The Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (, LDPD) was a political party in East Germany. Like the other allied bloc parties of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in the National Front, it had 52 representatives in the People's Chamber.

Foundation

The history of the party dates back to 16 June 1945, when a Berlin-based group led by Waldemar Koch and his father-in-law Eugen Schiffer took the initiative in refounding the Weimar-era German Democratic Party. Koch was elected chair of the founding committee, with Wilhelm Külz as his deputy; the writer Franz Xaver Kappus joined the board as well. the Democratic Party of Vietnam and the Korean Democratic Party (Chõson Sahoeminjudang, CS). The Liberal Democratic Party of GDR also had some contacts with the West German FDP; in the 1960s and 1970s, there was limited communication, but relations improved in the 1980s.

Electoral history

Volkskammer elections

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center

!Election

!Votes

!%

!Seats

!+/–

|-

|1949

| colspan="2" |

|

|–

|-

|1950

| colspan="2" rowspan="9" |

|

| 15

|-

|1954

| rowspan="2" |

| 15

|-

|1958

|

|-

|1963

| rowspan="4" |

|

|-

|1967

|

|-

|1971

|

|-

|1976

|

|-

|1981

| rowspan="2" |

| 7

|-

|1986

|

|-

|1990

|

|5.3%

|

| 42

|}

See also

  • Liberalism
  • Contributions to liberal theory
  • Liberalism worldwide
  • List of liberal parties
  • Liberal democracy
  • Liberalism in Germany
  • Günter Stempel

References

  • Liberal Democratic Party of Germany from Chronik der Wende
  • "FDP takes over 'Block flutes'" (In German)