Socialist Party of Batavia

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Socialist Party of BataviaSocialistische Partij van Batavia	Socialist Party of BataviaSocialistische Partij van Batavia
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Leader 	Steef Kophoff
Deputy Leader 	Marije Winter
Founded 	16 October 1918
Ideology 	Democratic socialismLeft-wing populism
Political position 	Left-wing
Colour 	Maroon
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The Socialist Party of Batavia (SPB, Dutch: Socialistische Partij van Batavia) is a left-wing, democratic socialist political party in Batavia. Its current leader is Steef Kophoff, since 2014.
The Socialist Party has been in opposition for all of its history except for two periods: 1967 to 1972 and 2007 to 2010. This is largely due to its perceived extremism and the reluctance of the more moderate parties to cooperate with it on legislative matters.
==Election results==
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 bar:1964 from:start till:6.87 text:6.87
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 bar:1988 from:start till:11.09 text:11.09
 bar:1991 from:start till:9.93 text:9.93
 bar:1994 from:start till:8.01 text:8.01
 bar:1996 from:start till:7.62 text:7.62
 bar:1999 from:start till:8.95 text:8.95
 bar:2003 from:start till:8.01 text:8.01
 bar:2006 from:start till:9.68 text:9.68
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 bar:2017 from:start till:6.11 text:6.11
 
Election	Seats won	± 	Total votes	% 	Position	Government 	Leader
1949 	/ 	18	 	14.43%	4th 	Opposition 	Arjen Kijk in’t Veld
1952 	/ 	6 	 	10.34%	4th 	Opposition 	Arjen Kijk in’t Veld
1955 	/ 	4 	 	7.23% 	4th 	Opposition 	Arjen Kijk in’t Veld
1959 	/ 	9 	 	14.20%	4th 	Opposition 	Arjen Kijk in’t Veld
1961 	/ 	4 	 	10.83%	4th 	Opposition 	Arjen Kijk in’t Veld
1964 	/ 	5 	 	6.87% 	5th 	Opposition 	Wim van den Berg
1967 	/ 	2 	 	5.16% 	5th 	Coalition 	Wim van den Berg
1969 	/ 	4 	 	9.10% 	5th 	Coalition 	Jan-Pieter de Weerd
1972 	/ 	1 	 	8.53% 	5th 	Opposition 	Jan-Pieter de Weerd
1976 	/ 	1 	 	7.62% 	5th 	Opposition 	Jan-Pieter de Weerd
1980 	/ 	1 	 	8.08% 	4th 	Opposition 	Albert Nijensikkens
1983 	/ 	1 	 	8.19% 	4th 	Opposition 	Albert Nijensikkens
1984 	/ 	4 	 	10.82%	4th 	Opposition 	Albert Nijensikkens
1988 	/ 	0 	 	11.09%	4th 	Opposition 	Willemein Reewinkel
1991 	/ 	1 	 	9.93% 	5th 	Opposition 	Willemein Reewinkel
1994 	/ 	3 	 	8.01% 	5th 	Opposition 	Willemein Reewinkel
1996 	/ 	0 	 	7.62% 	5th 	Opposition 	Willemein Reewinkel
1999 	/ 	3 	 	8.95% 	4th 	Opposition 	Martin Fritsma
2003 	/ 	1 	 	8.01% 	5th 	Opposition 	Wouter Kroger
2006 	/ 	2 	 	9.68% 	4th 	Coalition(2007–2010)	Wouter Kroger
2010 	/ 	1 	 	8.64% 	5th 	Opposition 	Berg Warners
2013 	/ 	6 	 	5.52% 	7th 	Opposition 	Berg Warners
2017 	/ 	1 	 	6.11% 	5th 	Opposition 	Steef Kophoff