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An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated to any political party. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. * Independents may support policies which are different from those of the major political parties. * In some parts of the world electors may have a tradition of electing independents, so standing for a political party is a disadvantage. * In some countries (including Russia) a political party can only be registered if it has a huge number of members in more than one region, but in certain regions only a minority of electors support the major parties. * In some countries (including Kuwait), political parties are unlawful and all candidates thus stand as independents. Some independent politicians may be associated with a political party, perhaps as former members of it, or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In running for public office, independents sometimes choose to form a party or alliance with other independents, and may formally register their party or alliance. Even where the word "independent" is used, such alliances have much in common with a political party, especially if there is an organization which needs to approve the "independent" candidates. ==Australia== (詳細はParliament of Australia, although they are more commonly elected to state parliaments. A large number of independents are former members of one of Australia's four main parties, the Australian Labor Party, the Liberal Party of Australia, the Australian Greens, or the National Party of Australia. On July 16, 2013 a political party named the Australian Independents was registered with the Australian Electoral Commission.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Australian Independents )〕 Currently, two independents sit in the Australian House of Representatives, Andrew Wilkie from Denison in Tasmania (former Greens candidate) and Cathy McGowan from Indi in Victoria. Independent Senators are quite rare. In modern politics, independent Brian Harradine served from 1975 to 2005 with considerable influence at times. Nick Xenophon has been the only elected independent Senator since his election to the Senate at the 2007 federal election. Xenophon was re-elected for another six-year term at the 2013 federal election.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Senate Results: South Australia )〕 DLP Senator John Madigan became an independent Senator in September 2014,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Senator John Madigan )〕 while PUP Senators Jacqui Lambie and Glenn Lazarus became independent Senators in November 2014 and March 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Senator Jacqui Lambie )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Senator Glenn Lazarus )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Independent politician」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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