Ecological-Left Liberal Democratic Party

Ecological-Left Liberal Democratic Party Ökolinksliberale Demokratische Partei
Abbreviation	ÖLDP
Leader	Bérangère Bultheel
Founded	2012
Headquarters	Nagelshof 3, 22559 Hamburg, Germany[1]
Membership	70[2]
Ideology	Social democracy Social liberalism Anti-fascism Secularism European federalism
Political position	Centre-left
Party flag
Website
http://www.oeldp.eu/
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The Ecological-Left Liberal Democratic Party (German: Ökolinksliberale Demokratische Partei) short-form: ÖLDP, formerly known as the Social Liberal Democratic Party (Sozialliberale Demokratische Partei, SLDP), is a minor party in Germany primarily active in the Hamburger borough of Altona. The party was founded by the former SPD member Bérangère Bultheel in 2012.[3][4][2]

Elections

Federal elections

Bérangère Bultheel, the founder and leader of the ÖLDP, ran as an independent in the 2017 federal election where she received 320 votes (0.0%).[4][5] The ÖLDP, under its new name, participated in the 2021 federal election in the constituency of Altona, where it received 159 constituency votes (0.1%).

Year	Constituency		Party list
	Votes	%	Votes	%
2021	159[6]	0.1%

State elections

At the time known as the SLDP, the party took part in the 2020 Hamburg state election, where it received 653 votes (0.0%).[7]

Year	HH
	Party list		Constituency
	Votes	%	Votes	%
2020			653	0.0

Local elections

Year	HA
	Party list		Constituency
	Votes	%	Votes	%
2019			1,225	0.2

European elections

The at-the-time SLDP applied to take part in the 2019 European elections but was denied due to not gaining enough signatures.[8][9]

See also

• Left liberalism
• Hamburg-Altona
• List of political parties in Germany
• Social Democratic Party of Germany

References

1. "Kandidatur von Bérangère Bultheel für die SLDP im Wahlkreis Altona bei der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaftswahl 2020"
2. Wahlkampf mit multikulturellen Grüßen, taz.de, 22. Februar 2020
3. "History of the SLDP" (in German).
4. "Als Einzelkämpfer auf Stimmenfang: Warum tun diese Hamburger sich das an?" [As a lone fighter on the hunt for votes: Why are these Hamburgers doing this to themselves?] (in German). 20 September 2017.
5. "Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein: Endgültiges Ergebnis der Bundestagswahl 2017 im Vergleich zur Bundestagswahl 2013 in Hamburg" [Statistical Office for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein: Final result of the 2017 federal election compared to the 2013 federal election in Hamburg] (PDF) (in German).
6. "Ergebnisse Hamburg-Altona - Der Bundeswahlleiter" [Results Hamburg-Altona - The Federal Returning Officer]. www.bundeswahlleiter.de. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
7. "Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein: Endgültiges Ergebnis der Bürgerschaftswahl 2020 im Vergleich zur Bürgerschaftswahl 2015" [Statistical Office for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein: Final result of the 2020 state election compared to the 2015 state election] (PDF) (in German).
8. Bundeswahlausschuss zur Europawahl 2019, Entscheidung, bundestag.de
9. Zugelassene Parteien zur Europawahl 2019, bundeswahlleiter.de

External links

• Official website of the ÖLDP (German)
• Bérangère Bultheel at the NDR candidate check for the Hamburg state election 2020 (German)