Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Political Party Database, 2002-2014

Variable Details

VariableC26PLLOCTXT
LabelPol. leader selection rules: local organization
Responses
All local party branches are invited to suggest candidates via mail to the Electoral Committee. / The delegates to the Annual Meetings of the regional party branches are elected by the local party branches. 1
Delegates of constituency organization votes on party chair at party congress. 2
Delegates of constituency organizations elects party leader at annual meeting 4
Each electoral district is weighed equally to ensure regional equality 1
Each electoral district was allocated 100 points to ensure regional equality 1
Each regional congress elects a number of delegates (proportional to the votes obtained in the region) to the national congress. 1
Indirect role, electing delgates to national congress. 6
National annual meeting votes on the candidates if more than two candidates after which the individual members decide 2
No role. 70
Not Applicable 196
Not Provided 215
Recommends candidates for party executive bodies. 1
Right to nominate candidates. 1
Select delegates for party conference in the provincial assemblies / 2
Select delegates to the National Congress 2
The formal role is for the regional (i.e. county) branches, and the regional branches decide as to the extent and degree of the involvement of local party branches and individual members. (Local branches that have caught the debate, have sometimes made su 1
The formal role is for the regional (i.e. county) branches, and the regional branches decide as to the extent and degree of the involvement of local party branches and individual members. / Some of the delegates to the county Annual Meeting are elected by 1
The formal role is for the regional (i.e. county) branches, and the regional branches decide as to the extent and degree of the involvement of local party branches and individual members. / The delegates to the Annual Meetings and the Board of Representat 1
The leadership of the Local party branches may suggest candidates directly to the Electoral Committee (but are not officially contacted for this). / Some of the delegates to the county Annual Meeting are elected by the local party branches. 1
The leadership of the local party branches may suggest candidates (but are not officially contacted for this) to the Electoral Committee via the regional party branches. / Some of the delegates to the county Annual Meeting are elected by the local party b 1
The local party branches are asked to suggest candidates to the preparatory Electoral Committee. / The delegates to the Annual Meetings of the regional party branches are elected by the local party branches. 1
The right to nominate candidates. 1
The ‘Conseil de fédération’ (composed of regional delegates, parliamentarians and coopted delegates) has the right to determine the process and modalities of the selection of the party leader, with the exception that 1
They send delegates to the party conference that selects the party leader. 1
Through delegates at annual national conference 5
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationPolitical Party Database, 2002-2014