Editing Moderate Party (section)

== Organization ==
The party is organised on national, county and municipal level. Currently the party has around 600 local party associations and 26 county or city associations<ref name="about">{{cite web |url=http://www.moderat.se/web/Om_Moderaterna.aspx |title=Om moderaterna |publisher=Moderate Party |access-date=3 October 2010 |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812083123/http://www.moderat.se/web/Om_Moderaterna.aspx |archive-date=12 August 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Each county or city association sends delegates to the [[party congress]], which is held every third year.<ref name="ne">{{cite encyclopedia |year=2000 |title=Moderata samlingspartiet |encyclopedia=[[Nationalencyklopedin|Nationalencyklopedin Multimedia 2000]] |language=sv |publisher=Bra Böcker |location=[[Höganäs]] |isbn=91-7133-747-4}}</ref> The 200 congress delegates elect a [[party chairman]], two deputy party chairmen, and members of the party board.<ref name="ne"/> The party board appoints a [[party secretary]].<ref name="ne"/>

In February 2022, the party's reported membership is 49,768 people, the second largest membership count after the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democrats]].<ref name="membership">{{cite news|title=Partierna tappar medlemmar |first1=Robert |last1=Cederholm |first2=Anders |last2=Eliasson |newspaper=[[Sveriges Television]] |date=15 March 2010 |url=http://svt.se/2.22620/1.1927298/partierna_tappar_medlemmar |access-date=7 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515120049/http://svt.se/2.22620/1.1927298/partierna_tappar_medlemmar |archive-date=15 May 2011 }}</ref>

=== Affiliated organizations ===
The Moderate Party has the following affiliated groups and organizations:
* [[Moderate Youth League]] (''Moderata ungdomsförbundet'', {{Abbr.}}MUF), organizes students and young members.
* Moderate Seniors (''Moderata seniorer'' {{IPA|sv|mʊdɛˈrɑ̌ːta sɛnɪˈǒːrɛr||Sv-Moderata seniorer.ogg}}), organizes senior members.
* [[Moderate Women]] (''Moderatkvinnorna''), organizes female members.
* Open Moderates (''Öppna moderater'' {{IPA|sv|ˈœ̂pːna mʊdɛˈrɑ̌ːtɛr|Sv-Öppna moderater.ogg}}), organizes [[queer]] members.