Party of Reason Elections
Party of Reason information booth about the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Munich , June 2012
In 2011, the PDV participated in the local elections in Lower Saxony , winning one seat in the Flecken Harsefeld municipal council, two seats in the Samtgemeinde Harsefeld municipal council, and a further seat in the Bremervörde municipal council.[ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
Harald Ebert, member of the City council of Erding , and former member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), joined the PDV in 2012.[ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
The party's first participation in German state elections was in the 2012 North Rhine-Westphalia state election on 13 May 2012, but it did not secure any seats in the Landtag .[ 15] [ 16]
The PDV participated 2013 federal election on 22 September 2013,[ 17] attaining ballot access in four states (Baden-Württemberg , Bavaria , North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate ),[ 18] and winning almost 25,000 second votes (0.1%).[ 19] The party also fielded a number of direct candidates.[ 18]
Election results
European Parliament
Election
List leader
Votes
%
Seats
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EP Group
2024
Dirk Hesse
29,508
0.07 (#30)
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References
↑ Partei der Vernunft" gegründet (in German) , Stimme.de, June 25, 2011.
↑ "IALP Members" . Retrieved 2015-06-21 .
↑ Erben der FDP? (in German) , Telepolis , March 13, 2012.
↑ 30. Mai im Hambacher Schloß: Partei der Vernunft wird gegründet (in German) , May 25, 2009.
↑ "Wayback Machine" (PDF) . alt.parteidervernunft.de . Archived from the original (PDF) on June 21, 2015.
↑ "Überwältigende Zustimmung: Vorstände und Delegierte der Landesverbände verabschieden Entwurf für ein freiheitliches Grundsatzprogramm" . Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-15 .
↑ The Utrecht Declaration and Covenant of European Classical Liberal and Libertarian Parties . Retrieved 2024-01-25
↑ "Libertäre Parteien aus ganz Europa schließen sich zusammen | Partei der Vernunft" . Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2013-10-30 .
↑ Election results of the 2011 local elections in Lower Saxony – Fleckenrat Harsefeld – Samtgemeinderat Harsefeld Deprecated link archived 2012-08-01 at archive.today , harsefeld.de, accessed on April 12, 2012.
↑ Election results of the 2011 local elections in Lower Saxony – Fleckenrat Harsefeld Deprecated link archived 2012-08-01 at archive.today , harsefeld.de, accessed on April 12, 2012.
↑ Election results of the 2011 local elections in Lower Saxony – Stadtrat Bremervörde und Ortsräte in den einzelnen Ortsteilen , bremervoerde.de, accessed on April 18, 2012.
↑ Das große Stühlerücken im Erdinger Stadtrat (in German) , Merkur online, September 30, 2011.
↑ Stadtrat Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine , Stadt Erding, accessed on June 24, 2012.
↑ Landesvorstand Bayern Archived 2012-07-25 at the Wayback Machine (in German) , pdv, accessed on June 24, 2012.
↑ Parteien mit Landesliste im Überblick (3) (in German) , WDR, accessed on April 19, 2012.
↑ Preliminary results of the 2012 North Rhine-Westphalia state election; accessed on May 13, 2012.
↑ "Die Partei der Vernunft beschließt einstimmig die Teilnahme an der Bundestagswahl 2013" (in German). Parteidervernunft.de. Archived from the original on 2012-10-28.
1 2 "Kandidaten zur Bundestagswahl am 22. September 2013" (in German). Parteidervernunft.de. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02.
↑ "Endgültiges Ergebnis der Bundestagswahl 2013" (in German). www.bundeswahlleiter.de. Archived from the original on 2015-02-06.
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Represented in the Bundestag (630 seats) Represented in theEuropean Parliament (96 seats for Germany)
Represented in the 16 state parliaments (1,891 seats)
Minor parties (without representation at the state level or above) Notes:
CDU : does not participate in state elections in Bavaria , an associated party CSU participates here.
AfD : is currently not in the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein .
The Greens : are currently not in the state parliaments of Brandenburg , Saarland and Thuringia .
FDP : is currently only in the state parliaments of Baden-Württemberg , Bremen , Hesse , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , North Rhine-Westphalia , Rhineland-Palatinate , Saxony-Anhalt , and Schleswig-Holstein.
The Left : is currently only in the state parliaments of Berlin , Bremen, Hamburg , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia.
BSW : is currently only in the state parliaments of Berlin, Brandenburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony, and Thuringia.
FW : is currently only in the state parliaments of Bavaria , Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony; does not participate in state elections in Brandenburg , an associated party BVB/FW participates here.