2023 Ålandic Legislative Election

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	2023 Ålandic Legislative Election Parliamentary elections were held in Åland on 15 October 2023 to elect the 30 members of Parliament for a four-year term. Electoral system The 30 members of the Parliament of Åland were elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method.Election on Åland, 18 October 2015 Ålandic Electoral Commission Opinion polls Results References {{Election-stub Aland Elections in Åland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2019 Ålandic Legislative Election Legislative elections were held in Åland on 20 October 2019, alongside elections for municipal councils. Electoral system The 30 members of the Parliament of Åland were elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method The D'Hondt method, also called the Jefferson method or the greatest divisors method, is a method for allocating seats in parliaments among federal states, or in party-list proportional representation systems. It belongs to the class of highest- ....Election on Åland, 18 October 2015 Ålandic Electoral Commission Results References External links Ål ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	D'Hondt Method The D'Hondt method, also called the Jefferson method or the greatest divisors method, is a method for allocating seats in parliaments among federal states, or in party-list proportional representation systems. It belongs to the class of highest-averages methods. The method was first described in 1792 by future U.S. president Thomas Jefferson. It was re-invented independently in 1878 by Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt, which is the reason for its two different names. Motivation Proportional representation systems aim to allocate seats to parties approximately in proportion to the number of votes received. For example, if a party wins one-third of the votes then it should gain about one-third of the seats. In general, exact proportionality is not possible because these divisions produce fractional numbers of seats. As a result, several methods, of which the D'Hondt method is one, have been devised which ensure that the parties' seat allocations, which are of whole numbers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Åland Lagting 2023 Åland ( fi, Ahvenanmaa: ; ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. It is the smallest region of Finland by area and population, with a size of 1,580 km2, and a population of 30,129, constituting 0.51% of its land area and 0.54% of its population. Its only official language is Swedish language, Swedish and the capital city is Mariehamn. Åland is situated in an archipelago, called the Åland Islands, at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea belonging to Finland. It comprises Fasta Åland on which 90% of the population resides and about 6,500 Skerry, skerries and islands to its east. Of Åland's thousands of islands, about 60–80 are inhabited. Fasta Åland is separated from the coast of Roslagen in Sweden by of open water to the west. In the east, the Åland archipelago is Geographic contiguity, contiguous with the Archipelago Sea, Finnish archipelago. Åland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Runar Karlsson Runar Karlsson (born 3 June 1953) is a politician in the Åland Islands, an autonomous and unilingually Swedish territory of 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 B .... On Åland he is well known for his proposals for more roundabouts, hence his nickname "Roundabout-Runar". Government posts Minister of Communications 2005-2009 Member of the Lagting (Åland parliament) 2003- Minister of Transportation and Energy 1999-2003 References External links Official site 1953 births Living people Members of the Parliament of Åland Government ministers of Åland {{Finland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ålandic Democracy Ålandic Democracy ( sv, Åländsk Demokrati) is a national-conservative political party in Åland. History The party first ran in the 2015 election, receiving 3.6% of the popular vote and winning one seat in Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing .... In the 2019 election, the party received 3% of the popular vote and retained its only seat. The current party leader is Stephan Toivonen. References Political parties in Åland Anti-immigration politics in Europe National conservative parties Conservative parties in Finland Nationalist parties in Finland {{Åland-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Future Of Åland The Future of Åland ( sv, Ålands Framtid) is a separatist political party on Åland. As a member of the European Free Alliance, the goal of the party is to make Åland an independent state. At the 2003 elections, the party won 6.5% of popular votes and 2 out of 30 seats. In the 21 October 2007 parliamentary elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ..., the party won 8.1% of the popular vote and 2 out of 30 seats. In the 2011 elections, the party won 9.7% of the vote and 3 out of 30 seats. In the 2015 elections, the party won 7.4% and 2 seats. In the 2019 elections the party won only one of the 30 seats. See also * Political parties and elections in Åland References External linksOfficial website Political parties in Åland Secessionist organizations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Åland Social Democrats The Åland Social Democrats ( sv, Ålands Socialdemokrater) is a social-democratic political party on the Åland Islands. In the 2019 parliamentary election, the party won 9.1% of the popular vote and 