Workers' Party of Finland

Workers' Party of Finland
Finnish name	Suomen Työväenpuolue STP
Swedish name	Finlands Arbetarparti FAP
Leader
Founded	1999 (VEV) 2006 (STP)
Headquarters	Helsinki
Ideology	Socialism
Political position	Left-wing
Colours	Red
Parliament	0 / 200
European Parliament	0 / 13
Municipalities	0 / 9,674
Website
suomentyovaenpuolue.blogspot.com
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Workers' Party of Finland (Finnish: Suomen Työväenpuolue, Swedish: Finlands Arbetarparti) is a left-wing political party in Finland. The STP was founded in 2006 as a successor to the Alternative League (1999–2006).

In the 2007 parliamentary election the party obtained 1,764 votes.^[1] The party was removed from the  [fi] in May 2007 after left without parliamentary seats in two consecutive elections, but they re-registered the same year after collecting 5,000 signed  [fi] again.

The Workers Party of Finland was formed in Helsinki 17 September 2006. Four of the six elected party leaders were activists of the League of Communists, a 2002 split of the Communist Workers' Party. Juhani Tanski was elected president of the STP.

The party has a bimonthly newspaper , which is shared between the organizations League of Communists, (EUVKr), and (SFT).

Elections[]

See also[]

• List of Communist Party (Finland) breakaway parties

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Finnish)

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