman]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Wolfgang GERHARDT, chairman]; note - Wolfgang GERHARDT will probably be replaced by Guido WESTERWELLE in May 2001; Party of Democratic Socialism or PDS [Gabi ZIMMER]; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Gerhard SCHROEDER, chairman] |
| 2001 | employers' organizations; expellee, refugee, trade unions, and veterans groups |
| 2002 | Alliance '90/Greens [Angelika BEER and Reinhard BUETIKOFER]; Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL]; Christian Social Union or CSU [Edmund STOIBER, chairman]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Guido WESTERWELLE, chairman]; the Greens [leader NA]; Party of Democratic Socialism or PDS [Gabriele ZIMMER]; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Gerhard SCHROEDER, chairman] |
| 2002 | employers' organizations; expellee, refugee, trade unions, and veterans groups |
| 2003 | Alliance '90/Greens [Angelika BEER and Reinhard BUETIKOFER]; Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL]; Christian Social Union or CSU [Edmund STOIBER, chairman]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Guido WESTERWELLE, chairman]; Party of Democratic Socialism or PDS [Lothar BISKY]; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Gerhard SCHROEDER, chairman] |
| 2003 | employers' organizations; expellee, refugee, trade unions, and veterans groups |
| 2004 | Alliance '90/Greens [Angelika BEER and Reinhard BUETIKOFER]; Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL]; Christian Social Union or CSU [Edmund STOIBER, chairman]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Guido WESTERWELLE, chairman]; Party of Democratic Socialism or PDS [Lothar BISKY]; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Franz MUENTEFERING] |
| 2004 | business associations, employers' organizations; expellee, refugee, trade unions, and veterans groups |
| 2005 | Alliance '90/Greens [Angelika BEER and Reinhard BUETIKOFER]; Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL]; Christian Social Union or CSU [Edmund STOIBER, chairman]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Guido WESTERWELLE, chairman]; Left Party or PDS/WASG [Oskar LAFONTAINE and Gregor GYSI]; Party of Democratic Socialism or PDS [Lothar BISKY]; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Franz MUENTEFERING] |
| 2005 | business associations, employers' organizations; expellee, refugee, trade unions, and veterans groups |
| 2006 | Alliance '90/Greens [Claudia ROTH and Reinhard BUETIKOFER]; Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL]; Christian Social Union or CSU [Edmund STOIBER, chairman]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Guido WESTERWELLE, chairman]; Left Party (Linkspartei. was Party of Democratic Socialism) or PDS [Lothar BISKY]; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Kurt BECK] |
| 2006 | business associations, employers' organizations; expellee, refugee, trade unions, and veterans groups |
| 2007 | Alliance '90/Greens [Claudia ROTH and Reinhard BUETIKOFER]; Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL]; Christian Social Union or CSU [Edmund STOIBER]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Guido WESTERWELLE]; Left Party.PDS (Linkspartei.PDS) [Lothar BISKY]; note - a merger with the Electoral Alternative-Work and Social Justice or WASG [Klaus ERNST] is planned for summer 2007; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Kurt BECK] |
| 2007 | business associations and employers' organizations; religious, trade unions, immigrant, expellee, and veterans groups |
| 2008 | Alliance '90/Greens [Claudia ROTH and Cem OEZDEMIR]; Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL]; Christian Social Union or CSU [Horst SEEHOFER]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Guido WESTERWELLE]; Left Party or Die Linke [Lothar BISKY and Oskar LAFONTAINE]; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Franz MUENTEFERING] |
| 2008 | other: business associations and employers' organizations; religious, trade unions, immigrant, expellee, and veterans groups |
| 2009 | Alliance '90/Greens [Claudia ROTH and Cem OZDEMIR]; Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL]; Christian Social Union or CSU [Horst SEEHOFER]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Guido WESTERWELLE]; Left Party or Die Linke [Lothar BISKY and Oskar LAFONTAINE]; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Franz MUENTEFERING] |
| 2009 | other: business associations and employers' organizations; religious, trade unions, immigrant, expellee, and veterans groups |
| 2010 | Alliance '90/Greens [Claudia ROTH and Cem OZDEMIR]; Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL]; Christian Social Union or CSU [Horst SEEHOFER]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Guido WESTERWELLE]; Left Party or Die Linke [Klaus ERNST and Gesine LOETZSCH]; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Sigmar GABRIEL] |
| 2010 | business associations and employers' organizations; trade unions; religious, immigrant, expellee, and veterans groups |
| 2011 | Alliance '90/Greens [Claudia ROTH and Cem OZDEMIR]; Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL]; Christian Social Union or CSU [Horst SEEHOFER]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Philipp Roesler]; Left Party or Die Linke [Klaus ERNST and Gesine LOETZSCH]; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Sigmar GABRIEL] |
| 2011 | business associations and employers' organizations; trade unions; religious, immigrant, expellee, and veterans groups |
| 2012 | Alliance '90/Greens [Claudia ROTH and Cem OEZDEMIR]; Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL]; Christian Social Union or CSU [Horst SEEHOFER]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Philipp ROESLER]; Left Party or Die Linke [Katia KIPPING and Bernd RIEXINGER]; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Sigmar GABRIEL] |
