Action Party for Animal Welfare explained

Action Party for Animal Welfare
Leader:	Thomas Schwarz
Position:	Single-issue
Foundation:	28 February 2017
Native Name:	Aktion Partei für Tierschutz
Membership:	35^[1]
Seats1 Title:	Bundestag
Seats2 Title:	Bundesrat
Seats3 Title:	State Parliaments
Seats4 Title:	European Parliament
Seats5 Title:	Düsseldorf City Council
Country:	Germany
Colorcode:	3AAF4A

On 28 February 2017, the party was formed by independent candidates in the state of Düsseldorf under the name "Animal Protection List". The party leader is Thomas Schwarz, who was previously chairman of Human Environment Animal Protection.^[2] ^[3] The party participated in the 2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election, and received 0.7% of the vote ^[4] ^[5]

The party ran for the 2019 European Elections where it received 0.3% of the vote.^[6] In 2020, the party won a seat in the Düsseldorf City Council with 1.4% of the vote.^[7] Also in 2020, the party would run a candidate for Mayor of Dusseldorf, receiving 1,939 votes and 0.8%.

Notes and References

Web site: Bekanntmachung von Rechenschaftsberichten politischer Parteien für das Kalenderjahr 2020 . 22 January 2024 . . 146 . de . Am 31. Dezember des Rechnungsjahres 2020 waren 35 Personen Mitglieder der Partei..
News: Balters . Jörg . 11 April 2017 . Neu gegründete Partei für Tierschutz tritt zur Landtagswahl an . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170903205623/http://www.lokalkompass.de/duesseldorf/politik/neu-gegruendete-partei-fuer-tierschutz-tritt-zur-landtagswahl-an-d752970.html . 3 September 2017 . Lokalkompass.de . de.
Book: Decker, Frank . Handbuch der deutschen Parteien . Neu . Viola . . 2018 . 978-3-658-17994-6 . 3rd . 153 . de.
Parteigründung Tierschutzliste . 1 March 2017 . Action Party for Animal Welfare . de.
News: Führer . Alexander . 29 June 2019 . Aktion Partei für Tierschutz – TIERSCHUTZliste gegründet . 22 January 2024 . Lokalkompass.de . de.
Web site: Ergebnisse Deutschland . 22 January 2024 . Die Bundeswahlleiterin . de.
Web site: Ratswahl - Kommunalwahlen 2020 in der kreisfreien Stadt 'Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf' - Gesamtergebnis . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220308102359/https://wep.itk-rheinland.de/vm/prod/kw_2020/05111000/html5/Ratswahl_NRW_61_Gemeinde_Landeshauptstadt_Duesseldorf.html . 8 March 2022 . ITK Rheinland . de . 22 January 2024 .