List of Political Parties in Finland - Registered Political Parties

Registered Political Parties

Under Finnish law, a political association that fulfils certain conditions may become an officially registered party. A registered party may nominate candidates in all national and local elections, and a party that is represented in parliament is entitled to a government subsidy relative to its number of seats. To qualify as a registered party, an association must have bylaws guaranteeing democratic internal organization and must be able to present 5,000 signatures from supporters who are eligible to vote. A party that fails to win a single seat in two consecutive parliamentary elections is stricken from the register but may apply again. (In contrast, a voluntary association has a requirement of 20,000 supporters and is not eligible for party subsidy.)

Name
in English		 Name
in Finnish		 Name
in Swedish		 Abbr. Leader MPs Founded
Parliamentary parties
National Coalition Party Kansallinen Kokoomus Samlingspartiet Kok. Jyrki Katainen 44 1918
Christian Democrats of Finland Suomen Kristillisdemokraatit Kristdemokraterna i Finland KD Päivi Räsänen 6 1958
True Finns Perussuomalaiset Sannfinländarna PS Timo Soini 39 19951
Centre Party Suomen Keskusta Centern i Finland Kesk. Juha Sipilä 35 1906
Swedish People's Party of Finland Suomen ruotsalainen kansanpuolue Svenska folkpartiet i Finland RKP Carl Haglund 9 + 12 19063
Social Democratic Party of Finland Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti SDP Jutta Urpilainen 42 1899
Left Alliance Vasemmistoliitto Vänsterförbundet Vas. Paavo Arhinmäki 12 19904
Green League Vihreä liitto Gröna förbundet Vihr. Ville Niinistö 10 1987
Extraparliamentary parties
For the Poor Köyhien Asialla För de fattigas väl Köyh. Terttu Savola – 2002
Independence Party Itsenäisyyspuolue Självständighetspartiet IPU Antti Pesonen – 1994
Workers Party of Finland Suomen työväenpuolue Finlands Arbetarparti STP Juhani Tanski – 1999
Pirate Party Piraattipuolue Piratpartiet PP Pasi Palmulehto – 2008
Change 2011 Muutos 2011 Förändring 2011 M11 Marjukka Kaakkola – 2009
Freedom Party Vapauspuolue (VP) – Suomen tulevaisuus Frihetspartiet VP Lisbet Puttonen – 2009
Communist Party of Finland Suomen kommunistinen puolue Finlands kommunistiska parti SKP Yrjö Hakanen – 1994 (1985)5

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