Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus

Overview

The Party of Democratic Socialism is a socialist party in Germany. The party is the legal successor to the former East German ruling party Socialist Unity Party of Germany.

The party's platform largely consists of the return of socialist values from the German Democratic Republic and leftist populism.

Currently, the party's national chair is Ava Christiane.

Elections

1994 Bundestag election

The 1994 Bundestag election was viewed as a minor win for the party with a gain of one seat. It also showed shifting priorities within the party as many of the seats now came from western Germany as opposed to the party's old strategy of focusing on appealing to former East German communists.

The party's chair was chosen to represent Berlin in the Bundestag during this election.

Sources

Most of the historical information in this page comes from the Party of Democratic Socialism's Wikipedia page.