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2004 Finnish Municipal Elections
Municipal elections were held in Finland on 24 October 2004, with advance voting between 13 and 19 October. 11,966 municipal council seats were open for election in 416 municipalities. National results References {{Finnish elections Municipal elections in Finland Municipal Finland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Elections In Finland
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special district (United States), special-purpose district. The term is derived from French language, French and Latin language, Latin . The English language, English word ''municipality'' derives from the Latin social contract (derived from a word meaning "duty holders"), referring to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction (area), jurisd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For The Poor
For the Poor (Finnish: ''Köyhien Asialla'') is a Finnish political party, not situated anywhere on the traditional political map. It was founded in November 2002. The party is one of the smallest in Finland, as it has no seats in either the Parliament of Finland or the European Parliament, and has only ever held one municipal council seat in the city council of Espoo (2008–2012). The party was removed from the official in May 2007 because it had gone through two consecutive parliamentary elections without winning a single seat. The party returned to the register in 2008. In the municipal elections in 2008, the party chairperson Terttu Savola was elected to the city council of Espoo. The chairperson Terttu Savola gathered the required five thousand by herself. Before forming a party of her own, Savola was a member of the Christian Democrats, the Finns Party, and Reform Group. In its political programs for municipal elections, the party has described itself as being founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberals (Finland)
Liberal People's Party (from 2001 ''Liberals''; fi, Liberaalinen kansanpuolue) was a conservative-liberal political party in Finland, founded in 1965 as a reunification of the People's Party of Finland and Liberal League. History Originally named Liberal People's Party ( fi, Liberaalinen Kansanpuolue, links=no), it restyled its name as Liberals () in 2000. Liberals was removed from the party registry in 2007 after the failure to gain a seat in two consecutive parliamentary elections. In 2011 the party dissolved itself as a political party. It continues its basic ideological policy as an independent think tank. Leaders *1965–1968 Mikko Juva *1968–1978 Pekka Tarjanne *1978–1982 Jaakko Itälä *1982–1984 Arne Berner *1984–1990 Kyösti Lallukka *1990–1992 Kaarina Koivistoinen *1992–1993 Kalle Määttä *1993–1995 Tuulikki Ukkola *1995–1997 Pekka Rytilä *1997–2000 Altti Majava *2000–2001 Oili Korkeamäki *2001–2005 Tomi Riihimäki *2005–2008 Ilkk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independence Party (Finland)
Independence Party (, IPU; ) is a minor Eurosceptic political party in Finland. It was founded in 1994 as Alliance for Free Finland. The party supports membership in the European Economic Area as an alternative to Finland's membership in the European Union and the Eurozone. The party also opposes NATO. Its current chairman is Henri Aitakari. Party organization Based in Helsinki, IPU is a registered party. The party has two out of 31 city counselors in Laitila, elected at the 2017 Finnish municipal elections. IPU is a minor political party; it has never had any MPs in the Finnish Parliament. Membership in the party is around 1,200. The youth wing is called Independence Youth. The party is a member of The European Alliance of EU-critical Movements (TEAM). History IPU was founded in 1994 as Alliance for Free Finland ( fi, Vapaan Suomen Liitto, VSL; sv, Förbundet för det Fria Finland, FFF). Its chairman from its founding until 2004 was Ilkka Hakalehto. served as the party's ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Workers' Party – For Peace And Socialism
Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism ( fi, Kommunistinen Työväenpuolue – Rauhan ja Sosialismin puolesta, KTP) is a communist party in Finland. It was founded in 1988 to secure the existence of an independent Marxist–Leninist party. Since it was founded, it has not gained seats in the Parliament of Finland, and as a result it has been removed from the Finnish party register and re-registered multiple times. History The Finnish Communist movement was split in the mid-1980s after years of infighting. Those expelled from the Communist Party of Finland (SKP) formed the Communist Party of Finland (Unity) (SKPy) which, however, itself soon split into different factions. KTP was founded in 1988 by one part of Finnish Communists who thought the SKPy had ventured too far from the principles of Marxism–Leninism. The final decision to found a new registered Communist party was made in the autumn 1987 seminar held in Matinkylä. The Marxist–Leninists behind the proje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers' Party Of Finland
