Organization
The party is organized on national, county and municipal level. Currently the party has around 600 local party associations and 26 county or city associations Each county or city association sends delegates to the party congress, which is held every third year. The 200 congress delegates elects a party chairman, two deputy party chairmen and members of the party board. The party board appoints a party secretary.
In December 2009 the party's reported membership was 55,612 people, the second largest membership after the Social Democrats.
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