The Independent Rural Party () is a
Swedish
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agrarian and
Eurosceptic political party founded in 2010 which focuses on politics for rural areas.
Local election results and representation
Since 2018, the party is represented in twelve
municipalities
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. The party has also taken part in the
general elections
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in
2010, 2014 and 2018, 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.
At its party congress on 16 April 2019,
Stefan Torssell was appointed as party leader.
The party holds a total of 25 seats in the following municipalities:
Results in national elections
European Parliament election, 2019
LpO contested the
2019 election to the European Parliament with six candidates. The party received 0,05% of the vote.
External links
Official page
References
Minor political parties in Sweden
Political parties established in 2010
Nordic agrarian parties
{{Political parties in Sweden