Western Europe political parties survivor - Norw. Labour Party is the survivor !

[Californian Tony]

Alright guys, it's with great pride (although 6 months late :P) that I announce you the beginning of my...

Western Europe political parties suvrivor

First of all, a couple of precisions about the selection of this survivor's contenders :
- For Western Europe, I've considered all EU countries excepted formerly communist ones, plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. I know that including Cyprus in the "western Europe" is quite silly, but the criterion used is more political than geographical. I wanted to avoid former communist countries because their politics are pretty bizarre compared to the rest of Europe.
- I didn't follow an absolute rule for the parties I wanted to include. The general idea is to include every party which has gotten more than 5% of the votes in a recent election (last 5 years). I generally used general elections as a reference, but I took into account the effects of the voting system and was more merciful in non-proportional systems. But again, there might be some variations. When there are parties that systematically and since a long time run together in a coalition, I've counted such coalition as a party.

Now, a few words about the functioning of this survivor :

There are 112 (!) political parties in this survivor. In order to eliminate them, I thought the best thing would be to proceed by group. Thus, I've divided them into 6 different groups, based on their political positions. These groups are not homogeneous, as you will see. Again, a lot of my choices are debatable, but I've tried to fit as much as I could each party's orientation.

This survivor will be divided in 3 phases. In the first one, parties will be eliminated by group (not that, due to the fact some groups are bigger than others, the number of rounds will differ from group to group). For the second phase, survivors will be regrouped into two broader groups (left and right). Finally, the survivors of phase 2 will be reunited.

As usual, the voting rules will variate from round to round. There will be a few immunities, lasting 4 rounds each and not immediately renewable. And of course, I'll try to add new interesting ideas throughout the survivor. ;)

This thread will serve to give a list of contenders, summarize the results of each round, and several organization purposes. Voting soon to begin on other threads. Have fun ! :)


Phase I Party list

Group 1 : Far-left/Radical left

Eliminated (8) :
- Round 1 : New Anticapitalist Party (France)
- Round 2 : United Left (Spain)
- Round 3 : Democratic Unity Coalition (Portugal)
- Round 4 : The Left (Germany)
- Round 6 : Left Party (Sweden)
- Round 8 : Left-Green Movement (Iceland)
- Round 9 : Left Alliance (Finland)
- Round 10 : Left Bloc (Portugal)

Qualified (8) :
- Progressive Party of Working People (Cyprus)
- Socialist People's Party (Denmark)
- Left Front (France)
- Communist Party of Greece
- Coalition of the Radical Left (Greece)
- Sinn Féin (Ireland)
- Socialist Party (Netherlands)
- Socialist Left Party (Norway)


Group 2 : Socialist/Social-democratic/Labour/Mainstream left

Eliminated (9) :
- Round 1 : Labour Party (Malta)
- Round 2 : Socialistische Partij Anders (Belgium)
- Round 3 : Parti Socialiste (Belgium)
- Round 4 : Democratic Party (Italy)
- Round 5 : Movement for Social Democracy (Cyprus)
- Round 6 : Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
- Round 7 : Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
- Round 9 : Panhellenic Socialist Movement
- Round 10 : Labour Party (Netherlands)

Qualified (12) :
- Social Democratic Party of Austria
- Social Democrats (Denmark)
- Social Democratic Party of Finland
- Socialist Party (France)
- Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Social Democratic Alliance (Iceland)
- Labour Party (Ireland)
- Norwegian Labour Party
- Socialist Party (Portugal)
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
- Swedish Social Democratic Party
- Labour Party (UK)


Group 3 : Ecologists/Miscellaneous/Unclassifiable

Eliminated (5) :
- Round 1 : Green Party of England and Wales
- Round 3 : The Movement (Iceland)
- Round 5 : Ecolo (Belgium)
- Round 8 : The Greens (Luxembourg)
- Round 10 : New Flemish Alliance (Belgium)

Qualified (8) :
- The Greens – The Green Alternative (Austria)
- Green League (Finland)
- Europe Écologie – Les Verts (France)
- Alliance '90/The Greens (Germany)
- Italy of Values
- GreenLeft (Netherlands)
- Green Party (Sweden)
- Green Party of Switzerland