3 out of 30 seats, a loss of two. The current organisation was founded in 1971, although there have been worker's associations on Åland since 1906. After the independence of Finland, the Social Democrats were closer to the Swedish Social Democratic Party than the Social Democratic Party of Finland. After the Second World War, the Social Democrats fought the supporters of the far-left Finnish People's Democratic League Finnish People's Democratic League ( fi, Suomen Kansan Demokraattinen Liitto, SKDL; sv, Demokratiska Förbundet för Finlands Folk, DFFF) was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic P ..., which briefly became the largest political movement on the islands. Election results References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sustainable Initiative The Sustainable Initiative ( sv, Hållbart initiativ, Hi) is a political party in Åland. History Sustainable Initiative was officially formed as a political party in June 2019 ahead of that year's elections. Prior, it had been an unregistered political movement. The party received 8.3% of the vote in those elections, winning two of the 30 seats in Parliament, and improving their result from the 2015 elections by over 7 percentage points. In the municipal election the party won in total of four seats: two in Mariehamn, one in Lemland and one in Hammarland. It is a member party of the Centre Group of the Nordic Council The Nordic Council is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary Nordic cooperation among the Nordic countries. Formed in 1952, it has 87 representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as from the autonomou .... References External linksOfficial website Political parties in Åland Green parties in Europe Politica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Non-aligned Coalition Non-aligned Coalition ( sv, Obunden Samling) is a conservative political party on the Åland Islands. It was founded in 1987. At the 2003 elections, the party won 9.4% of popular votes and 3 out of 30 seats. In the 2007 Ålandic legislative election, the party won 11.9% of the popular vote and 4 out of 30 seats. In 2013 it was announced that the party would merge with the Moderates. All of the party's parliament members joined the Moderates to form Moderate Coalition for Åland The Moderate Coalition for Åland ( sv, Moderat Samling för Åland, MS) is a liberal-conservative political party in Åland. History The MS was formed by a merger of the Moderates of Åland and the Non-aligned Coalition (ObS), although not all .... However the party survived as one of the original founders Bert Häggblom returned to recreate the party with new members. The party contested in the 2015 Ålandic legislative election and won 3 seats. See also * Lemland List References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Moderate Coalition For Åland The Moderate Coalition for Åland ( sv, Moderat Samling för Åland, MS) is a liberal-conservative political party in Åland. History The MS was formed by a merger of the Moderates of Åland and the Non-aligned Coalition (ObS), although not all members of the ObS agreed with the move, and the party continued to exist. The party received 17.8% of the vote in the 2015 elections, winning five of the 30 seats in Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing .... References External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:Moderate Coalition for Aland Political parties in Åland Liberal conservative parties Conservative parties in Finland Liberal parties in Finland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Åland Åland ( fi, Ahvenanmaa: ; ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. It is the smallest region of Finland by area and population, with a size of 1,580 km2, and a population of 30,129, constituting 0.51% of its land area and 0.54% of its population. Its only official language is Swedish language, Swedish and the capital city is Mariehamn. Åland is situated in an archipelago, called the Åland Islands, at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea belonging to Finland. It comprises Fasta Åland on which 90% of the population resides and about 6,500 Skerry, skerries and islands to its east. Of Åland's thousands of islands, about 60–80 are inhabited. Fasta Åland is separated from the coast of Roslagen in Sweden by of open water to the west. In the east, the Åland archipelago is Geographic contiguity, contiguous with the Archipelago Sea, Finnish archipelago. Åland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Parliament Of Åland The Lagting, or ''Lagtinget'', is the parliament of Åland, an autonomous, demilitarised and unilingually Swedish-speaking territory of Finland. The Lagting has 30 seats, which makes for approximately one seat per 700 voters in 2022. Legislative work is carried out in three standing committees: * Committee on Legal Affairs and Culture * Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs * Committee on Social Affairs and the Local Environment Electoral system The 30 members of the Parliament of Åland are elected every four years by proportional representation, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method. The age limit for voting rights is 18 years, in addition to which Åland's right to vote in the home region is a prerequisite for the stand for election. Latest election 1979–2019 Election table See also Government of Åland List of speakers of the Parliament of Åland Municipalities of Åland Politics of Åland Parliament of Finland Government of Finland * Åland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]