| Donald Duck Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Bosse Persson |
| Headquarters | Sweden |
| Ideology | Joke |
| International affiliation | None |
| Politics of Sweden Political parties Elections |
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The Donald Duck Party (Swedish: Kalle Anka-partiet) is a Swedish joke political party named after the Disney character Donald Duck, that gets votes without really existing. For a long time, it was unregistered and had neither leaders nor members, until Bosse Persson registered it (along with a number of other parties). He is still the only member, though.
At the very most, the Donald Duck Party has scored enough write-in votes at points theoretically to be the country's ninth-most popular (in 1991, it received 1,535 votes). At that time, the political platform mainly contained the points "free liquor and wider sidewalks". The platform points for "free liquor" is a given that the party was founded upon, while the point for "wider sidewalks" may also be interpreted as "higher curbs". (So rich sports car drivers cannot park on the sidewalks.) It may also be interpreted as a reform aimed at making the journey home safer for those under the influence of the free liquor.
In the 2002 national election, the party received only 10 of 5,303,212 total votes.
In the 2006 elections, the party (including all spellings) received 225 votes, placing it in the middle of the pack - 21st place out of about 40 parties running for office. All votes were write-in.[1]