Group 4 : Liberal/Centirst/Center-right

Eliminated (10) :
- Round 1 : European Party (Cyprus)
- Round 2 : Free Democratic Party (Germany)
- Round 3 : Democratic Movement (France)
- Round 4 : Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (Belgium)
- Round 5 : Democratic Party (Cyprus)
- Round 6 : FDP.The Liberals (Switzerland)
- Round 7 : Mouvement Réformateur (Belgium)
- Round 8 : Progressive Party (Iceland)
- Round 9 : Democratic Party (Luxembourg)
- Round 10 : Union of the Centre (Italy)

Qualified (8) :
- Danish Social Liberal Party
- Centre Party (Finland)
- Democrats 66 (Netherlands)
- Centre Party (Norway)
- Liberal Party (Norway)
- Liberal People's Party (Sweden)
- Centre Party (Sweden)
- Liberal Democrats (UK)

[Californian Tony]

Group 5 : Christian-democratic/Conservative/Mainstream right

Eliminated (16) :
- Round 1 : People's Party (Spain)
- Round 2 : The People of Freedom (Italy) and Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (Belgium)
- Round 3 : New Democracy (Greece)
- Round 4 : Fianna Fáil (Ireland) and Centre démocrate humaniste (Belgium)
- Round 5 : Independence Party (Iceland) and Nationalist Party (Malta)
- Round 6 : Christian Democratic Appeal (Netherlands) and Democratic Rally (Cyprus)
- Round 7 : Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party (Portugal) and Christian Social People's Party (Luxembourg)
- Round 8 : Union for a Popular Movement (France)
- Round 9 : Future and Freedom for Italy and Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
- Round 10 : Fine Gael (Ireland)

Qualified (12) :
- Austrian People's Party
- Venstre (Denmark)
- Conservative People's Party (Denmark)
- National Coalition Party (Finland)
- Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (Germany)
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Netherlands)
- Conservative Party (Norway)
- Christian Democratic Party (Norway)
- Moderate Party (Sweden)
- Christian Democrats (Sweden)
- Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
- Conservative Party (UK)


Group 6 : Far-right/Radical right/Populist right

Eliminated (8) :
- Round 1 : British National Party
- Round 2 : Lega Nord (Italy)
- Round 4 : Vlaams Belang (Belgium)
- Round 5 : Alliance for the Future of Austria
- Round 7 : UK Independence Party
- Round 8 : Danish People's Party
- Round 9 : Alternative Democratic Reform Party (Luxembourg)
- Round 10 : Freedom Party of Austria

Qualified (8) :
- True Finns
- National Front (France)
- Popular Orthodox Rally (Greece)
- Liberal Party (Iceland)
- Party for Freedom (Netherlands)
- Progress Party (Norway)
- Sweden Democrats
- Swiss People's Party


Phase I Results table

Group 1	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10
AKEL				6			I	I	I
F								5
Vas		2	8	14				13	30
NPA	7
FG									6
LINKE	1	1	2	18
KKE		1	I	I	I	P	P	P	P	P
SYRIZA	1	3	12	16		8		10	12	1
V		1	1	10				14
SF		2	1	6		4		P	P	P
SP			6	14				10	16	17
SVP				2				12	8
BE			2	13					18	25
CDU		4	13
IU	1	7
V				1		9
Voters	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	9

Group 2	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10
SPÖ							3
PS	1	6	25
SP-A	1	9
EDEK			5	24	9
A									2
SDP				3	1				10
PS						1	6		2
SPD	1		3	8		3	6		14	20
PASOK		2	4	9	1		23		26
S			4	7	1	2	19		12	25
Lab	2	1		1			3		16
PD		2	8	24
LSAP				4	7	3	25
PL	4
PvdA	1	1	5	5	1		3		4	26
DNA									2
PS							6		2
PSOE				4			6		P	P
SAP			I	I	I	I
SPS			4	1		5
Lab		1					I	I	I
Voters	10	11	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9

[Californian Tony]

