Young Finns
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Young Finns Nuorsuomalaiset | |
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Founded | 1994 |
Dissolved | 1999 |
Newspaper | LIVE! |
Ideology | Liberalism |
Political position | Centre-right |
Website | |
www.nuorsuom.fi | |
Young Finns (Finnish: Nuorsuomalaiset) was a liberal political party in Finland founded in 1994 and abolished in 1999. In the 1995 parliamentary elections, the party gained two seats, held by Risto Penttilä and . In the 1999 election Young Finns failed to get any seats and it was discontinued. Until 1997, the party was known as Young Finnish Party.
Before the 1999 election, Young Finns considered merging with the Liberal People's Party and drafts were signed but after the failure this was not continued.
Elections[]
Results | |||
Parliamentary | |||
Year | MPs | Votes | |
1995 | 2 | 78,066 | 2.81% |
1999 | 0 | 28,084 | 1.05% |
Municipal | |||
Year | Councillors | Votes | |
1996 | 29 | 31,429 | 1.32% |
European parliament | |||
Year | MEPs | Votes | |
1996 | 0 | 68,134 | 3.03% |
External links[]
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 9 February 1999) (in Finnish)
- Young Finns political program 1994 (in Finnish)
Categories:
- Liberal parties in Finland
- Political parties established in 1994
- 1994 establishments in Finland
- Defunct political parties in Finland
- Political parties disestablished in 1999
- 1999 disestablishments in Finland
- Northern European political party stubs
- Finland politics stubs