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Full Member Parties ALDE Party Member Parties ALDE Party Member Parties Congress and Council delegations, valid for 2020 events The number of delegates that members of the ALDE Party can send to the Congress and Council are outlined in the ALDE Party internal regulations, an explanation of the delegate allocation system can be found below the delegates table. Changes induced by elections will be implemented as of year N+1, i.e. in the year after the elections have taken place. Full Member Parties last election Number of Number of last election Country Full Member Parties result in total voting Council voting Congress result in % votes Delegates Delegates 1 Andorra Liberal Party of Andorra (PL) 2219 * 1 2 2 Armenia Armenian National Congress (ANC)did not run 1 2 3 Austria NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum (NEOS) 382329 8.06% 3 11 4 Belgium Reformist Movement (MR) 512825 7.56% 3 12 5 Belgium Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open.Vld) 579334 8.54% 3 13 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina Our Party (NS) 48402 2.92% 1 3 7 Bulgaria Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) 315976 8.99% 3 10 8 Croatia Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS) 106100 5.47% 2 6 9 Croatia Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) 43180 2.22% 1 3 10 Cyprus United Democrats (ED)did not run 1 2 11 Czech Republic ANO 2011 (ANO) 1500113 29.64% 7 33 12 Denmark Danish Social Liberal Party (B) 304714 8.63% 2 9 13 Denmark Venstre (V) 826161 23.39% 5 22 14 Estonia Estonian Centre Party (Kesk) 129617 23.10% 4 14 15 Estonia Estonian Reform Party (Ref) 162364 28.94% 4 16 16 Finland Centre Party of Finland (Kesk) 423920 13.76% 3 13 17 Finland Swedish People's Party of Finland (SFP) 139640 4.53% 2 6 18 France Radical, Social and Liberal Movement (MSRL) 106311 0.47% 1 3 19 France Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) 687225 3.03% 3 12 20 Germany Free Democratic Party (FDP) 4999449 10.75% 12 55 21 Hungary Momentum Movement (M) 175229 3.06% 2 6 22 Iceland Reform Party (C) 13122 6.69% 2 5 23 Ireland Fianna Fáil (FF) 519356 24.35% 4 18 24 Italy More Europe (+E) 560979 1.71% 2 9 25 Italy Italian Radicals (RI) 280489 0.85% 2 6 26 Kosovo New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) 14028 1.76% 1 3 27 Latvia Latvian Development (LA) 39110 4.66% 2 5 28 Latvia Movement For (PAR) 62575 7.46% 2 6 29 Lithuania Darbo Partija (DP) 59620 4.88% 2 5 30 Lithuania Liberal Movement (LRLS) 115361 9.45% 2 7 31 Luxembourg Democratic Party (DP) 39403 16.91% 3 10 32 North Macedonia Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 26754 2.32% 1 3 33 Moldova Liberal Party of Moldova (PL) 17741 1.25% 1 3 34 Montenegro Liberal Party of Montenegro (LPCG) 4402 1.15% 1 2 35 Netherlands Democrats 66 (D66) 1285819 12.23% 5 23 36 Netherlands People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) 2238351 21.29% 8 38 37 Norway Liberal Party (V) 127911 4.37% 2 6 38 Poland Nowoczesna (N) 302111 1.60% 2 7 39 Portugal Iniciativa Liberal (IL) 65545 1.34% 1 3 40 Romania Union Save Romania (USR) 625154 8.86% 3 13 41 Russia Russian United Democratic Party "Yabloko" (Y) 1051335 2.04% 3 15 42 Slovakia Progressive Slovakia (PS)did not run 1 2 43 Slovenia List of Marjan Šarec (LMS) 112250 12.60% 2 8 44 Slovenia Modern Centre Party (SMC) 86868 9.75% 2 7 45 Spain Ciudadanos (Cs) 1637540 6.79% 5 25 46 Sweden Centre Party (C) 557500 