List of political parties in Åland
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Åland has a multi-party system
with numerous political parties
, in which a party often has no chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition government
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Multi-party system
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with numerous political parties
Political Parties
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, in which a party often has no chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition government
Coalition government
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Parties with elected representation at the national or international level
| Party | Representation | Comments |
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| Parliament Parliament of Åland The Lagting, or Lagtinget, is the parliament of Åland, an autonomous, demilitarised and unilingually Swedish-speaking territory of Finland. The Lagting has 30 seats.- Elections :- See also :*Government of Åland, or Ålands landskapsregering... |
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| Liberals for Åland Liberals for Åland The Liberals for Åland is a liberal political party of the Åland Islands. The party is an observer at Liberal International. At the 2007 legislative elections, the party won 10 out of 30 seats. The current party leader is Viveka Eriksson.-Elections:... (Liberalerna på Åland) |
10 | Liberal political party. (member of Liberal International Liberal International Liberal International is a political international federation for liberal parties. Its headquarters is located at 1 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2HD within the National Liberal Club. It was founded in Oxford in 1947, and has become the pre-eminent network for liberal parties and for the... ) Leader: Viveka Eriksson Viveka Eriksson Viveka Eriksson or Viveca Eriksson is a politician on the autonomous Åland Islands and the current Premier of the Government of Åland... |
| Åland Centre Åland Centre The Åland Centre is a centrist, agrarian political party in the Åland Islands.At the 2003 elections, the party won 24.1 % of popular votes and 7 out of 30 seats. On the October 21st, 2007, parliamentary elections, the party won 23.5 % of the popular vote and 8 out of 30 seats.- External links :*... (Ålands Center) |
9 | Centrist and Agrarian party. Leader: Harry Jansson |
| Non-aligned Coalition (Obunden Samling) | 4 | Conservative political party. Leader: Gun-Mari Lindholm Gun-Mari Lindholm Gun-Mari Lindholm is a politician on the autonomous Åland Islands. She is Vice-President of the EUDemocrats - Alliance for a Europe of Democracies.* Member of the Lagting 2005-... |
| Åland Social Democrats Åland Social Democrats The Åland Social Democrats is a social democratic political party in the Åland Islands. In the 21 October 2007 parliamentary elections, the party won only 11.5 % of the popular vote and 3 out of 30 seats, a loss of three.... (Ålands Socialdemokrater) |
3 | Social Democratic political party. Leader: Camilla Gunell |
| Moderates of Åland (Moderaterna Åland) | 3 | Liberal Conservative party. Leader: Johan Ehn |
| Future of Åland Future of Åland The Future of Åland is a separatist political party in the Åland Islands. The goal of the party is to make Åland an independent state.... (Ålands Framtid) |
1 | Åland Separtist party. Leader: Anders Eriksson Anders Eriksson Anders Eriksson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player currently playing for Modo Hockey of the Swedish Elitserien.-Playing career:Eriksson was drafted 22nd overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Detroit Red Wings.... |
Former parties
- Åland Progress GroupÅland Progress GroupThe Åland Progress Group is a political party in the Åland Islands that contested elections in 1999 and 2003.The party split from Freeminded Co-operation during 1995 to 1999 season. At the elections of 2003, the party won 3.4 % of popular votes and 1 out of 30 seats...
(Ålands Framstegsgrupp) - Ålandic LeftÅlandic LeftÅlandic Left was a political party in Åland, Finland. It contested the 1979 and 1983 elections to Lagtinget, without winning any seat....
(Åländsk Vänster) - Free Åland (Fria Åland)
- Greens on ÅlandGreens on ÅlandGreens on Åland was a political party in Åland which won 2 seats in the 1987 election....
(Gröna på Åland)
See also
- Politics of ÅlandPolitics of ÅlandPolitics of the Åland Islands takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic autonomous, demilitarised and unilingually Swedish territory of Finland, whereby the Lantråd is the head of government, and of a multi-party system....
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