The People's Party of Finland ( fi, Suomen Kansanpuolue) was a

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political party in

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History

The party was founded on 3 February 1951 after the National Progressive Party was disbanded. In the July 1951 elections it won ten of the 200 seats in

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, an increase from the five won by the National Progressive Party in

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p620 The party went on to win 13 seats in the 1954 elections, before being reduced to eight seats in the 1958 elections. The 1962 elections saw the party win 13 seats. In 1965 it merged with the Liberal League into the Liberal People's Party.

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{{Finnish political parties Defunct political parties in Finland Political parties established in 1951 Political parties disestablished in 1965 Liberal parties in Finland 1951 establishments in Finland 1965 disestablishments in Finland