| 2012 | business associations and employers' organizations; trade unions; religious, immigrant, expellee, and veterans groups |
| 2013 | Alliance '90/Greens [Cem OEZDEMIR] Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL] Christian Social Union or CSU [Horst SEEHOFER] Free Democratic Party or FDP [Philipp ROESLER] Left Party or Die Linke [Katia KIPPING and Bernd RIEXINGER] Social Democratic Party or SPD [Sigmar GABRIEL] |
| 2013 | business associations and employers' organizations trade unions; religious, immigrant, expellee, and veterans groups |
| 2014 | Alliance '90/Greens [Cem OEZDEMIR and Simone PETER] Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL] Christian Social Union or CSU [Horst SEEHOFER] Free Democratic Party or FDP [Christian LINDNER] Left Party or Die Linke [Katia KIPPING and Bernd RIEXINGER] Social Democratic Party or SPD [Sigmar GABRIEL] |
| 2014 | business associations and employers' organizations trade unions; religious, immigrant, expellee, and veterans groups |
| 2015 | Alliance '90/Greens [Cem OEZDEMIR and Simone PETER] | Alternative for Germany or AfD [Bernd LUCKE];; Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL] | Christian Social Union or CSU [Horst SEEHOFER] | Free Democratic Party or FDP [Christian LINDNER] | Left Party or Die Linke [Katia KIPPING and Bernd RIEXINGER] | Social Democratic Party or SPD [Sigmar GABRIEL] |
| 2015 | other: business associations and employers' organizations | trade unions; religious, immigrant, expellee, and veterans groups |
| 2016 | Alliance '90/Greens [Cem OEZDEMIR and Simone PETER] | Alternative for Germany or AfD [Frauke PETRY and Jorg MEUTHEN] | Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL] | Christian Social Union or CSU [Horst SEEHOFER] | Free Democratic Party or FDP [Christian LINDNER] | Left Party or Die Linke [Katia KIPPING and Bernd RIEXINGER] | Social Democratic Party or SPD [Sigmar GABRIEL] |
| 2016 | other: business associations and employers' organizations | trade unions; religious, immigrant, expellee, and veterans groups |
| 2017 | Alliance '90/Greens [Cem OEZDEMIR and Simone PETER] | Alternative for Germany or AfD [Joerg MEUTHEN] | Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL] | Christian Social Union or CSU [Horst SEEHOFER] | Free Democratic Party or FDP [Christian LINDNER] | Pirate Party Germany or Pirates [Stefan KORNER] | The Left or Die Linke [Katja KIPPING and Bernd RIEXINGER] | Social Democratic Party or SPD [Martin SCHULZ] | United Civil Movements of Brandenburg/Free Voters [Peter VIDA] |
| 2017 | business associations and employers' organizations | trade unions; religious, immigrant, expellee, and veterans groups |
| 2018 | Alliance '90/Greens [Annalena BAERBOCK and Robert HABECK] Alternative for Germany or AfD [Alexander GAULAND and Joerg MEUTHEN] Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Annegret KRAMP-KARRENBAUER] Christian Social Union or CSU [Horst SEEHOFER] Free Democratic Party or FDP [Christian LINDNER] The Left or Die Linke [Katja KIPPING and Bernd RIEXINGER] Social Democratic Party or SPD [Andrea NAHLES] |
| 2019 | Alliance '90/Greens [Annalena BAERBOCK and Robert HABECK] Alternative for Germany or AfD [Alexander GAULAND and Joerg MEUTHEN] Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Annegret KRAMP-KARRENBAUER] Christian Social Union or CSU [Markus SOEDER] Free Democratic Party or FDP [Christian LINDNER] The Left or Die Linke [Katja KIPPING and Bernd RIEXINGER] Social Democratic Party or SPD [Andrea NAHLES] |
| 2020 | Alliance '90/Greens [Annalena BAERBOCK and Robert HABECK] Alternative for Germany or AfD [Alexander GAULAND and Joerg MEUTHEN] Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Annegret KRAMP-KARRENBAUER] Christian Social Union or CSU [Markus SOEDER] Free Democratic Party or FDP [Christian LINDNER] The Left or Die Linke [Katja KIPPING and Bernd RIEXINGER] Social Democratic Party or SPD [Andrea NAHLES] |
| 2021 | Alliance '90/Greens [Annalena BAERBOCK and Robert HABECK] Alternative for Germany or AfD [Alexander GAULAND - Honorary Chairman, Joerg MEUTHEN and Tino CHRUPALLA] Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Armin LASCHET] Christian Social Union or CSU [Markus SOEDER] Free Democratic Party or FDP [Christian LINDNER] The Left or Die Linke [Janine WISSLER and Susanne HENNING-WELLSOW] Social Democratic Party or SPD [Saskia ESKEN and Norbert WALTER-BORJANS] |
| 2022 | Alliance '90/Greens [Ricarda LANG and Omid NOURIPOUR] Alternative for Germany or AfD [Alice WEIDEL and Tino CHRUPALLA] Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Friedrich MERZ] Christian Social Union or CSU [Markus SOEDER] Free Democratic Party or FDP [Christian LINDNER] Free Voters [Hubert AIWANGER] The Left or Die Linke [Janine WISSLER and Martin SCHIRDEWAN] Social Democratic Party or SPD [Saskia ESKEN and Lars KLINGBEIL] |
| 2023 | Alliance '90/Greens [Ricarda LANG and Omid NOURIPOUR] Alternative for Germany or AfD [Alice WEIDEL and Tino CHRUPALLA] Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Friedrich MERZ] Christian Social Union or CSU [Markus SOEDER] Free Democratic Party or FDP [Christian LINDNER] Free Voters [Hubert AIWANGER] The Left or Die Linke [Janine WISSLER and Martin SCHIRDEWAN] Social Democratic Party or SPD [Saskia ESKEN and Lars KLINGBEIL] |
| 2024 | Alliance '90/Greens Alternative for Germany or AfD Christian Democratic Union or CDU Christian Social Union or CSU Free Democratic Party or FDP Free Voters The Left or Die Linke Social Democratic Party or SPD |
| 2025 | Alliance '90/Greens Alternative for Germany or AfD Christian Democratic Union or CDU Christian Social Union or CSU Free Democratic Party or FDP Free Voters or FW The Left or Die Linke Social Democratic Party or SPD |