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Family Party of Germany
Familienpartei Deutschlands
LeaderHelmut Geuking
Founded1981
IdeologyConservatism
Social conservatism[1]
Christian democracy
Familialism
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
European affiliationEuropean Christian Political Movement
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party Group (since 2021)
ECR Group (until 2021)
Colours  Orange[2]
Bundestag
0 / 709
State Parliaments
1 / 1,855
European Parliament
1 / 96
Website
http://www.familien-partei.de/
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The Family Party of Germany (German: Familienpartei Deutschlands) is a minor conservative[3] 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

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In the 2005 federal election, the Family Party received 0.4% of the national vote, its best result in a federal election yet.[4]

In the 2009 federal election, the Family Party received 0.3% of the national vote (120,718 votes in total).[5]

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.[6]

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,[7] however he later went on to join Freie Wähler in June 2017.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

In the 2021 federal election, the Family Party received 1,817 votes and 0.00% of the national vote.[11]

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.[12]

Ideology and Platform

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The Family Party is a firmly right-wing party that is socially conservative. It was formerly part of the ECR group and now is part of the EPP group. However, the party claims to be a party of the political center in its federal election platform. The party also calls for equal treatment of family work and paid work, and wants to create political framework conditions to enable women and men to start families without economic, political or social disadvantages. [13]

Election results

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Federal Parliament (Bundestag)

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Election year No. of
constituency votes 		No. of
party list votes 		% of
party list votes 		No. of
overall seats won 		+/–
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

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Election Votes % Seats +/– EP Group
1994 2,781 0.01 (#27)
0 / 99
 New –
1999 4,117 0.02 (#23)
0 / 99
 Steady 0
2004 268,468 1.04 (#10)
0 / 99
 Steady 0
2009 252,121 0.96 (#10)
0 / 99
 Steady 0
2014 202,803 0.69 (#12)
1 / 96
 Increase 1 ECR
2019 273,828 0.73 (#12)
1 / 96
 Steady 0
2024 243,975 0.61 (#14)
1 / 96
 Steady 0 EPP

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Kreuzchen - Das Landtagswahlkampf-Blog der Frankfurter Rundschau". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  3. ^ Daniele Caramani (2013). The Europeanization of Politics. Cambridge University Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-107-11867-6.
  4. ^ "Bundestagswahl 2005 - Die Bundeswahlleiterin". www.bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  5. ^ "Bundestag election 2009 - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  6. ^ "Results Germany - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  7. ^ "Übersicht". Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Results Germany - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  10. ^ "Results Germany - The Federal Returning Officer". bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  11. ^ "Results Germany - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  12. ^ "Results Germany - The Federal Returning Officer". bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  13. ^ Bildung, Bundeszentrale für politische (2024-05-07). "Familien-Partei Deutschlands". bpb.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-04.
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