Legislative elections were held in

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on 21 October 2007 to elect members of the for the

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. All 30 seats were up for election to four-year terms using

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. The

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did not participate in the elections, as its sole member of the Lagting,

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, opted to retire, while a new organisation, the Hut Group, unsuccessfully contested its first election. The

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won the most seats in the election and formed a government with

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, in which Liberal Viveka Eriksson became the new

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Opinion polls

A 2006 survey indicated that the Liberals for Åland would regain their status as the largest party in the Lagting, while the previously dominant Åland Centre would fall below 20% of the vote for the first time in its history. The Future of Åland, which supports the independence of Åland from

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and was contesting its second election to the Lagting, would more than double its vote. A 2007 survey, on the other hand, indicated that the Åland Centre would remain the largest party in the Lagting.

Results

Ultimately, two of the parties in the Landskapstyrelse, Moderates of Åland and the

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, incurred heavy losses, with the Social Democrat representation in the Lagting being cut in half and Freeminded Co-operation falling below 10% of the votes for the first time in the party's history. The third party in the government, the Åland Centre, made narrow gains. The winner of the election was the Liberals for Åland, who reclaimed the mantle as the largest party and, for the first time in the party's history, crossed the 30% mark. The significant losses for the Moderates of Åland and the Social Democrats can be partially explained by discontent with the government, as well as the retirements of popular members of the Lagting, Harriet Lindeman (Moderates of Åland) and

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(Social Democrats). The election also marked the return of former Åland member of the

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and member of the Lagting Gunnar Jansson for the Liberals, who became the most popular candidate with 745 votes cast for him, or 5.6% of all votes cast in the election. Former member of the Lagting,

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(premier of the government of Åland) and recently retired member of the Finnish parliament,

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(Moderates of Åland), while not receiving as many votes as Gunnar Jansson, was also elected.

References

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