Independent Rural Party (Sweden)

{{Infobox political party

| name = Independent Rural Party

| native_name = {{Lang|sv|Landsbygdspartiet Oberoende|italic=no}}

| colorcode = {{party color|Independent Rural Party (Sweden)}}

| leader = Benneth Thyr

| chairperson = Benneth Thyr

| ideology = Agrarianism
Euroscepticism

| country = Sweden

| website = https://landsbygdspartiet.org/

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|27|12700|hex=#92D04F}}

| seats1_title = Municipal council seats

}}

The Independent Rural Party ({{Langx|sv|Landsbygdspartiet Oberoende|lit=Independent Countryside Party}}) is a Swedish agrarian{{Cite web|title=DEBATT: Landsbygden utarmas, rika får billig städhjälp|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/jdrqGq|access-date=2020-12-17|website=Aftonbladet|date=17 July 2019 |language=sv}} and Eurosceptic{{Cite web|last=www.norrteljetidning.se/debatt|date=2019-05-10|title=Står riksdagspartierna upp för nej till euro?|url=https://www.norrteljetidning.se/artikel/star-riksdagspartierna-upp-for-nej-till-euro|access-date=2020-12-17|website=norrteljetidning.se|language=sv}}{{Cite news|last=Radio|first=Sveriges|title=Erika Sörengård partiledare för Landsbygdspartiet oberoende - P4 Örebro|url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/6409474|access-date=2020-12-17|newspaper=Sveriges Radio|date=12 April 2016 |language=sv}}{{Cite web|last=Petersson|first=Hanna|date=2019-09-30|title=Landsbygdspartiet på plats i fullmäktige – Norrköpings Tidningar|url=https://www.nt.se/artikel/nrgv8erz|access-date=2020-12-17|website=www.nt.se|language=sv}} political party founded in 2010 which focuses on politics for rural areas.

Benneth Thyr was elected as the chairperson and party leader in April 2024.{{Cite web |title=Partistyrelsen |url=https://landsbygdspartiet.org/partistyrelsen/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=Landsbygdspartiet oberoende |language=sv-SE}}

Local election results and representation

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.{{Cite web |title=Rådata och statistik |url=https://val.se/valresultat/riksdag-region-och-kommun/2022/radata-och-statistik.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=val.se |language=sv}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/R/rike/index.html|title=Röster - Val 2018|date=16 September 2018|website=Swedish Election Authority|language=sv|trans-title=Votes - Election 2018|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-date=17 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217125738/https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/R/rike/index.html|url-status=dead}}

At its party congress on 16 April 2019, Stefan Torssell was appointed as party leader.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smalanningen.se/article/landsbygdspartiet-hade-partimote/|title=Landsbygdspartiet hade partimöte|date=2019-04-16|website=Smålänningen|access-date=2019-04-24}}

The party holds a total of 27 seats in the following municipalities:{{Cite web|title=Valda - Val 2018|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/K/rike/valda.html|access-date=2020-11-20|website=data.val.se|archive-date=2018-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930231342/https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/K/rike/valda.html|url-status=dead}}

class="wikitable"

|+ Municipal seats (2022)

! Municipality !! Seats

5 of 35

|5 of 35

|4 of 33

|4 of 39

|3 of 35

|2 of 35

|2 of 45

|1 of 33

|1 of 45

Results in national elections

class="wikitable"
Year ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/– ! Government
2010 \| 1,565 \| 0.03 (#12) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|349\|hex={{party color\|Independent Rural Party (Sweden)}}}} \| New \| {{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}
2014 \| 3,450 \| 0.06 (#15) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|349\|hex={{party color\|Independent Rural Party (Sweden)}}}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}
2018 \| 4,962 \| 0.08 (#14) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|349\|hex={{party color\|Independent Rural Party (Sweden)}}}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}
2022 \| 2,215 \| 0.03 (#17) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|349\|hex={{party color\|Independent Rural Party (Sweden)}}}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}

class="wikitable"

Year

! Votes

! %

! Seats

! +/–

! Government

2010

| 1,565

| 0.03 (#12)

| {{Composition bar|0|349|hex={{party color|Independent Rural Party (Sweden)}}}}

| New

| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}

2014

| 3,450

| 0.06 (#15)

| {{Composition bar|0|349|hex={{party color|Independent Rural Party (Sweden)}}}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}

2018

| 4,962

| 0.08 (#14)

| {{Composition bar|0|349|hex={{party color|Independent Rural Party (Sweden)}}}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}

2022

| 2,215

| 0.03 (#17)

| {{Composition bar|0|349|hex={{party color|Independent Rural Party (Sweden)}}}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}

European Parliament election, 2019

LpO contested the 2019 election to the European Parliament with six candidates.{{Cite web|last=Haglund|first=Fredrik|date=2019-03-18|title=Svenska småpartier i EU-valet|url=https://www.europaportalen.se/2019/03/svenska-smapartier-i-eu-valet|access-date=2020-12-17|website=Nyhetssajten Europaportalen|language=sv}} The party received 0.05% of the vote.{{Cite web|title=Röster - Val 2019|url=https://data.val.se/val/ep2019/slutresultat/E/rike/index.html|access-date=2020-12-17|website=data.val.se|archive-date=2019-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619143130/https://data.val.se/val/ep2019/slutresultat/E/rike/index.html|url-status=dead}}

External links

[http://www.landsbygdspartiet.org Official page]

References

Category:Minor political parties in Sweden

Category:Political parties established in 2010

Category:Nordic agrarian parties