Swedish Populists Win So Many Seats They Have Difficulty Filling Them – IOTW Report

Swedish Populists Win So Many Seats They Have Difficulty Filling Them

Breitbart London: The populist Sweden Democrats won so many votes in the country’s recent elections that they won more seats in local governments than they had candidates to fill them.

While it is not uncommon to see empty seats in municipal governments in Sweden at the end of an election cycle, it is rare to see empty seats after an election. The Sweden Democrats (SD) now find themselves in the position of having 22 empty seats across the country in 17 municipalities due to winning such a large share of votes, SVT reports.

One of the reasons the SD have so many empty seats to fill is that the party locked in a certain number of candidates prior to the election and won more seats than they anticipated.

“On a locked list, the party itself has set up its candidates within the stipulated time, and then you can not add any names,” said Hans-Ivar Swärd, election officer at the Swedish election authority (Valmyndigheten).

The issue for the populist party, according to Swärd, is that they have an elected mandate but due to not having people to fill the seats, they cannot fulfil that mandate.  read more

2 Comments on Swedish Populists Win So Many Seats They Have Difficulty Filling Them

  1. SD is the party of no more Muzz, and deport the ones who will not assimilate. That’s a lot of Muzz going to be sent away, and the border will be frozen against foreign invaders. Good job Sweden!

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