Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements
The Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements was an unusually successful frivolous political party in Denmark. It was founded in Aarhus in 1979 by a comedian, Jacob Haugaard, and a few friends. Haugaard stood as an independent candidate in Aarhus County in each parliamentary election, until [1994 Danish general election|September 1994 Danish general election|1994 when he was very unexpectedly elected] to the Folketing with 23,253 personal votes, thereby winning a constituency seat.
He made the following promises in the 1994 election:
- Tail winds on all cycle paths
- Better weather
- Better Christmas presents
- Less sex in school staff rooms
- More whales in the fjord of Randers
- The right to impotence
- More Renaissance furniture in IKEA
- 8 hours of spare time, 8 hours of rest, 8 hours of sleep
- Nutella in army field rations
- The placing of a public toilet in the park in Aarhus where he spent his state party funding on serving beer and sausages to his voters after each election.
- More bread for the ducks in parks
While the party had been intended as a joke, he found himself often having the deciding vote in a hung parliament, and took his duties seriously until the parliamentary election in March 1998. He then announced his retirement from politics.
Election results
| Year | Votes | Ref. |
| 1979 | 797 0.22% | |
| 1981 | 558 0.16% | |
| 1984 | 676 0.18% | |
| 1987 | 2,275 0.59% | |
| 1988 | 3,221 0.83% | |
| 1990 | 8,717 2.27% | |
| 1994 | 23,253 5.80% |