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Chapter 6
 

The following parties that run in an election are entitled to ballot papers at the cost of the state:


1. for election to the Riksdag: a party that at the election receives or at either of the two last elections to the Riksdag has received more than 1 per cent of votes in the whole of Sweden or that nevertheless is or through the election becomes represented in the Riksdag,


2. for election to a county council or municipal assembly: a party that is or through the election becomes represented in the assembly,


3. for election to the European Parliament: a party that at the election receives or at either of the two last elections to the European Parliament has received more than 1 per cent of the votes in the whole of Sweden.


In all cases, the right to free ballot papers refers to a number corresponding to at most three times the number of persons entitled to vote at


1. elections to the Riksdag: the constituency,
2. other elections: the election.


When applying the second paragraph, the number of persons entitled to vote shall be calculated on the basis of the information on 1 March of the election year contained in the population registration database in accordance with the Act (2001:182) on the Processing of Personal Data in the Swedish Tax Agency’s population registration operation.