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Christian People's Party ({{lang-de|Christliche Volkspartei||, abbreviation CVP) was the name of a political party in the Federal Republic of Germany.
The CVP was formed on July 17, 1965 through the merger of the Centre Party and the Saarland People's Party (SVP). The SVP split off from the Saarland Christian People's Party after the latter was merged into the Saar CDU in 1959.[1] The Centre (which briefly used the name "Christian People's Party" in the 1920s) and the Saarland CVP were also united previously as the "Christian People's Party" from July 1956 to April 1957 .
The (ultimately unsuccessful) plan was to also include into CVP other parties: the German Party, the South Schleswig Voters' Association, the Bavaria Party, and the Baden People's Party, some of which had already been involved with Centre in the Föderalistische Union.
The CVP took part in the 1965 West German federal election, but only in Saarland and North Rhine-Westphalia. In Saarland the party got at least 1.4% of the votes, with just 0.1% in North Rhine-Westphalia. Due to this disappointment, the Centre left the CVP yet again, but the regional party continued to work under the name Saarland People's Party/Christian People's Party (SVP/CVP).
In June of 1965 in Saarland state elections SVP/CVP got two mandates with 5.2% of the vote (30,570 votes), which was more than two times less than the SVP share in 1960 elections. Elections of 1970 saw the vote dropping to 0.9% (5,773 votes). With all seats in the Saarland state parliament lost,[2][3] party activity was stopped in 1970.
References
- ^ Rütters 2006, pp. 364.
- ^ Rütters 2006, pp. 366.
- ^ Winkler 2008, p. 380.
Sources
- Winkler, Jürgen R. (2008). "Das Parteiensystem des Saarlandes". Parteien und Parteiensysteme in den deutschen Ländern (in German). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. doi:10.1007/978-3-531-90912-7_16. ISBN 978-3-531-15439-8.
- Rütters, Peter (2006). "Landesparlamentarismus — Saarland". Länder-parlamentarismus in Deutschland (in German). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. doi:10.1007/978-3-322-80942-1_13. ISBN 978-3-8100-3893-7.
- Thielking, K.O. (1999). "Die Christliche Volkspartei". Zwischen Bibel und Grundgesetz: christliche Kleinparteien in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Wissenschaftliche Beiträge aus dem Tectum Verlag (in German). Tectum-Verlag. pp. 45–46. ISBN 978-3-8288-8007-8. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
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