Parties traditionally gain the most members around the Bundestag election.
This time, the election winners in the southwest are benefiting from the SPD, but the Greens and Liberals are also making further gains.
Stuttgart - The SPD, Greens and FDP in Baden-Württemberg not only made up percentages in the federal election, they also gained numerous members. The Southwest SPD was able to stop its long downward trend and welcome 300 new members around the election. As a spokeswoman for the German Press Agency in Stuttgart said, the number of members is now 33,200. The SPD in the country was able to increase in the federal election by 5.2 points to 21.6 percent and landed behind the weakened CDU (24.8 percent) in second place.
The Greens in the country recently recorded a steady increase in new partisans. In April it passed the 15,000 mark and in August it was already 16,000, as a spokeswoman said. After the election, the strong increase in membership applications continued. While around 50 people wanted to become members each week before the election, this number almost doubled after the general election, it said. The Southwest Greens achieved 17.2 percent in the election, their best result so far. However, the result fell short of our own expectations.
The Southwest Liberals are also growing steadily and are heading towards the 10,000-member mark.
FDP state chief Michael Theurer told the dpa that the state party now has 9,500 members.
Even before the election, the 40-year-old membership record from 1980 was broken with 9,000.
"Since March of this year alone, our regional association has grown by around 1,500 members," said Theurer happily.
The FDP also rose to 15.3 percent in the election, after 12.7 percent four years ago.
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