People's Party of Finland (1951)

The People's Party of Finland (Finnish: Suomen Kansanpuolue) was a liberal political party in Finland.

History

The party was founded on 3 February 1951 after the National Progressive Party was disbanded. In the July 1951 elections it won ten of the 200 seats in Parliament, an increase from the five won by the National Progressive Party in 1948.^[1]

The party went on to win 13 seats in the 1954 elections, before being reduced to eight seats in the 1958 elections. The 1962 elections saw the party win 13 seats.^[1] In 1965 it merged with the Liberal League into the Liberal People's Party.

1 2 Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p620 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

Political parties in Finland

Members of parliament	Centre Party (49) Finns Party (37) National Coalition Party (37) Social Democratic Party of Finland (35) Green League (15) Left Alliance (12) Swedish People's Party of Finland (9) Christian Democrats (5) Åland Coalition (1)

Non parliament registered parties	Animal Justice Party of Finland Communist Party of Finland Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism Liberal Party – Freedom for Choice Pirate Party

Unregistered parties	Blue and White Front Change 2011 For the Poor Independence Party Workers Party of Finland

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