Group 3	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10
Grüne								2
Ecolo			16		7
NVA			10		3			3		15
Virh								13
EE-LV					P	P	P	P	P	P
GRÜNE							I	I	I	P
Mov	2		20
IdV	1		I	I	I	I		P	P	P
Gr					7			25
GL
MP								6
GPS								9		14
GPEW	7
Voters	10	11	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9

Group 4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10
MR		1	4	22	2	8	30
OpenVLD		2	7	22
DIKO		1	9	18	6
Evroko	7
B							3		2	1
Kesk							6	2	8
MoDem		8	27
FDP	3	8
B			7	17	4		23	16
UDC			2	5	3		21	11	22	14
DP							7	7	36
D66		1	I	I	I	I
SP				7			4		14
V				3					2
FP				4			6	15	4
C									2
FDP.Lib					1	10
LibDem		1		2			I	I	I	7
Voters	10	11	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9

Group 5	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10
ÖVP						2	3	8	16
CDeV		5
CDH		1	10	29
DISY				18	5	12
V				2			4	5	9
C				6					4
Kok				3					6
UMP				2			9	13
CDU/CSU							3		7	2
ND			24
D			6	14	12
FG				2		4	10	10	15	14
FF		2	8	38
PdL	4	29
FLI							22	12	34
CSV				4		3	22
PN	1			7	8
VVD				3			I	I	I
CDA				5	1	12
H
KFP					6		4		10	5
PSD				3	2		12	12	20
CDS-PP		3	8	14	6	10	34
PP	5
M			I	I	I	I
KD					2		9	2	2
CVP							10	5		10
Con							8		10	13
Voters	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	9

Group 6	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10
FPÖ		2		8			16	8	18	33
BZÖ	2	1		19	8
VB		3		20
O				2			3	15
PS				2			P	P	P	P
FN			I	I	I	I	3	3	6
LAOS		4		3			I	I	I
F				1	3		15	6	18	21
LN		6
ADR				5	4		13	11	24
PVV				P	P	P	P	P	P	P
FP				7					4
SD		4		4	1		9	7	10
SVP				7			12	2	10	1
UKIP				12			22
BNP	8
Voters	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	9

Phase I Schedule

Tab showing the number of parties that will be eliminated by group in each round.

Phase I	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Total
Group 1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	8
Group 2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	9
Group 3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5
Group 4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
Group 5	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	16
Group 6	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	8
Immunity		Y				Y

[Californian Tony]

Phase II Party list

Group A : Left

Eliminated (13) :
- Round 1 : Socialist Party (Netherlands)
- Round 2 : Socialist People's Party (Denmark)
- Round 3 : Coalition of the Radical Left (Greece)
- Round 5 : Sinn Féin (Ireland)
- Round 6 : Socialist Party (Portugal)
- Round 7 : Labour Party (Ireland)
- Round 8 : Green Party of Switzerland
- Round 9 : Social Democratic Alliance (Iceland)
- Round 11 : The Greens – The Green Alternative (Austria)
- Round 12 : Green Party (Sweden)
- Round 13 : Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Round 14 : Social Democratic Party of Finland
- Round 15 : Socialist Left Party (Norway)

Qualified (15) :
- Social Democratic Party of Austria
- Progressive Party of Working People (Cyprus)
- Social Democrats (Denmark)
- Green League (Finland)
- Left Front (France)
- Socialist Party (France)
- Europe Écologie – Les Verts (France)
- Alliance '90/The Greens (Germany)
- Communist Party of Greece
- Italy of Values
- GreenLeft (Netherlands)
- Norwegian Labour Party
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
- Swedish Social Democratic Party
- Labour Party (UK)


Group B : Right

Eliminated (13) :
- Round 1 : Liberal Party (Iceland)
- Round 2 : True Finns
- Round 3 : Swiss People's Party
- Round 4 : Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
- Round 5 : National Front (France)
- Round 7 : Popular Orthodox Rally (Greece)
- Round 8 : Sweden Democrats
- Round 9 : Party for Freedom (Netherlands)
- Round 10 : Progress Party (Norway)
- Round 11 : Liberal Democrats (UK)
- Round 13 : Conservative Party (UK)
- Round 14 : Austrian People's Party
- Round 15 : Christian Democrats (Sweden)

