Parliament of Åland | |
Native Name: | Ålands lagting |
Coa Pic: | Ålands Lagting Logo.svg |
Coa Res: | 300px |
Session Room: | Ålands lagting.jpg |
Session Res: | 230px |
House Type: | Unicameral |
Election1: | 3 November 2023 |
Members: | 30 |
Structure1 Res: | 240px |
Political Groups1: | Government (20)
Opposition (10) |
Website: | www.lagtinget.ax |
The Lagting, or Lagtinget, is the parliament of Åland, an autonomous, demilitarised and unilingually Swedish-speaking territory of Finland. The Lagting has 30 seats, which makes for approximately one seat per 700 voters in 2022.[1]
Legislative work is carried out in three standing committees:[2]
The 30 members of the Parliament of Åland are elected every four years by proportional representation, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method.[3] [4] The age limit for voting rights is 18 years, in addition to which Åland's right to vote in the home region is a prerequisite for the stand for election.[5]
See main article: 2023 Ålandic legislative election.
style=background:#cccccc align=center rowspan=2 | Election | Seats | ||||||||||
ÅC | LÅ | ÅS | FS | ObS | G | Åfg | ÅF | MS | ÅD | Hi | ||
1979 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
1983 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
1987 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
1991 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | |||||||
1995 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | |||||||
1999 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
2003 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||
2007 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
2011 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
2015 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||
2019 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||
2023 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
Source: Ålands statistik- och utredningsbyrå |