2021 Finns Party leadership election
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The 2021 Finns Party leadership election (Finnish: Perussuomalaisten puheenjohtajavaalit 2021) was held in Jyväskylä, Finland, on 14 August 2021.[1] All members of the party who had paid their subscription were allowed to vote in the election.[2]
In June 2021, the incumbent party chair Jussi Halla-aho, who had led the party since 2017, informed that he would not run for re-election as chairman of the party, but would continue his role in parliament and his municipality.
Riikka Purra won the election in the first round with over 50% of the vote.
Candidates[]
- Riikka Purra, MP for Uusimaa
- Sakari Puisto, MP for Pirkanmaa
- , councillor in Lohja
- , MP candidate for Finland Proper in 2019, economist based in Salo
Notable endorsements[]
Opinion polls[]
Poll source | Survey dates |
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Riikka Purra | Sakari Puisto | Juho Eerola | Vilhelm Junnila | Undecided | ||
Yle poll[3] | 17 July 2021 | 65% | 16% | 2% | 2% |
Results[]
Riikka Purra was elected party leader, earning 63.76% of valid votes.[4] A few months after the election, in December 2021, Ossi Tiihonen left PS and applied to join Power Belongs to the People.
Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Riikka Purra | 774 | 63.76 | |||
Sakari Puisto | 252 | 20.76 | |||
181 | 14.91 | ||||
7 | 0.58 | ||||
Total valid votes | 1,214 | 100.00 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 88 | 6.76 | |||
Total votes cast | 1,302 | 100.00 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Riikka Purra perussuomalaisten puheenjohtajaksi, näin puolueväki kommentoi: "Maltillinen, mutta todella määrätietoinen nainen", "Olisin ennemmin toivonut miestä"". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 2021-08-14. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Perussuomalaiset rp:n säännöt". Finns Party. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "Yle survey: Riikka Purra frontrunner in Finns Party leadership race". yle.fi. Yle News. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Riikka Purra on perussuomalaisten uusi puheenjohtaja". suomenuutiset.fi. Suomen Uutiset. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
Further reading[]
- Nurmi, Lauri (2017). Perussuomalaisten hajoamisen historia (in Finnish). Helsinki: Into. ISBN 978-952-264-878-5.
Categories:
- Finns Party
- 2021 in Finland
- Political party leadership elections in Finland
- 2021 political party leadership elections