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List of political parties in Finland

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This article lists political parties in Finland. Finland has a multi-party system with three strong parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Registered political parties

Under Finnish law, a political association that fulfils certain conditions may become an officially registered party. A registered party may nominate candidates in all national and local elections, and a party that is represented in parliament is entitled to a government subsidy relative to its number of seats. To qualify as a registered party, an association must have bylaws guaranteeing democratic internal organization and must be able to present 5,000 supporters who are eligible to vote. A party that fails to win a single seat in two consecutive parliamentary elections is stricken from the register but may apply again. (In contrast, a voluntary association has a requirement of 20,000 supporters and is not eligible for party subsidy.)

Name
in English 		Name
in Finnish 		Name
in Swedish 		abbr.[1] Leader MPs
political parties in parliament
National Coalition Party Kansallinen Kokoomus Samlingspartiet Kok. Jyrki Katainen 51
Christian Democrats in Finland Kristillisdemokraatit Kristdemokraterna KD Päivi Räsänen 7
True Finns Perussuomalaiset Sannfinländarna PS Timo Soini 5
Swedish People's Party of Finland Suomen ruotsalainen kansanpuolue Svenska folkpartiet i Finland RKP Stefan Wallin 9 (+ MP from Åland)
Centre Party Suomen Keskusta Centern i Finland Kesk. Mari Kiviniemi 51
Social Democratic Party of Finland Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti SDP Jutta Urpilainen 45
Left Alliance Vasemmistoliitto Vänsterförbundet Vas. Paavo Arhinmäki 17
Green League Vihreä liitto Gröna förbundet Vihr. Anni Sinnemäki 14
other registered political parties
For the Poor Köyhien Asialla För de fattigas väl Köyh. Terttu Savola
Independence Party Itsenäisyyspuolue Självständighetspartiet IPU Antti Pesonen
Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism Kommunistinen Työväenpuolue – Rauhan ja Sosialismin puolesta Kommunistiska Arbetarpartiet – För Fred och Socialism KTP Hannu Harju
Communist Party of Finland Suomen kommunistinen puolue Finlands kommunistiska parti SKP Yrjö Hakanen
Senior Citizens Party of Finland Suomen Senioripuolue Finlands Seniorparti SSP Esko A. Repo
Workers Party of Finland Suomen työväenpuolue Finlands Arbetarparti STP Juhani Tanski
Pirate Party Piraattipuolue Piratpartiet Pasi Palmulehto

Seven parties were stricken from the register after the 2007 elections, e.g., the Finnish People's Blue-whites.

Historical political parties

Parties in parliament

Parties outside parliament

See also

  1. ^ Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus/Raija Moilanen. Puolueiden nimilyhenteet. http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?s=835
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