Feminist Party (Finland) Explained
Feminist Party |
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Abbreviation: | FP |
Chairperson: | Lauri Alhojärvi |
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Ideology: | Feminism Anti-racism |
Position: | Left-wing[1] |
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Country: | Finland |
Footnotes: | [2] |
The Feminist Party is a Finnish feminist political party. It was founded in June 2016,[3] and registered as a political party in January 2017.[4] It calls gender equality, human rights, and human security the primary pillars of its politics.[5]
The party had 40 candidates in nine municipalities in the 2017 Finnish municipal elections.[6] Party chair Katju Aro was elected to the City Council of Helsinki.[7] The party lost its representation in municipal councils after the 2021 municipal election.[8] The party was de-registered in 2023 after failing to win seats in two consecutive parliamentary elections.[9]
Elections results
Parliament of Finland
Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
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2019 | 6,662 | 0.22 | | New | |
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2023 | 1,114 | 0.04 | | 0 | | |
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Municipal elections
Year | Councillors | Votes |
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2017 | 1 | 6,856 | 0,3% |
2021 | 0 | 4,036 | 0,2% | |
European Parliament
See also
References
- Web site: Feministinen puolue edustaa uutta feminismiä, joka joidenkin feministien mielestä pettää naiset. Mistä kaikessa on kyse?. Apu. Kartastenpää. Tero. 17 June 2016. 10 April 2018. Finnish.
- Web site: Helsinki - Tulospalvelu - Kuntavaalikone 2017 - Helsingin Sanomat . vaalikone.fi . 2017-04-11 . fi . 2017-06-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170607033408/http://www.vaalikone.fi/kunta2017/tulos/01/091 . dead .
- News: New Feminist Party gears up for municipal elections. 10 April 2017. Yle News. 14 December 2016.
- Web site: Rekisteröidyt puolueet. Vaalit.fi. Ministry of Justice of Finland. 8 April 2017. fi. https://web.archive.org/web/20170117131212/http://www.vaalit.fi/fi/index/puolueet/rekisteroidytpuolueet.html. 17 January 2017. dead.
- Web site: Feministinen puolue in English. Feminist Party. 8 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171104061949/http://www.feministinenpuolue.fi/in-english/. 4 November 2017. dead.
- Web site: Kuntavaalit 2017. Feminist Party. 8 April 2017. fi. https://web.archive.org/web/20170409113017/http://www.feministinenpuolue.fi/ehdolla/. 9 April 2017. dead.
- News: Feminists and Pirates make breakthrough to Helsinki municipal council. 10 April 2017. Yle News. 10 April 2017.
- Web site: Yle - Result service - Whole country - Municipal Elections 2021 - Yle.fi. 2021-06-16. vaalit.yle.fi. en.
- Web site: Yhdeksän puoluetta poistettu puoluerekisteristä . Vaalit.fi . Ministry of Justice . fi. 19 April 2023 . 19 April 2023.
- Web site: European Elections 2019: Results: Whole country. Ministry of Justice. 8 December 2019.