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  Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht
POLITICAL PARTY DETAILS
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AbbreviationBSW
Websitehttps://buendnis-sw.de/
CountryGermany
Established2023-10-23
Disbanded0000-00-00
ContributorBojicat
Last EditedBojicat - March 18, 2025 04:41pm
DescriptionLeft-wing association turned party formed by allies of Sahra Wagenknecht, a former leader of Die Linke from October 12, 2015 to November 12, 2019, after her split from Die Linke in October 2023. Association formalized itself as a party in January 2024. Wagenknecht's sympathies for the former German Democratic Republic, and her unrepentant praise of Josef Stalin, brought her into conflict with many Die Linke colleagues and co-leaders, including Gregor Gysi, whom she derisively belittled as "left-liberals" ("Linksliberale"). The last straw which spurred her departure appeared to have come when 50 Die Linke members in October demanded in an open letter her exclusion from the party. Wagenknecht's faction holds sympathies for the Russian Federation and objects to support of Ukraine in its war with the Russian Federation. Party is expected to be "Left-nationalistic' and adhere to the political theories of Karl Liebknecht, considered the "mastermind of Socialism" in the former East Germany. Association is chaired by the former co-chairman of Die Linke and Bundestag member Amira Mohamed Ali [Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht); and as BSW – Für Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit; BSW – For Reason and Justice].

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MOST RECENT RACES
03/02/2025 Hamburg Parliament - Popular Vote Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht Lost 1.75% (-31.68%)
03/02/2025 Hamburg Parliament - Party Standings Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht Lost 0.00% (-37.19%)
03/02/2025 Hamburg First Mayor Jochen Brack Lost 0.00% (+0.00%)
02/23/2025 DEU Bundestag - Saarland Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht Lost 6.17% (-20.71%)
02/23/2025 DEU Bundestag - 085 Berlin-Lichtenberg Norman Wolf Lost 7.42% (+7.42%)
02/23/2025 DEU Bundestag - 164 Zwickau Heiko Döhler Lost 9.03% (-30.89%)
02/23/2025 DEU Bundestag - 195 Suhl – Schmalkalden-Meiningen – Hildburghausen – Sonneberg Thomas Schröder Lost 8.40% (-33.70%)
02/23/2025 DEU Bundestag - 208 Kaiserslautern Alexander Ulrich Lost 4.31% (-23.65%)
02/23/2025 DEU Bundestag - Brandenburg Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht Lost 10.70% (-21.80%)
02/23/2025 DEU Bundestag - Sachsen Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht Lost 9.04% (-28.26%)
02/23/2025 DEU Bundestag - 137 Hagen – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I Andreas Kroll Lost 4.25% (-24.66%)
02/23/2025 DEU Bundestag - 188 Eichsfeld – Nordhausen – Kyffhäuserkreis Robert Henning Lost 7.73% (-31.80%)
02/23/2025 DEU Bundestag - 196 Neuwied Nalan Özcan Lost 3.35% (-32.26%)
02/23/2025 DEU Bundestag - 209 Pirmasens Peter Kalmes Lost 3.52% (-29.77%)
02/23/2025 DEU Bundestag - Bremen Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht Lost 4.33% (-18.81%)
02/23/2025 DEU Bundestag - Sachsen-Anhalt Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht Lost 11.24% (-25.86%)
02/23/2025 DEU Bundestag - 151 Leipzig I Sascha Jecht Lost 6.41% (+6.41%)
02/23/2025 DEU Bundestag - 189 Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis Anke Wirsing Lost 8.08% (-30.43%)
02/23/2025 DEU Bundestag - 200 Kreuznach Bianca Daniela Steimle Lost 3.26% (-29.01%)
02/23/2025 DEU Bundestag - 210 Südpfalz Sina Listmann Lost 3.01% (-35.22%)
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