Change 2011 ( fi, Muutos 2011, sv, Förändring 2011) is a

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political party founded in 2009. The chairman of the party is Anita Saarinen. The party's name refers to

2011 Finnish parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 17 April 2011 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term. Advance voting, which included voting by Finnish expatriates, was held between 6 and 12 April with a turnout of 31.2%. The ...

, the first election the party participated in. The party's main goals are

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, and the interest of the citizens of Finland. The party also wants to "rationalize" immigration politics, and have "just sentences" given for violent and sexual crimes. On 4 June 2010, the party announced that it had succeeded to gather the 5,000 required in order to become officially registered. On 8 October 2010, it became a registered political party. In the Finnish parliamentary election of 2011, Change 2011 got 0.26% (7,504) of total votes. None of the party's candidates were elected to the parliament, but in October 2013

James Hirvisaari James Hirvisaari (born 2 July 1960) is a Finnish politician. He was elected to the Finnish Parliament in the 2011 general election held on 17 April on the electoral list of the Finns Party, but since 2013 he has represented Change 2011. Persona ...

became the party's first MP, when he joined the party having been expelled from the

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. In the Finnish parliamentary election in 2015, the party got 7,434 or 0.3% of total votes, and was left without seats in the parliament. After the 2015 parliamentary election, Change 2011 was stricken from the register, as it had failed to win a single seat in two consecutive parliamentary elections.

Election results

Leaders

* Juha Mäki-Ketelä (2009–2010) * Jiri Keronen (2010–2011) * Marjukka Kaakkola (2012–2013) * Jari Leino (2014–2015) * Jari Väli-Klemelä (2015–2016) * Anita Saarinen (2016–)

Vice-leaders

* Jiri Keronen (2009–2010) * Teemu Lavikka (2010–2011) * Timo Röyhkiö (2012) * Timo Hellman (2012) * Jorma Piironen (2013) * Helena Eronen (the 1st) (2014–2015) * Kyuu Eturautti (the 2nd) (2014–2015) * Kyuu Eturautti (the 1st) (2015) * Laura Lehtinen (the 2nd) (2015) * Laura Lehtinen (the 1st) (2016) * Kim Ahonen (the 1st) (2017–)

References

External links

* * * {{Finnish political parties Non-registered political parties in Finland Direct democracy parties Political parties established in 2009 2009 establishments in Finland