Qualified (15) :
- Danish Social Liberal Party
- Venstre (Denmark)
- Conservative People's Party (Denmark)
- Centre Party (Finland)
- National Coalition Party (Finland)
- Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (Germany)
- Democrats 66 (Netherlands)
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Netherlands)
- Centre Party (Norway)
- Liberal Party (Norway)
- Conservative Party (Norway)
- Christian Democratic Party (Norway)
- Liberal People's Party (Sweden)
- Centre Party (Sweden)
- Moderate Party (Sweden)


Phase II Results table

Group A	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15
SPÖ											5
Grüne			2		1		6	11	14		20
AKEL	3	2	I	I	I	I	2				I	I	I	I	4
F		5
A							2	1
SDP			7		1		3		2			4		5
Virh		2	9		2		3	1	3			12	18	2
FG			4				3	8	3		1			3	16
PS			2			2	5	1
EE-LV			1				1		2			2
SPD	2	3	11		5		9	13	3		5	12	30
GRÜNE							I	I	I	I		1
KKE		1	12		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
SYRIZA	1	3	16
S		3	15		6	7	11	18	21
SF		3	11		18
Lab					1	6	15
IdV		2	10				2	1	2
SP	3
GL		1	4				2					16	12	1	8
SVP			3		4		2		2			3		5	21
DNA							6	1
PS			7		1	8
PSOE			4			4	2	1	2			6		1
SAP							2	8
MP							10	4	15			17
GPS		1	13			2	11	21
Lab		1	4				2	1	3			8	9	1
Voters	9	9	9	10	11	9	10	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	9

[Californian Tony]

Group B	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15
ÖVP			5	3			4	2	10				18	4
B			1				3	1
V		1	4		2
C							8	3			8			1
Kesk		3	5				2							3	10
Kok							6
PS		6
FN		1	20	23	16
CDU/CSU			3				2	1	2				P	P	P
LAOS		1	11	17	4		15
F	6
D66							I	I	I	I				1
VVD							3		4	7	12		4	4	16
PVV			12	15	7		10	13	21
SP		2	1				2
V			1
H			3				2	1			I	I	I	I
KFP		1	1							2				1
FP			3		3		2	2	16	17
FP										2
C							4
M	1	1	I	I	I	I
KD					1		13	3	8	5				4	20
SD			17	19	7		11	32
CVP		2	9	32
SVP	1	5	25
LibDem		1	4				6	24	6	4	19
Con	1	2	10		2		7	8	5	8	13		26
Voters	9	9	9	9	11	9	10	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	10

Phase II Schedule

Immunities :
- Round 2, lasting for rounds 3-6. All groups vote to eliminate.
- Round 6, lasting for rounds 7-10. No elimination in group B.
- Round 10, lasting for rounds 11-14. No elimination in group A.

Direct promotion (no elimination) :
- Round 4 for group A.
- Round 12 for group B.


Phase III Party list

Eliminated (25) :
- Round 1 : Christian Democratic Party (Norway)
- Round 2 : Danish Social Liberal Party
- Round 3 : People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Netherlands)
- Round 4 : Conservative People's Party (Denmark)
- Round 5 : Liberal People's Party (Sweden)
- Round 6 : Venstre (Denmark)
- Round 7 : Social Democrats (Denmark)
- Round 8 : Green League (Finland)
- Round 9 : Left Front (France)
- Round 10 : Centre Party (Norway)
- Round 11 : Centre Party (Finland)
- Round 12 : Socialist Party (France)
- Round 13 : Progressive Party of Working People (Cyprus)
- Round 14 : Communist Party of Greece
- Round 15 : Labour Party (UK)
- Round 16 : National Coalition Party (Finland)
- Round 17 : Liberal Party (Norway)
- Round 18 : Conservative Party (Norway)
- Round 19 : Centre Party (Sweden)
- Round 20 : Europe Écologie – Les Verts (France)
- Round 21 : Italy of Values
- Round 22 : Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
- Round 23 : Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (Germany)
- Round 24 : GreenLeft (Netherlands)
- Round 25 : Swedish Social Democratic Party

Qualified (5) :
- Social Democratic Party of Austria
- Alliance '90/The Greens (Germany)
- Democrats 66 (Netherlands)
- Norwegian Labour Party
- Moderate Party (Sweden)

[Hashemite]

Note: you should include regionalist parties such as the PC, SNP, PNV or CiU. They may not win much votes overall, but in their respective units they are either the dominant party or they win a very significant amount of votes which makes them major players nationally and much more relevant than parties which take the same amount of votes nationally.

