Liberals (Finland)

Liberal People's Party
Liberal People's Party; Liberaalinen Kansanpuolue
Leader	Jouni Flemming (last)
Founded	1965
Dissolved	2011
Headquarters	Helsinki
Ideology	Conservative liberalism
Political position	Centre-right
European affiliation	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
International affiliation	Liberal International
European Parliament group	None
Website
	www.liberaalit.fi
	Politics of Finland; Political parties; Elections;

Liberal People's Party (from 2001 Liberals; Finnish: Liberaalinen kansanpuolue) was a conservative-liberal^[1] political party in Finland, founded in 1965 as a reunification of the People's Party of Finland and Liberal League.

History

Originally named Liberal People's Party (Finnish: Liberaalinen Kansanpuolue), it restyled its name as Liberals (Liberaalit) in 2000.

Liberals was removed from the party registry in 2007 after the failure to gain a seat in two consecutive parliamentary elections. In 2011 the party dissolved itself as a political party. It continues its basic ideological policy as an independent think tank.

Leaders

1965–1968 Mikko Juva
1968–1978 Pekka Tarjanne
1978–1982 Jaakko Itälä
1982–1984 Arne Berner
1984–1990 Kyösti Lallukka
1990–1992 Kaarina Koivistoinen
1992–1993 Kalle Määttä
1993–1995 Tuulikki Ukkola
1995–1997 Pekka Rytilä
1997–2000 Altti Majava
2000–2001 Oili Korkeamäki
2001–2005 Tomi Riihimäki
2005–2008 Ilkka Innamaa
2008–2011 Kimmo Eriksson
2011–2011 Jouni Flemming

Elections

Election results
Parliament
Year	MPs	Votes
1966	9	153,259	6.47%
1970	8	150,823	5.95%
1972	7	132,955	5.16%
1975	9	119,534	4.35%
1979	4	106,560	3.68%
1987	0	27,824	0.97%
1991	1	21,210	0.78%
1995	0	16,247	0.58%
1999	0	5,194	0.19%
2003	0	8,776	0.31%
2007	0	3 171	0.11%
Local councils
Year	Councillors	Votes
1968	309	123,793	5.45%
1972	304	129,736	5.19%
1976	328	127,750	4.76%
1980	203	88,086	3.21%
1988	62	29,339	1.12%
1992	49	26,334	0.99%
1996	25	8,766	0.37%
2004	1	1,016	0.04%
European Parliament
Year	MEPs	Votes
1996	0	8,305	0.37%
2004	0	3,558	0.21%

References

^ Close, Caroline (12 February 2019). "The liberal party family ideology". In Close, Caroline; van Haute, Emilie (eds.). Liberal Parties in Europe. p. 344. ISBN 9781351245494.

External links

Official website (in Finnish)

[1] Close, Caroline (12 February 2019). "The liberal party family ideology". In Close, Caroline; van Haute, Emilie (eds.). Liberal Parties in Europe. p. 344. ISBN 9781351245494.

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