Liberals (Finland)

Liberal People's Party

Liberaalinen Kansanpuolue
Liberal People's Party Liberaalinen Kansanpuolue
Leader	(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
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
1978–1982
1982–1984 Arne Berner
1984–1990
1990–1992
1992–1993
1993–1995 Tuulikki Ukkola
1995–1997
1997–2000
2000–2001
2001–2005
2005–2008
2008–2011
2011–2011

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
	309	123,793	5.45%
	304	129,736	5.19%
	328	127,750	4.76%
	203	88,086	3.21%
	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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