[Californian Tony]

Phase III Results table

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
SPÖ							4				2	2			3	6				I	I	I	I	I	2
AKEL									1			2	14
A						5	28
B		6
V	1				1	8
C			1	7
Virh			3		3	3	10	27
Kesk				2	I	I	I	I	I	21	24
Kok										1	4	4			4	56
FG						2	8		5
PS				1						3	4	7
EE-LV					3	1	3			1	3	3	5		3	13	3	1		27
GRÜNE											2	1	3	1	1	11	2	1	1	6		7			1
CDU/CSU			1							4	2	3			I	I	I	I	I	14	2	7	22
KKE		4					8		3	7	2	3	10	5
IdV					2	1					6	4	2		3	18	2		1	23	4
GL				1		1	16			I	I	I	I	I	3	30	1			16	2	3	15	5
D66																				10		4	5		2
VVD	2		6
DNA												1			1	2				5		3			3
SP						1	8	22		21
V										2	4	4	4		5	15	10
H						1	14	1			1	1	2		3	18		30
KFP	6
PSOE		1			7		4			3	10	5	8		4	54	7	14	3	26	3	19
SAP	1				1					1		1	2	1	2	16	4		1	12		16	2	2	1
FP					14
C					1						1	2	4	1	1	15		5	4
M												2	6		2	12	4			10	2	8	5	3	1
Lab	1				1	1			1	6	8	5	12	3	5
Voters	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	10

Final Top 5



Duels

Duel 1 : SPÖ 31 - Grüne 35
Duel 2 : D66 18 - DNA 25
Duel 3 : M 11 - SPÖ 25
Duel 4 : Grüne 30 - D66 31
Duel 5 : DNA 12 - M 7
Duel 6 : SPÖ 37 - D66 37
Duel 7 : M 5 - Grüne 26
Duel 8 : DNA 39 - SPÖ 36
Duel 9 : D66 26 - M 42
Duel 10 : Grüne 32 - DNA 45

Party ranking

- 1st : Norwegian Labour Party : 8 points
- 2nd : Alliance '90/The Greens (Germany) : 4 points
- 3rd : Democrats 66 (Netherlands) : 3 points
- 4th : Social Democratic Party of Austria : 3 points
- 5th : Moderate Party (Sweden) : 2 points

[Californian Tony]

Eliminated on round 1

Group 1 : New Anticapitalist Party (France)



7 votes, 1 for SYRIZA, 1 for LINKE, 1 for IU

Group 2 : Labour Party (Malta)



4 votes, 2 for Lab (I), 1 for SP-A, 1 for SPD, 1 for PS (B), 1 for PvdA

Group 3 : Green Party of England and Wales



7 votes, 2 for Mov, 1 for IdV

Group 4 : European Party (Cyprus)



7 votes, 3 for FDP

Group 5 : People's Party (Spain)



5 votes, 4 for PdL, 1 for PN

Group 6 : British National Party



8 votes, 2 for BZÖ


Round 2 now open !

[afleitch]

You could do one for seperatist parties

[homelycooking]

Antonio, why are the rules different across the groups?

[Californian Tony]

Antonio, why are the rules different across the groups?

That's because the number of parties to eliminate differs from group to group : from 5 for the greens, to 16 for the mainstream right.

[Hashemite]

You could do one for seperatist parties

^

[Californian Tony]

Eliminated on round 2

Group 1 : United Left (Spain)




Group 2 : Socialistische Partij Anders (Belgium)




Group 4 : Free Democratic Party (Germany)




Group 5 : The People of Freedom (Italy)...




