Thursday, September 21, 2006
Sweden General Election 2006: Minor Party Results
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Minor parties scored significant gains in last Sunday's general election in Sweden, although none polled the minimum number of votes required to obtain Riksdag representation. In the 2006 general election, these parties received a total of 315,014 votes (5.7%) - almost twice the 165,390 votes (3.1%) polled in the 2002 election.
In the 2006 election, the far-right Sweden Democrats received the largest number of votes among parties without parliamentary representation: 162,463, or 2.9% of the valid poll - a substantial increase over the 2002 general election, in which the party obtained 76,300 votes (1.4%).
In 1998, the Sweden Democrats had polled only 19,624 votes (0.4%).
The remaining minor parties trailed far behind the Sweden Democrats. Among them, the Feminist Initiative won 37,954 votes (0.7%), while the Pirate Party - which calls for a reform of intellectual property laws - polled 34,918 (0.6%).
Minor parties scored significant gains in last Sunday's general election in Sweden, although none polled the minimum number of votes required to obtain Riksdag representation. In the 2006 general election, these parties received a total of 315,014 votes (5.7%) - almost twice the 165,390 votes (3.1%) polled in the 2002 election.In the 2006 election, the far-right Sweden Democrats received the largest number of votes among parties without parliamentary representation: 162,463, or 2.9% of the valid poll - a substantial increase over the 2002 general election, in which the party obtained 76,300 votes (1.4%).
In 1998, the Sweden Democrats had polled only 19,624 votes (0.4%).
The remaining minor parties trailed far behind the Sweden Democrats. Among them, the Feminist Initiative won 37,954 votes (0.7%), while the Pirate Party - which calls for a reform of intellectual property laws - polled 34,918 (0.6%).
