List of political parties in Finland
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This article is a list of political parties in Finland, which includes Finland's national-level political parties and excludes local and provincial parties (such as the parties of Åland). A party is defined as a political association whose existence is recorded in the Ministry of Justice's party register.[1]
Finland has a multi-party system. Coalition governments which comprise a majority of seats in the Parliament of Finland are the norm. Those parties which are not in government are called the opposition. Parties work in parliamentary groups (eduskuntaryhmät), usually voting with party discipline, which is however not absolute.
Parties are composed of local chapters based in municipalities. In municipalities, which are fundamental administrative units of the country, parties hold seats in the municipal councils, but often have to compete for them with local non-party groups.
Finnish law states that a political association which fulfills certain conditions is eligible to become a political party free of charge.[1] Among these conditions are:
- that the primary purpose of the association is to affect governmental affairs,
- that it has received at least 5,000 votes in any parliamentary, municipal, or European Parliament election,
- that the association's rules secure the following of democratic principles in its decision making and activities,
- and that it has a general program based on these rules which expresses the association's principles and goals regarding its actions in governmental affairs.
A registered party may nominate candidates in any 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 signatures from 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.)
Parliamentary parties
Registered
Unregistered
| Party | Ideology | MPs | MEPs | CCs | Leader | Founded | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Movement Now/meta/color" | | Movement Now Liike Nyt Rörelse Nu |
LIIK | Market liberalism | 1 | 0 | 14 | Harry Harkimo | 2018 | [5][6][7][8] |
Extra-parliamentary parties
Registered
Those parties that have received neither a seat in the Parliament of Finland nor in the European Parliament, but which are registered political parties, are listed below.
Unregistered
| Name | Ideology | MPs | CCs | Leader | Founded | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Change 2011/meta/color" | | Change 2011 Muutos 2011 Förändring 2011 |
Template:Change 2011/meta/abbr | Direct democracy | 0 | 0 | Anita Saarinen | 2009 | [4][11][12] |
| style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party of Finland/meta/color" | | Workers' Party of Finland Suomen Työväenpuolue Finlands Arbetarparti |
Template:Workers' Party of Finland/meta/abbr | Nordic model | 0 | 0 | Juhani Tanski | 2003 | [4][13] |
Historical parties
Parliamentary historical parties
Extra-parliamentary historical parties
- Swedish party (Ruotsalainen puolue) 1870–1906
- Liberal party (Liberaalinen puolue) 1880–1885
- Finnish Active Resistance Party (Suomen aktiivinen vastustuspuolue) 1904–1908
- National Workers' Party (Kansallinen Työväenpuolue) 1917–?
- Socialist Party of Work (Sosialistinen Työpuolue) 1917–1919
- Peasant People's Party (Talonpoikaiskansan puolue) 1924–1933
- Farmers' Party (Maanviljelijäin Puolue) 1927–1929
- United Front (Yhteisrintama) 193?–1940
- New Finnish Party (Uusi Suomalainen Puolue) 1932–1945
- Finnish Socialist Party (Suomalaissosialistinen Puolue) 1932–1937
- Patriotic People's Party (Isänmaallinen Kansanpuolue) 1932–1933
- Finnish People's Organisation (Suomen Kansan Järjestö) 1933–1936
- Finnish Socialist Workers' Party (Suomalaissosialistinen Työväen Puolue) 1934–1944
- Work Front of Finland (Suomen Työrintama) 1936–1939
- Party of Finnish National Work (Suomalais-Kansallisen Työn Puolue) 1939–?
- National Socialist People's Party of Finland (Suomen Kansallissosialistinen Työväenpuolue) 1940–1943
- Neo-Socialist Party (Uus-sosialistinen puolue) 1940–1945
- Organisation of National Socialists (Kansallissosialistien Järjestö) 1940–1944
- National Socialists of Finland (Suomen Kansallissosialistit) 1941–1944
- Radical People's Party (Radikaalinen Kansanpuolue) 1944–1951
- Independent Middle Class (Itsenäinen keskiluokka) 1949–1951
- Finnish People's Party (Suomalainen kansanpuolue) 1950s
- Independence Party (Itsenäisyyspuolue) 1960s
- Party Organisation of Finnish Entrepreneurs (Suomen Yksityisyrittäjäin Puoluejärjestö) 1972–1979
- Socialist Workers' Party (Sosialistinen Työväenpuolue) 1973–1990
- Pensioners' Party of Finland (Suomen Eläkeläisten Puolue) 1985–1999
- Joint Responsibility Party (Yhteisvastuu puolue) 1987–2007
- Senior Citizens' Party of Finland (Suomen Senioripuolue), 1990–2014
- Women's Party (Naisten puolue) 1990–1995
- Party of Humanity (Ihmisyydenpuolue) 1991–1995
- Finnish People's Blue-whites (Suomen Kansan Sinivalkoiset, SKS) 1993–2010
- Patriotic People's Movement (Isänmaallinen kansanliike), 1993–2010
- Natural Law Party (Luonnonlain puolue) 1994–2001
- Forces for Change in Finland (Muutosvoimat Suomi) 2002–2007
- For the Poor (Köyhien Asialla) 2002–2015
- Blue and White Front (Sinivalkoinen Rintama) 2009–2015
See also
- Parliament of Finland
- Government of Finland
- President of Finland
- Elections in Finland
- List of political parties in Åland
- List of ruling political parties by country
References
- ^ a b "Puoluelaki 10/1969" [Party Law 10/1969]. www.finlex.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-07-28.
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