The Donald Duck Party () is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

joke political party A frivolous party or a joke party is a political party which has been created for the purposes of entertainment or political satire. Such a party may or may not have a serious point behind its activities. This is a list of frivolous political p ...

named after the

Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

character

Donald Duck Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor shirt and cap with a bow tie. Donald is known fo ...

. The party has received joke or

protest votes A protest vote (also called a blank, null, spoiled, or "none of the above" vote) is a vote cast in an election to demonstrate dissatisfaction with the choice of candidates or the current political system. Protest voting takes a variety of forms a ...

without actually existing for several years; however, before the

2002 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 15 September 2002, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 alongside municipal and county council elections. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the larges ...

, Malmö citizen

Bosse Persson Bosse Persson (25 September 1941 – 9 June 2014) was a Swedish political figure who created several frivolous political parties in Sweden, the most famous of which being the Donald Duck Party. He was also known as " Malmö's own Santa Claus ...

had

ballot A ballot is a device used to cast votes in an election and may be found as a piece of paper or a small ball used in secret voting. It was originally a small ball (see blackballing) used to record decisions made by voters in Italy around the 16 ...

s made for the party (as well as for several other frivolous parties). Contrary to popular belief, however, the party was never officially registered with the Election Authority. In the 2002 national election, the party received 10 votes from pre-printed ballots and an unknown number of hand-written ballots. In the 2006 elections, the party (including all spellings) received 223 votes. In the 2010 elections, the party received 167 votes. In the 2014 elections, the party received 133 votes.

References

{{Reflist Donald Duck Joke political parties Minor political parties in Sweden

See also

References