Workers Party of Finland
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Workers' Party of Finland is a left-wing political party
in Finland
. The STP was founded in 2006 as a successor to the Alternative League (1999–2006).
In the 2007 parliamentary election
the party obtained 1,764 votes. The party was removed from the party registry in May 2007 after left without parliamentary seats in two consecutive elections, but they re-registered the same year after collecting 5,000 signed supporter cards again.
The Workers Party of Finland was formed in Helsinki 17 September 2006. Four of the six elected party leaders were activists of the League of Communists
, a 2002 split of the Communist Workers' Party. Juhani Tanski was elected president of the STP.
The party has a bimonthly newspaper Kansan ääni, which is shared between the organizations League of Communists, People's Front Against European Union (EUVKr), and Work Against War and Fascism (SFT).
Political party
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in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. The STP was founded in 2006 as a successor to the Alternative League (1999–2006).
In the 2007 parliamentary election
Finnish parliamentary election, 2007
The Finnish parliamentary election of 2007 was the 35th election to the Eduskunta , held on 18 March 2007 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term. Early voting was possible from the 7–13 March. Two hundred MPs were elected from 15 constituencies.Election themes included a reduction...
the party obtained 1,764 votes. The party was removed from the party registry in May 2007 after left without parliamentary seats in two consecutive elections, but they re-registered the same year after collecting 5,000 signed supporter cards again.
The Workers Party of Finland was formed in Helsinki 17 September 2006. Four of the six elected party leaders were activists of the League of Communists
League of Communists (Finland)
League of Communists is a Finnish Marxist-Leninist political organization. The League of Communists was founded in 14.9.2002 by the Communists who were expelled from the For Peace and Socialism - Communist Workers Party...
, a 2002 split of the Communist Workers' Party. Juhani Tanski was elected president of the STP.
The party has a bimonthly newspaper Kansan ääni, which is shared between the organizations League of Communists, People's Front Against European Union (EUVKr), and Work Against War and Fascism (SFT).
Elections
| Results | |||
| Parliament | |||
| Year | MPs | Votes | |
| 2007 Finnish parliamentary election, 2007 The Finnish parliamentary election of 2007 was the 35th election to the Eduskunta , held on 18 March 2007 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term. Early voting was possible from the 7–13 March. Two hundred MPs were elected from 15 constituencies.Election themes included a reduction... |
0 | 1,764 | 0.06% |
| 2011 Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 An election to the Eduskunta was held 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%.... |
0 | 1 857 | 0.06% |
| Municipal | |||
| Year | Councillors | Votes | |
| 2000 | 0 | 400 | 0.02% |
| 2004 | 1 | 2,257 | 0.09% |
| 2008 | 0 | 703 | 0.03% |
| European parliament | |||
| Year | MEPs | Votes | |
| 2009 European Parliament election, 2009 (Finland) The European Parliament election of 2009 in Finland was the election of the delegation from Finland to the European Parliament in 2009.Finland uses the open list d'Hondt method, where voters vote for an individual, but the individual's vote is counted primarily for the party and secondarily for the... |
0 | 3,169 | 0.19% |