Independent Rural Party Landsbygdspartiet Oberoende | |
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Leader | Stefan Torssell |
Ideology |
Agrarianism Euroscepticism |
Municipal council seats | 27 / 12,700
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Website | |
https://landsbygdspartiet.org/ | |
The Independent Rural Party ( Swedish: Landsbygdspartiet Oberoende, lit. 'Independent Countryside Party') is a Swedish agrarian [1] and Eurosceptic [2] [3] [4] political party founded in 2010 which focuses on politics for rural areas.
Since 2022, the party is represented in nine municipalities, having lost representation in four municipalities ( Härjedalen, Luleå, Söderköping and Vansbro) in the same year's local elections, they increased their support in Nora, Malung-Sälen, Sollefteå and Valdemarsvik. [5] The party has also taken part in the general elections in 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 but with limited results. The party received 0,06% of the vote in the 2014 general election, and 0,08% in the 2018 general election. [6]
At its party congress on 16 April 2019, Stefan Torssell was appointed as party leader. [7]
The party holds a total of 27 seats in the following municipalities: [8]
Municipality | Seats |
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Nora | 5 of 35 |
Valdemarsvik | 5 of 35 |
Svenljunga | 4 of 33 |
Malung-Sälen | 4 of 39 |
Kinda | 3 of 35 |
Uppvidinge | 2 of 35 |
Lindesberg | 2 of 45 |
Askersund | 1 of 33 |
Sollefteå | 1 of 45 |
Year | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
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2010 | 1,565 | 0.03 (#12) | 0 / 349
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New | Extra-parliamentary |
2014 | 3,450 | 0.06 (#15) | 0 / 349
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0 | Extra-parliamentary |
2018 | 4,962 | 0.08 (#14) | 0 / 349
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0 | Extra-parliamentary |
2022 | 2,215 | 0.03 (#17) | 0 / 349
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0 | Extra-parliamentary |
LpO contested the 2019 election to the European Parliament with six candidates. [9] The party received 0,05% of the vote. [10]