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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Political Party Database, 2002-2014

Variable Details

Variableb23ca1
LabelCandidate selection process: local organization
Responses
al delegates to the Nomination Meetings are elected by an all member-meeting or board of representative-meeting after the nomination committee has delivered the final list proposal. 1
e declines to readopt the sitting MP, the latter may ask for a postal ballot of all local members, or be added to a short list of applicants being chosen between by a Special General Meeting). 1
eparate all member-meeting, based on number of members: Up to 25 members in the local branch = 1 delegate, 26-50 members = 2 delegates, 51-100 members = 3 delegates, and after that 1 delegate per 50 members. In addition, based on number of votes in the mu 1
ge. 1 delegate if number of paying members in the local branch is 1 % or more of the population in the municipality. Sum: 17 delegates max. Number of guaranteed delegates (1) for local branches must be increased to ensure that local branches constitute at 1
ng: 1 delegate per started 300 votes in the municipality in the last (national or regional) election. 1 delegate per 60 members of the branch in the last election year (60-119 = 1 delegate, etc.). 1
received 20-100 votes in the municipality in the last national election. After that: 1 delegate for each started 500 votes in the municipality if the party received less than 25 % of the votes in the county in the last election. 1 delegate for each start 1
tes up to 7900 votes, and thereafter 1 delegate for every started 700 votes. 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationPolitical Party Database, 2002-2014
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