...and Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (Belgium)




Group 6 : Lega Nord (Italy)

[Californian Tony]

After homelycooking's question, I added a schedule for future rounds, so that you can see in advance how each round will work in each group.

You could do one for seperatist parties

^

Why not ? Maybe a nice idea for a next survivor. Anyways, if anyone wants to do one, I'd gladly take part in it.

[Californian Tony]

Eliminated on round 3

Group 1 : Democratic Unity Coalition (Portugal)




Group 2 : Parti Socialiste (Belgium)




Group 3 : The Movement (Iceland)




Group 4 : Democratic Movement (France)




Group 5 : New Democracy (Grece)




Round 4 now open !

Yeah, I know I'm ridiculously late.

[Californian Tony]

Eliminated on round 4

Group 1 : The Left (Germany)




Group 2 : Democratic Party (Italy)




Group 4 : Open VLD (Belgium)




Group 5 : Fianna Fail (Ireland)...




...and Centre Démocrate Humaniste (Belgium)




Group 6 : Vlaams Belang (Belgium)




Round 5 now open ! And sorry again for taking so much time.

[big bad fab]

Oh, it's quite heavy to update all the groups AND to search, upload and post pictures.

The only important things is that you update from time to time and that this survivor keeps on until the end.
Unfinished survivors are so frustrating !
(Kal, where are you ? )

[Californian Tony]

I admit I would have never imagined it would be so time-consuming : counting everything, it probably takes me around 3-4 hours per round... Of course it's worth it, and the once the 6-groups phase is finished things should get a lot easier.

BTW, look at how competitive this round has been ! PD and Open VLD were ousted by previous votes, VB by one and Die Linke by 2 ! Looks really promising.

[big bad fab]

I admit I would have never imagined it would be so time-consuming : counting everything, it probably takes me around 3-4 hours per round... Of course it's worth it, and the once the 6-groups phase is finished things should get a lot easier.

Wow, it's also because you haven't so much experience in big survivors (yet...): don't worry, it will be faster and faster .

[Californian Tony]

Eliminated on round 5

Group 2 : Movement for Social Democracy (Cyprus)




Group 3 : Ecolo (Belgium)




Group 4 : Democratic Party (Cyprus)




Group 5 : Independence Party (Iceland)...




...and Nationalist Party (Malta)




Group 6 : Alliance for the Future of Austria




Round 6 now open !

Sad day for Cyprus...

[Californian Tony]

Eliminated on round 6

Group 1 : Left Party (Sweden)




Group 2 : Social Democratic Party of Switzerland




Group 4 : FDP.The Liberals (Switzerland)




Group 5 : Christian Democratic Appeal (Netherlands)...




...and Democratic Rally (Cyprus)




Round 7 now open !

And this time it's Switzerland's turn to suffer... All right, the voting system was very messy, and a lot of people didn't vote tactically as they could have done, which as a result caused pretty random results (SYRIZA survives again... ). But well, how fun would it be without some randomness ?

Now, back on more classical rules.

[Californian Tony]

Eliminated on round 7

Group 2 : Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party




Group 4 : Mouvement Réformateur (Belgium)




Group 5 : Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party (Portugal)...




...and Christian Social People's Party (Luxembourg)




Group 6 : UK Independence Party




Round 8 now open !

So, now it's Luxemburg which loses its two major parties in the same round...
But overall, this round looked like a "grand soir" : a lot of us have been waiting for a long time to see LSAP, CDS-PP or Mouvement Réformateur out. Will SYRIZA and NVA follow them on next round ?

[Californian Tony]

If someone is wondering why I've not updated this for more than 3 days, I've been literally overwhelmed with work this weekend. Really sorry.

[big bad fab]

I won't be online tomorrow, Tuesday CET, until very late.
But it seems as you won't update an entire round during this period of time.

Unfortunately, I will be on holiday from 30th of April to 7th of May, without any Internet access.
I guess your fine survivor won't be finished .
I'll de sad to miss some rounds...

[Californian Tony]

Ok, you can't imagine how sorry I am... I promise you'll have an update for tomorrow, now that I'm slightly more free...

PS : Fab, I'm sorry to hear about your absence, I hope that you won't miss too many rounds.