Overview

• The Bavarian branch reports 6,500 new members since September 25, 2024, lifting its rolls to roughly 9,000.
• About half of the newcomers are women, and nearly two-thirds are under 30, according to the party’s membership officer Max Tetzner.
• Leaders attribute the upswing to recruitment following the formation of Sahra Wagenknecht’s new alliance, with national gains reported as well.
• Delegates will vote on the state board in Ingolstadt, where co-chairs Sarah Vollath and Martin Bauhof seek another term and a motion opposing a rightward shift is slated for decision.
• Despite the influx, the party remains electorally marginal in Bavaria, posting 1.5% in 2023, and it is still far smaller than the CSU (~125,000 members), the SPD (~48,000 in 2023), the Greens (~29,000), and the AfD (~10,000).