A small political party, typically one focusing on a single issue.
the government will need the support of senators representing micro parties
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When Jones looked to be emulating his 1999 success by setting up new micro parties to contest the 2003 election, they blew the whistle on him.
In a sense, the minor and micro parties can often play an important role in keeping the major parties from becoming too bland, boring, and cautious.
Some 81 groups vied for votes, including a series of micro parties who thought they would try their hand at winning a parliamentary salary.
She aims to take the reins of the micro party set up by her father.
Does he get his micro party to nominate him again, or does he pass the gauntlet to an unknown?
The group found it impossible to become more than a micro party.
The proliferation of micro parties, and the inability of the Electoral Act to ensure these are genuine political parties, have started to deliver perverse results.
The change would eliminate the chance of a micro party's sneaking in by harvesting the preferences from a large number of other parties.
Around 30 of the micro parties kept their preferences within the group.
To a large extent, the exaggerated demands of micro parties are to blame.