Independent Municipal Party of Ljusnarsberg

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Independent Municipal Party of Ljusnarsberg (in Swedish: Ljusnarsbergs Obundna Kommunparti, LOK) was a local political party in Ljusnarsberg Municipality, Sweden.

The party held seats in the Ljusnarsberg municipal council 1982–2006, and was further represented 2006–2014 as part of the alliance Kraftsamling för Ljusnarsberg. [1] [2]

History

LOK was formed ahead of the 1982 elections by former county councillor Cecil Strömberg who had defected from the Centre Party. [3] It gained nine of the 35 seats in the municipal council at the 1982 elections. Its most successful election was 1991 when the party 30,8 percent of the vote, giving them eleven seats. [4] In 1992, the party became part of the ruling majority in the municipality. [5]

In the 1998 municipal elections, the party got six seats in the municipal council. In 2002 they lost three of the seats. In total, the party got 321 votes (10.2%). [6] The councilors elected in 2002 were Maria Sahlin, Ulf Anagrius and Wicken Von Post.[ citation needed ]

In the 2006 elections Kraftsamling för Ljusnarsberg (KFL) was formed as an electoral alliance between the People's Party and LOK. [7] The alliance won five seats in the 2006 election and two in the 2010 election. In the 2014 election the People's Party chose to run their own list, with LOK not running a list of their own. [8] KFL was officially dissolved in March 2015 and LOK was made dormant. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Valstatistik 1909–1999
  2. ↑ Valresultat, Valmyndigheten
  3. ↑ "Page 8". Dagens Nyheter. 21 September 1982. p. 8.
  4. ↑ Allmänna valen 1991, del 2: kommunala valen (PDF). Statistiska centralbyrån (SCB). 1992. p. 503. ISBN   91-618-0509-2.
  5. ↑ "S ger bort lokal makt". Dagens Nyheter. 19 June 1992.
  6. ↑ "Kommunfullmäktigval - Ljusnarsberg" (in Swedish). Swedish Elections Authority. 19 September 2002. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "'Kraftsamling för Ljusnarsberg'". Sveriges Radio P4 Örebro (in Swedish). 28 February 2006. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  8. ↑ Strengbom, Isabelle (29 June 2014). "Inga lokala partier i Ljusnarsberg". Sveriges Radio P4 Örebro (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  9. ↑ Almgren, Anders (3 March 2015). "Nu är det slut med KFL". Nerikes Allehanda (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 January 2024.


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