Batavian Labour Party

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Batavian Labour PartyBataafse Arbeiderspartij	Batavian Labour PartyBataafse Arbeiderspartij
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Leader 	Kiersten Matias
Deputy Leader 	Antoon Tigchelhof
Founded 	10 December 1948
Ideology 	Social democracy
Political position 	Centre-left
Colour 	Red
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The Batavian Labour Party (BLP, Dutch: Bataafse Arbeiderspartij, BAP) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Batavia. The party is the one of the three historical major political parties in Enderronian politics, the others being the Free Democratic Party and the Christian Democrats. The current party leader is Kiersten Matias, since 2015.
The Labour Party has formed the government of Batavia as the largest party in a coalition during the periods 1959–1961, 1967–1980, 1983–1988 and 2003–2010. In the 2017 general election the party fell to only 18 seats in the House of Representatives, making it the fourth-largest party–its worst showing ever. It lost its status as the largest left-of-centre party in the parliament to the Batavian Greens.
==Party leaders==
No. 	Name 	Term began 	Term ended 	Time in office
align="centre"	Jan Duisenberg 	10 December 1948 	29 June 1955 	
align="centre"	Julian Luijkens 	29 June 1955 	2 March 1959 	
align="centre"	Matthew Karakostas	2 March 1959 	9 December 1975 	
align="centre"	Rupert de Jong 	9 December 1975 	18 April 1981 	
align="centre"	Willem Cohen 	18 April 1981 	23 July 1992 	
align="centre"	Adriaan Knopert 	23 July 1992 	10 September 2000	
align="centre"	Gert Leenders 	10 September 2000	20 January 2009 	
align="centre"	Anne Wijnberg 	20 January 2009 	24 August 2013 	
align="centre"	Kees Jetten 	24 August 2013 	10 October 2015 	
align="centre"	Kiersten Matias 	10 October 2015 	16 May 2020 	
align="centre"	Alek Gerritsen 	16 May 2020 	Incumbent 	
==Election results==
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 bar:2017 from:start till:10.84 text:10.84
 
Election	Seats won	± 	Total votes	% 	Position	Government	Leader
1949 	/ 	19	 	15.24%	3rd 	Opposition	Jan Duisenberg
1952 	/ 	8 	 	22.41%	2nd 	Opposition	Jan Duisenberg
1955 	/ 	3 	 	24.82%	2nd 	Opposition	Jan Duisenberg
1959 	/ 	3 	 	27.51%	2nd 	Coalition 	Matthew Kalkakis
1961 	/ 	2 	 	25.40%	2nd 	Opposition	Matthew Kalkakis
1964 	/ 	5 	 	21.64%	2nd 	Opposition	Matthew Kalkakis
1967 	/ 	5 	 	25.98%	2nd 	Coalition 	Matthew Kalkakis
1969 	/ 	7 	 	32.20%	1st 	Coalition 	Matthew Kalkakis
1972 	/ 	5 	 	32.16%	1st 	Coalition 	Matthew Kalkakis
1976 	/ 	8 	 	25.47%	2nd 	Coalition 	Rupert de Jong
1980 	/ 	3 	 	23.98%	1st 	Opposition	Rupert de Jong
1983 	/ 	10	 	27.53%	2nd 	Coalition 	Willem Cohen
1984 	/ 	1 	 	26.68%	2nd 	Coalition 	Willem Cohen
1988 	/ 	15	 	17.68%	2nd 	Opposition	Willem Cohen
1991 	/ 	5 	 	20.86%	2nd 	Opposition	Willem Cohen
1994 	/ 	3 	 	22.76%	2nd 	Opposition	Adriaan Knopert
1996 	/ 	4 	 	23.24%	2nd 	Opposition	Adriaan Knopert
1999 	/ 	6 	 	18.85%	3rd 	Opposition	Adriaan Knopert
2003 	/ 	17	 	28.72%	1st 	Coalition 	Gert Leenders
2006 	/ 	3 	 	30.29%	1st 	Coalition 	Gert Leenders
2010 	/ 	9 	 	25.41%	1st 	Opposition	Anne Wijnberg
2013 	/ 	7 	 	21.23%	2nd 	Coalition 	Anne Wijnberg
2017 	/ 	19	 	10.84%	4th 	Coalition 	Kiersten Matias