Maarit Kristiina Feldt-Ranta (26 April 1968 – 27 November 2019) was a Finnish politician, who represented the

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. She had represented the electoral district of

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in the

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since 2007. In 2017, she was elected as the vice-chair of the party. On 21 June 2017, Feldt-Ranta announced that she would seek the candidacy of the SDP in the 2018

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. She took part in the party primary against

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and

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. Feldt-Ranta finished second on the primary, gaining 42.3% of the votes behind Tuula Haatainen's 48.6%. In January 2019, Feldt-Ranta announced that she wouldn't run for parliament in the 2019 elections due to her

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returning. She had fought cancer twice previously. In May 2019, she announced that she would discontinue treatment for her cancer. She died six months later on 27 November.

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