1. Party! Party! Party! Australia
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Party! Party! Party! ran for Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly election in 1989 and received 979 votes (0.69% of the vote). That is surprise having in mind that it was just a joke political party. After their success the electoral legislation in Australian Capital Territory changed and now all of the parties must have 100 members and a constitution before they could register.
2. Donald Duck Party, Sweden
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Bosse Person is the leader but also the one and only member of the party that surprisingly still exists. Allegedly it had its zenith back in 1991 when it was ninth most popular party in Sweden, getting 1335 out of over five million votes. It’s most important point is the free liquor and that’s a reason that could attract more people than they, actually he has. The second point is the wider sidewalks and higher curbs, so sports car owners wouldn’t be able to park their cars on the sidewalks.
3. Dungeons, Death and Taxes Party, United Kingdom
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This is a British Party, of course, with no representatives in official bodies in United Kingdom. However, they tried out their abilities in 2005 in Edinburgh and York. According to their manifesto, if they govern the country they would let kids leave the school at the age of nine; they would do annexation of France, and would reintroduce hanging, but only for “minor offences.” Their other points are disemboweling of murderers, introducing tax rate of 90% and repelling immigrants with boiling oil and longbows at all ports and airports. They won less than 200 votes.
4. Rock ‘n Roll Looney Party, United Kingdom
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As it often happens in rock ‘n roll world, bands disband everyday. Artists have big egos, however. These guys from this party are not some great artists, but they are result of disband, as they are former part of another weird party, named Official Monster Raving Loony Party. Their biggest success was in 2003 when their candidate in Swale Borough outpolled a member of Liberal Democrats.
5. Deadly Serious Party, Australia
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Although they call themselves deadly serious, they certainly aren’t so. Deadly Serious Party had candidates on Australian elections in 1980, but the jokers didn’t win anything. That could be expected having in mind their program, which included dispatching a flock of killer penguins to protect Australia’s coastline from Argentine invasion, an age freeze, and the appointment of silly people to all the portfolios that matter. The party doesn’t exist since 1988.
6. Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements, Denmark
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Jacob Hauggard, Danish comedian and actor, founded this party in 1979 in Aarhus, Denmark. He ran on all elections since then and finally got a place in the Parliament in 1994. Everyone was surprised, even Hauggard himself, but his promises brought over 23000 votes. Some of the promises: better weather, more bread for ducks in the park, 8 hours of spare time, 8 hours of rest, 8 hours of sleep, the right to impotency, less sex in school staff rooms (withdrawn later), tail winds in all cycle paths, and other similar wonders.
7. Hungarian Two-tailed Dog Party, Hungary
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Although not a registered party yet, they ran the elections in 2006, however. The leader and all candidates were called Istvan Nagy, as Istvan is the most common first name in Hungary and Nagy is the most common second name. They didn’t win a sit in the Parliament despite the more than impressive points. Two sunsets a day, smaller gravitation, free beer, lower taxes, eternal life, one work day per week and world peace were just few of them. The candidates were two-tailed dogs. The slogan: “He is so cute, surely he doesn’t want to steal”.
8. Miss Great Britain Party, United Kingdom
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Obviously the United Kingdom is a kingdom of weird political parties. Miss Great Britain Party’s members are mostly women who have entered the Miss Great Britain beauty contest. Their main purpose, as they say, was to make Westminster sexy not sleazy. They have to work really hard if they want to make it. These beauties have no success so far.
9. Love Party, Italy
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Partito dell’Amore or Love Party is a parody of the traditional parties. It was founded in 1991 by porn stars Moana Pozzi ans Ilona Staller (Cicciolona). The second one was already a member of the Parliament, elected in 1987. As you can guess their objectives were legalization of brothels, creating “love parks” and better sex education. Believe it or not, the Playboy Italian Prime Minister never made a coalition with them.
10. Beer Lovers Party, Russia
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It’s interesting how Russian have only beer lovers party, instead of vodka lovers party, which could win a lot of places in the Duma. Its main mission was protection of interests of beer lovers regardless of racial, national, or religious affiliation, but they were also worried about the taxes for beer manufacturers, which according to them had to be decreased. It was founded in 1993 and dissolved in 1998. It had fractions like light beer lovers, dark beer lovers, kvass patriot fraction and others.
