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The Ã…land Social Democrats () is a social-democratic
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on the
Ã…land Islands Ã…land ( , ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland. Receiving its autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of Nations, it is the smallest region of Finland by both area () and population (30,54 ...
. In the 2023 parliamentary election, the party won 12.82% of the popular vote and 4 out of 30 seats, a gain of one. The current organisation was founded in 1971, although, there have been worker's associations on Ã…land since 1906. After the independence of Finland, the Ã…land Social Democrats were closer to the
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than the Social Democratic Party of Finland. After the
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, the social democrats fought the supporters of the far-left Finnish People's Democratic League for political dominance, which briefly became the largest political movement on the islands.


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* Social Democratic Party of Finland * List of political parties in Ã…land


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Official web site
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