Membership in Hesse: Left and Greens record record growth!

Membership in Hesse: Left and Greens record record growth!

The membership figures of the Hessian state associations of German parties developed differently in 2024, with the SPD, according to a survey by the German Press Agency (dpa) in Wiesbaden, with 40,736 members, the strongest party in Hesse. This represents a decline of 41,889 members at the beginning of the year. The CDU Hessen recorded a total of 32,953 members on November 30, 2024, which corresponds to an increase of 120 members compared to the beginning of the year.

A remarkable increase in members can be observed at the Green Hesse who have won over 1,000 new members since the end of the traffic light government in Berlin. The total number rose from 9,686 members on January 1, 2024 to 11,576 members until mid -December 2024. In contrast, the number of members of the FDP Hessen dropped from 7.099 (December 31, 2023) to 6.715 (December 31, 2024), although 275 new admission applications have been available since the traffic light.

Development at the AfD and Left

The AfD Hessen is now the fifth largest state association of the Federal Party, with 3,542 members. This represents an increase of more than 700 members between December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2024. The left Hesse currently has 3,652 members, which is the strongest number of members in its history. According to a party spokesman, there was an increase of over 600 members, especially after Donald Trump's election victory and that from the traffic light government.

The Hessian left has not been represented in the state parliament since 2023, and forecasts for the early Bundestag election in February see the party nationwide only three percent. Nevertheless, the left has a positive member development in 2024, which continues in 2025, such as fr.de reported. In addition, the left recorded a net growth of more than 600 new members in 2024, as well as hessentoday.de reported.

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien