Social Democratic Party of Germany
Centre-left political party in Germany
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| 2025 | Lars Klingbeil becomes Vice Chancellor of Germany, representing the SPD, continuing the party's leadership tradition. |
| 2025 | Lars Klingbeil serves as a leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| 2025 | Matthias Miersch becomes a leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and continues in this role as of the current date |
| May 8 2025 | As of the current date, the party shows a 16.4% result in Germany and 13.9% in European Union elections, maintaining its political presence. |
| 2025 | Achieved first place in Hamburg state election with 33.5% of votes, coalition government status yet to be determined. |
| 2025 | SPD achieves its worst post-war election result, placing third behind AfD, with CDU's Friedrich Merz projected to become chancellor. |
| 2025 | The SPD remained in third place in polls, significantly behind the CDU/CSU and the AfD. |
| 2024 | Continued electoral participation with results including 30.9% in Hamburg and 15.1% in some state elections. |
| 2024 | Won Brandenburg state election with 30.89% of votes, forming an SPD–BSW coalition government. |
| 2024 | Obtained 7.3% of votes in Saxony state election, joining a CDU–SPD coalition government. |
| 2024 | Secured 6.1% of votes in Thuringia state election, forming an SPD–BSW–CDU coalition government. |
| 2024 | In the European Parliament election, the SPD came in third place, behind the CDU/CSU and the AfD. |
| December 2024 | Traffic light coalition ends with FDP leaving, and Scholz loses a vote of confidence. |
| 2023 | Achieved 18.4% of votes in Berlin state election, becoming the second-largest party in a CDU–SPD coalition. |
| 2023 | Obtained 15.1% of votes in Hesse state election, forming a CDU–SPD coalition. |
| 2023 | Secured 8.4% of votes in Bavaria state election, remaining in opposition. |
| 2023 | Secured first place in Bremen state election with 29.8% of votes, forming an SPD–Greens–Left coalition government. |
| 2022 | Party maintained electoral presence with continuing strong results, particularly in Rhineland-Palatinate (43.5%) and Hamburg (33.4%). |
| 2022 | Won Saarland state election with a remarkable 43.5% of votes, achieving an outright SPD majority government. |
| 2022 | Secured first place in Lower Saxony state election with 33.4% of votes, forming an SPD–Greens coalition government. |
| 2022 | Obtained 26.7% of votes in North Rhine-Westphalia state election, positioning as the second-largest party. |
| 2021 | Social Democratic Party achieved significant electoral results across multiple German states, including a notable 25.7% result in Germany overall and strong performances in regions like North Rhine-Westphalia (39.6%) and Rhineland-Palatinate (35.7%). |
| 2021 | Won first place in Rhineland-Palatinate state election with 35.7% of votes, forming a coalition government with Greens and FDP. |
| 2021 | Achieved 39.6% in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, securing first place and forming an SPD–Left coalition government. |
| 2021 | SPD significantly increased its vote share in the states of the former East Germany and gained the constituency in Western Pomerania, previously held by CDU leader Angela Merkel. |
| 2021 | Olaf Scholz concludes his term as German Vice-Chancellor |
| December 2021 | Social Democrat Olaf Scholz became the new chancellor, forming a coalition government with the Green Party and the Free Democrats (FDP). |
| December 2021 | Saskia Esken and Lars Klingbeil assume joint leadership of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, becoming the first co-leaders in the party's recent history. |
| December 21 2021 | Lars Klingbeil becomes SPD chairman, succeeding the joint leadership of Norbert Walter-Borjans and Saskia Esken. |
| September 2021 | SPD narrowly wins federal election, becoming the biggest party in the Bundestag. |
| August 2021 | The SPD surged to first place in polls one month before the German federal election. |
| 2019 | Social Democratic Party drops to #3 in European Parliament elections, winning 15.82% of votes and losing 11 seats. |
| 2019 | Rolf Mützenich becomes leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, taking over leadership of the party |
| December 6 2019 | Norbert Walter-Borjans and Saskia Esken become joint SPD chairpersons. |
| June 2 2019 | Andrea Nahles announced her pending resignation as the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). |
| 2018 | Party experienced dramatic electoral decline in southeastern states like Bavaria, Saxony, and Thuringia, with vote percentages dropping to single digits. |
| 2018 | Olaf Scholz begins serving as German Vice-Chancellor for the SPD |
| 2018 | Sigmar Gabriel concludes his term as German Vice-Chancellor |
| April 2018 | Simone Lange challenged Andrea Nahles in a rare 'Kampfabstimmung' (leadership contest) for the leadership of the Social Democratic Party, which is an uncommon occurrence in the party's election process. |
| April 22 2018 | Andrea Nahles becomes SPD chairman but resigns on 3 June 2019. |
| February 2018 | SPD members vote to join a coalition with CDU/CSU, with 66.02% voting in favor of the new coalition treaty. |
| March 19 2017 | Martin Schulz becomes SPD chairman but resigns on 13 February 2018. |
| 2014 | Social Democratic Party improves its position in European Parliament elections to #2, winning 27.26% of votes and gaining 4 seats. |
| 2013 | The SPD left the Socialist International after criticizing its acceptance of parties they considered to be violating human rights. |
| 2013 | Sigmar Gabriel begins serving as German Vice-Chancellor for the SPD |
| 2013 | SPD enters another grand coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party after federal elections. |
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