Direct Democrats (Sweden)

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Direct Democrats
Direktdemokraterna
AbbreviationDD
Founded4 April 2014 (2014-04-04) [1]
Ideology Direct democracy
E-democracy
Political position Big tent
Website
direktdemokraterna.se

The Direct Democrats (Swedish : Direktdemokraterna, DD) is a Swedish non-affiliated neutral political party, based on the principles of liquid democracy, a form of direct democracy.

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The Direct Democrats believe that the electorate should be able to directly influence their DD representatives by voting on political issues and policy proposals through the Internet. [2] The party received 0.08% of the vote in the 2018 general election, making it the fourth largest party with no representation in the Riksdag. [3]

History

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A Direktdemokraterna banner in Stockholm (2014) Direktdemokraterna Stockholm.jpg
A Direktdemokraterna banner in Stockholm (2014)

The Direct Democrats party was approved by the Swedish Election Authority April 4, 2014. [1] This new party was a merger of three direct democracy parties; Demoex, Aktiv Demokrati, and Äkta Demokrati. [2] DD's short-term goal was to introduce the idea of direct digital democracy (DDD) in Sweden by running for election in 2014. The party received 0.02% of the vote in that year's election. [4]

Digital democracy application

The Direct Democrats party voted in the end of 2016 to use a system for digital democracy being developed by the Swedish non-profit, iGov.Direct® Foundation to be released ahead of the Swedish 2018 September election.

Results in the general election of Sweden

VotesYear01000200030004000500060002004200720102013201620192022VotesDirect Democrats results in the general elec...
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YearVotes%Seats+/–Notes
2006 810.00 (#26)
0 / 349
NewExtra-parliamentary
2010 760.00 (#25)
0 / 349
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2014 1,4170.02 (#17)
0 / 349
Steady2.svg 0Extra-parliamentary
2018 5,1530.08 (#13)
0 / 349
Steady2.svg 0Extra-parliamentary
2022 1,7550.03 (#18)
0 / 349
Steady2.svg 0Extra-parliamentary

References

  1. 1 2 Liljegren, Jonas (n.d.). "Den 4e april godkände valmyndigheten partiets ansökan om registrering av partibeteckning" (Blog). Aktiv Demokrati. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 Rosengren, Lina (27 August 2014). "Ny teknik öppnar för direktdemokrati". CIO (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Röster - Val 2018". Swedish Election Authority . Archived from the original on 2018-08-28. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Röster - Val 2014". data.val.se. Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2019-11-19.

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