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The Donald Duck Party () is a Swedish joke political party named after the
The Donald Duck Party () is a Swedish joke political party named after the Disney
The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment industry, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Di ...
character Donald Duck
Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. Donald is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit, sailor shirt and cap with ...
. The party has received joke or protest votes without actually existing for several years; however, before the 2002 Swedish general election, Malmö citizen Bosse Persson 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 voting. It was originally a small ball (see blackballing) used to record decisions made by voters in Italy around the 16th cent ...
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.
See also
*List of frivolous political parties
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. Many countries have had a Pirate Party wh ...
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References
{{Reflist Donald Duck Joke political parties Minor political parties in Sweden