In a special election, candidates are forbidden to run on the tickets of established political parties.
Although candidates cannot run on the lines of established parties, party organizations can offer assistance to a candidate.
"People think all the established parties are involved, so they vote for the Islamic party as a protest."
They apparently felt underrepresented and out of step with the established parties.
The new established party won five seats in the parliament at the 1954 general elections.
For this, the established parties only have themselves to blame.
They position themselves as outsiders who really in a sense don't make any serious argument about wanting to become an established party.
In that year, the established parties did not even contest the seat.
In other countries as well, the far right has had the most success where frustration with established parties is greatest.
It was formed in April 1970 as an alternative to the established parties.