Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany
Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany Demokratische Bauernpartei Deutschlands | |
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The Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (
After the fall of Berlin Wall, the party initially tried to find itself a niche as ecological agrarian party, but the first free Volkskammer election (1990) netted it only nine seats. In 1990 the DBD merged with the Christian Democratic Union.
International contacts
The DBD had friendly relations with peasants' parties in other Eastern Bloc countries. It had close contacts with the Polish United People's Party (Zjednoczone Stronnictwo Ludowe, ZSL) and the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (Bǔlgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sǔyuz, BZNS).[6] Besides that, there were some contacts with farmers' associations in West Germany.[7] They had also some contacts with agrarian parties in Finland (Centre Party) and in Sweden (Centre Party).[citation needed]
Electoral history
Volkskammer elections
Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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1949 | as part of Democratic Bloc | 15 / 330 [a]
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1950 | as part of National Front | 30 / 400
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1954 | 45 / 400
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1958 | 45 / 400
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1963 | 45 / 434
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1967 | 45 / 434
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1971 | 45 / 434
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1976 | 45 / 434
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1981 | 52 / 500
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1986 | 52 / 500
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1990 | 251,226 | 2.2% | 9 / 400
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- ^ The 1,400 elected members of the Third German People's Congress selected the members of the second German People's Council.
Chairmen of the DBD
- Ernst Goldenbaum, 1948–1982
- Ernst Mecklenburg, 1982–1987
- Günther Maleuda, 1987–1990
- Ulrich Junghanns, 1990
References
- ^ http://www.chronikderwende.de/lexikon/glossar/glossar_jsp/key=dbp.html DBD Deutsche Bauernpartei from chronik der wende
- ^ "Demokratische Bauernpartei Deutschlands (DBD)". jugendopposition.de.
- ISBN 978-3647369143.
- ^ DBD Deutsche Bauernpartei from chronik der wende
- ISBN 3825898938
- ^ Peter Joachim Lapp Die "befreundeten Parteien" der SED, 1988, p. 103
- ^ Peter Joachim Lapp Die "befreundeten Parteien" der SED, 1988, p. 108
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