Parliament of Åland
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Parliament of Åland Ålands Lagting | |
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| Type | |
| Type | Unicameral |
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 30 |
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Political groups | Government (19)
Opposition (11)
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| Elections | |
Last election | 20 October 2019 |
Next election | 2023 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Mariehamn | |
| Website | |
| www.lagtinget.ax | |
A parliament chamber
The Lagting, or Lagtinget, is the parliament of Åland, an autonomous, demilitarised and unilingually Swedish-speaking territory of Finland. The Lagting has 30 seats.
Electoral system[]
The 30 members of the Parliament of Åland are elected every four years by proportional representation, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method.[1]
Latest election[]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Åland Centre | 3,970 | 27.84 | 9 | +2 | |
| Liberals for Åland | 2,803 | 19.66 | 6 | –1 | |
| Moderate Coalition for Åland | 1,967 | 13.80 | 4 | –1 | |
| Non-aligned Coalition | 1,935 | 13.57 | 4 | +1 | |
| Åland Social Democrats | 1,312 | 9.20 | 3 | –2 | |
| Sustainable Initiative | 1,187 | 8.33 | 2 | +2 | |
| Future of Åland | 666 | 4.67 | 1 | –1 | |
| Ålandic Democracy | 418 | 2.93 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 14,258 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 14,258 | 97.69 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 337 | 2.31 | |||
| Total votes | 14,595 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 20,946 | 69.68 | |||
| Source: ASUB | |||||
1979–2019 Election table[]
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| election | seats | |||||||||
| ÅC | LÅ | MS | ÅS | ObS | G | Åfg | ÅF | ÅD | Hi | |
| 1979 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| 1983 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| 1987 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 1991 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| 1995 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| 1999 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2007 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 2011 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 2015 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2019 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Source: Ålands statistik- och utredningsbyrå | ||||||||||
See also[]
- Government of Åland
- List of Speakers of the Parliament of Åland
- Municipalities of Åland
- Politics of Åland
- Parliament of Finland
- Government of Finland
- Åland State Provincial Office
- Swedish Assembly of Finland
- Politics of Finland
- Ting
References[]
External links[]
- Ålands Lagting - Official site
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Categories:
- Government of the Åland Islands
- Politics of the Åland Islands
- Legislatures of dependent territories
- Thing (assembly)
- Politics of Finland
- Unicameral legislatures
- Åland Islands law