Workers' Party of Finland ( fi, Suomen Työväenpuolue, sv, Finlands Arbetarparti) is a left-wing political party in Finland. The STP was founded in 2006 as a successor to the Alternative League (1999–2006). In the 2007 parliamentary election the party obtained 1,764 votes. The party was removed from the in May 2007 after left without parliamentary seats in two consecutive elections, but they re-registered the same year after collecting 5,000 signed again. The Workers Party of Finland was formed in Helsinki 17 September 2006. Four of the six elected party leaders were activists of the League of Communists, a 2002 split of the Communist Workers' Party. Juhani Tanski was elected president of the STP. The party has a bimonthly newspaper '' Kansan ääni'', which is shared between the organizations League of Communists, People's Front Against European Union (EUVKr), and Work Against War and Fascism (SFT). Elections See also *List of Communist Party (Finland) breakaway par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of Finland (1994)
The Communist Party of Finland ( fi, Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue, SKP sv, Finlands kommunistiska parti, FKP) or New Communist Party of Finland ( fi, Uusi Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue, USKP sv, Finlands nya kommunistiska parti, FNKP) is a political party in Finland. It was founded in the mid-1980s as Communist Party of Finland (Unity) ( fi, Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue (yhtenäisyys), SKPy, sv, Finlands kommunistiska parti (enhet) FKP(e)) by the former opposition of the old Communist Party of Finland (1918–1992). SKP has never been represented in the Finnish parliament, but the party has had local councillors in some municipalities, including the city councils of major cities such as Helsinki and Tampere. SKP claims 2,500 members. The party has been officially registered since 1997. In the 1980s, when the opposition and the organizations it controlled were expelled from the SKP led by Arvo Aalto, the SKPy, however, chose not to register since they considered themselves the real S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party Of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP, fi, Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue ; sv, Finlands socialdemokratiska parti), shortened to the Social Democrats ( fi, link=no, Sosiaalidemokraatit; sv, link=no, Socialdemokrater) and commonly known in Finnish as Demarit ( sv, link=no, Socialdemokraterna), is a social-democratic political party in Finland. It is currently the largest party in the Parliament of Finland with 40 seats. Founded in 1899 as the Finnish Labour Party ( fi, link=no, Suomen työväenpuolue; sv, link=no, Finska arbetarpartiet), the SDP is Finland's oldest active political party and has a close relationship with the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions. It is also a member of the Party of European Socialists, Progressive Alliance, Socialist International and SAMAK. Following the resignation of Antti Rinne in December 2019, Sanna Marin became the country's 76th Prime Minister. SDP formed a new coalition government on the basis of its predecessor, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finns Party
The Finns Party, formerly known as the True Finns ( fi, Perussuomalaiset, PS, sv, Sannfinländarna, Sannf.), is a right-wing populist political party in Finland. It was founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party. The party achieved its electoral breakthrough in the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election, when it won 19.1% of votes, becoming the third largest party in the Finnish Parliament. In the 2015 election the party got 17.7% of the votes, making it the parliament's second-largest political party. The party was in opposition for the first 20 years of its existence. In 2015, it joined the coalition government formed by Prime Minister Juha Sipilä. Following a 2017 split, over half of the party's MPs left the parliamentary group and were subsequently expelled from their party membership. This defector group, Blue Reform, continued to support the government coalition, while the Finns Party went into opposition. The party, having been reduced to 17 seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democrats (Finland)
The Christian Democrats ( fi, Suomen Kristillisdemokraatit, sv, Kristdemokraterna i Finland; KD) is a Christian democracy, Christian-democratic list of political parties in Finland, political party in Finland. It was founded in May 1958, chiefly by the Christian faction of the National Coalition Party (Finland), National Coalition Party. It entered parliament in 1970. The party leader since 28 August 2015 has been Sari Essayah. The Christian Democrats have five seats in the Parliament of Finland, Finnish Parliament. It is positioned on the Centre-right politics, centre-right on the political spectrum. The party name was for a long time abbreviated to SKL (standing for , , ''Finnish Christian League''), until 2001, when the party changed its name to the current ''Christian Democrats'' and its abbreviation to ''KD''.The KD was a minor party in the Centre-right politics, centre-right coalition government led by Prime Minister of Finland, Prime Minister Esko Aho between 1991 and 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
