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| | The Swedish Political Parties |
 | | Not until the 1988 election was this quintetSocial Democrats, Communists, Moderates (Conservatives), Liberals and Centristsjoined by a newcomer in the form of the Green Party, which in turn paved the way for two new parties, the Christian Democrats and New Democracy, in the 1991 election. |
 | | The stability of Swedish parliamentary politics was due to the balance between the two party blocs: the socialist and the nonsocialist. |
 | | As elections are held simultaneously (since 1994, every four years) to Parliament, county councils and municipal councils, election campaigns are national affairs and this makes it difficult for small, local parties with nationwide ambitions to catch the attention of the media. |
| www.bolag.org /english/sweden/general/e-s-political-parties.htm (4761 words) |
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