8.61% 3 12 47 Sweden Liberals (L) 355546 5.49% 2 8 48 Switzerland FDP.The Liberals (FDP) 366302 15.11% 3 13 49 Switzerland Green Liberal Party of Switzerland (GLP) 189162 7.80% 2 7 50 Ukraine Civic Position (CP) 153259 1.05% 1 4 51 Ukraine European Party of Ukraine (EP)did not run 1 2 52 United Kingdom Liberal Democrats (LibDems) 3696423 11.61% 10 48 Full Member Parties 145 576 SUBTOTAL The number of Council delegates for full member parties is calculated as follows: - every full member party receives 1 base delegate - parties can gain additional delegates based on their electoral success, which is calculated by dividing the party's vote total in the most recent national election by 500000 and the respective vote share by 10%, if the country has a total population exceeding 250000 inhabitants. The sum of the resulting numbers is rounded, to give the number of additional delegates. 푉표푡푒 푇표푡푎푙 푉표푡푒 푆ℎ푎푟푒 1+ + = 푁푢푚푏푒푟 표푓 퐶표푢푛푐푖푙 퐷푒푙푒푔푎푡푒푠 500 000 10% The number of Congress delegates for full member parties is calculated as follows: - every member party receives 1 base delegate - full members receive 1 Congress delegate per Council delegate - parties can gain additional delegates based on their electoral success, which is calculated by dividing the party's vote total in the most recent national election by a value X, which depends on the total number of votes, and the respective vote share by 3%, if the country has a total population exceeding 250 000 inhabitants. The sum of the resulting numbers is rounded, to give the number of additional delegates. 푉표푡푒 푇표푡푎푙 푉표푡푒 푆ℎ푎푟푒 퐶표푢푛푐푖푙 퐷푒푙푒푔푎푡푒푠 +1+ + = 푁푢푚푏푒푟 표푓 퐶표푛푔푟푒푠푠 퐷푒푙푒푔푎푡푒푠 푋 3% with X = 100 000 for the first 3 000 000 votes 250 000 between 3 000 000 and 5 000 000 votes 500 000 for votes exceeding a total of 5 000 000 votes Associated Bodies Number of Number of Associated Bodies voting Council voting Council Delegates Delegates 1ALDE Party Bureau 1111 2LYMEC 110 3Individual Members 14 Associated Bodies 2 14 SUBTOTAL - LYMEC is entitled to 1 voting Council delegate and 10 voting Congress delegates - ALDE Party Bureau members have voting right in Council and Congress - Individual members have 1 Council delegate and 3 Congress delegates Affiliate Member Parties Number of non- Number of non- Country Full Member Parties voting Council voting Congress Delegates Delegates 53 Armenia Bright Armenia (BA) 1 2 54 Azerbaijan Equality Party (M) 1 2 55 Belarus Belarusian Liberal Party of Freedom and Progress (PFP) 1 2 56 Bosnia and Herzegovina Liberal Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (LDS) 1 2 57 Croatia GLAS (GLAS) 1 2 58 Croatia Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) 1 2 59 Croatia Pametno (P) 1 2 60 Georgia Free Democrats (FD) 1 2 61 Georgia Republican Party of Georgia (RP) 1 2 62 Hungary Hungarian Liberal Party (MLP) 1 2 63 Italy Team Köllensperger (TK) 1 2 64 Lithuania Freedom Party (LP) 1 2 65 Malta Democratic Party (PD) 1 2 66 Russia People's Freedom Party (PARNAS) 1 2 67 Slovenia Party of Alenka Bratušek (SAB) 1 2 68 Ukraine Power of People (SL) 1 2 69 United Kingdom Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (Alliance) 1 2 70 United Kingdom Liberal Party of Gibraltar (Libs) 1 2 Affiliated Member Parties 18 36 SUBTOTAL Associate Members are entitled to 1 non-voting Council delegate and 2 non-voting Congress delegates. Their membership fee is set at 2,000 EUR TOTAL delegates 165 626.
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