Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

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Political party in Germany

Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany Basisdemokratische Partei Deutschland

Leader	Sven Lingreen and Skadi Helmert
Founded	4 July 2020 (4 years ago) (2020-07-04)
Headquarters	Berlin
Ideology	Anti-lockdown Anti-vaccination
Regional affiliation	Alliance for Thuringia (Thuringia)
Website
diebasis-partei.de
Politics of Germany Political parties Elections

The Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany (German: Basisdemokratische Partei Deutschland, abbreviated German: dieBasis) is a political party in Germany. The declared aim of the party is to strengthen grassroots democracy in society and politics, as they consider that many areas of life are dominated by economic interests, profits, and fights for political power. Political scientists and media reports however generally identify the party as primarily supported by lockdown opponents and anti-vaccination campaigners.

The party cannot be easily placed on the political spectrum. According to an investigation by RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland, however, its membership combines believers in alternative medicine and esotericism with far right conspiracy theorists such as Reichsbürger.

The party has never won any seats in the Bundestag, state Landtags or the European Parliament.

History

In the 2021 federal election, the party received 1.4% of the national vote (630,153 votes), winning more votes than other prominent minor German parties such as the Pirate Party and the National Democratic Party.

In the 2024 European parliament elections, the party received 0.3% of the national vote (99,502 votes), failing to win any seats in the European Parliament.

Election results

Federal Parliament

Election	Constituency		Party list		Seats	+/–	Government
Election	Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
2021	735,451	1.59 (#9)	630,153	1.36 (#10)	0 / 735	0	Extra-parliamentary

European Parliament

Election	List leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	EP Group
2024	Ellèn Hölzer	99,502	0.25 (#22)	0 / 96	New	–

References

"Bundesvorstand" [Federal Board]. diebasis-partei.de. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
Wörz, Simon; Schlieben, Michael (25 September 2021). "Kleinparteien: Die Kleinen wollen groß rauskommen." [Small parties: The little ones want to make it big]. Zeit. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
Schrader, Hannes (4 May 2021). "Das steckt hinter der "Querdenker"-Partei, der Volker Bruch beitreten will" [That's behind the "Querdenker" party, which Volker Bruch wants to join]. Spiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 28 September 2021.
Sternberg, Jan; Huesmann, Felix (19 March 2021). "Die neue Parteienliebe der Querdenker-Szene" [The new party love of the lateral thinker scene]. RND. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
"Results Germany - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
"Ergebnisse Deutschland - Die Bundeswahlleiterin". www.bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 14 November 2024.

Political parties in Germany

Represented in the Bundestag
(733 seats)

SPD (206)
CDU (153)
The Greens (117)
FDP (90)
AfD (77)
CSU (43)
The Left (28)
BSW (10)
SSW (1)
BD (1)

Represented in the
European Parliament
(96 seats for Germany)

Major parties	CDU (23) AfD (15) SPD (14) The Greens (12) CSU (6) BSW (6) FDP (5) The Left (3) FW (3)
Minor parties	Volt (3) Die PARTEI (2) PMUT (1) ÖDP (1) Family Party (1) Party of Progress (1)

Represented in the
16 state parliaments
(1,893 seats)

Major parties	SPD (458, 16/16) CDU (523, 15/16, not in Bavaria) AfD (275, 14/16) The Greens (291, 13/16) FDP (80, 9/16) The Left (66, 7/16) BSW (47, 6/16) FW (44, 3/16)
Regional parties	CSU (85; only in Bavaria) SSW (4; only in Schleswig-Holstein)
Minor parties	BD (7; in Bremen) Values Union (1; in Lower Saxony)

Minor parties
(without representation
at the state level or above)

Notes:

CDU: does not participate in state elections in Bavaria, an associated party CSU participates here.
AfD: is currently not in the state parliaments of Bremen and Schleswig-Holstein.
The Greens: are currently not in the state parliaments of Brandenburg, Saarland and Thuringia.
FDP: is currently only in the state parliaments of Baden-Württemberg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony-Anhalt, and Schleswig-Holstein.
The Left: is currently only in the state parliaments of Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia.
BSW: is currently only in the state parliaments of Berlin, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony, and Thuringia.
FW: is currently only in the state parliaments of Bavaria, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony; does not participate in state elections in Brandenburg, an associated party BVB/FW participates here.

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References