Socialist Workers Party (Finland)
Socialist Workers' Party Sosialistinen Työväenpuolue | |
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Founded | May 5, 1973[1] |
Split from | Socialist Union of Workers and Smallholders |
Merged into | Left Alliance |
Newspaper | 1973–1976 |
Youth wing | |
Women's wing | |
Children's wing | |
Ideology | Socialism |
Political position | Left-wing |
Socialist Workers' Party (Finnish: Sosialistinen Työväenpuolue, Swedish: Socialistiska Arbetarepartiet) was a political party in Finland. The STP was founded in 1973 as split from Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders (TPSL). STP emerged from a group that did not approve of the return of TPSL to the Social Democratic Party.
STP had electoral alliances with Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL), the mass front dominated by the Communist Party of Finland (SKP) but with little success. When SKP (and SKDL) split in 1985-1986 STP cooperated with Democratic Alternative which was founded by Communist Party of Finland (Unity) (SKPy).
In February 1990, STP chairman said the party would join the new Left Alliance if Democratic Alternative decided to merge with it,[2] which later happened.
Elections[]
Parliament | |||
Year | MPs | Votes | |
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1975 | -- | 9 457 | 0.34% |
1979 | -- | 2 955 | 0.10% |
Municipal | |||
Year | Councillors | Votes | |
2 | 1 901 | 0.07% | |
Presidential | |||
Year | Electors | Votes | |
1978 | -- | 2 187 | 0.1% |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Mitä missä milloin 1975 (Otava 1974), p. 178.
- ^ Marja Haapio & Matti Virtanen: Vasemmistoliiton "torikokous" kerää monenlaisia sosialisteja (Helsingin Sanomat 8.2.1990)
External links[]
- STP party program (1973) (in Finnish)
- Political parties established in 1973
- Defunct political parties in Finland
- Socialist parties in Finland
- 1973 establishments in Finland
- Political schisms
- Northern European political party stubs
- Finland politics stubs
- European socialist party stubs