2016 National Coalition Party leadership election explained

Type:presidential
Election Date:11 June 2016
Previous Year:2014
Candidate1:Petteri Orpo
Image1:160px
Popular Vote1:396.8 (1st round)
441.4 (2nd round)
Percentage1:48.8% (1st round)
55.0% (2nd round)
Candidate2:Alexander Stubb
Popular Vote2:294.4 (1st round)
361 (2nd round)
Percentage2:36.2% (1st round)
45.0% (2nd round)
Candidate3:Elina Lepomäki
Popular Vote3:122.4 (1st round)
Chair
Before Election:Alexander Stubb
After Election:Petteri Orpo

The National Coalition Party leadership election, 2016 was held in Lappeenranta, Finland on 11 June 2016, to elect the chair of the National Coalition Party. In the election, Alexander Stubb, the incumbent party chair and Minister of Finance, was defeated by Petteri Orpo, the Minister of the Interior. Elina Lepomäki, a Member of the Parliament, finished third.[1] [2] After the leadership election, Orpo took Stubb's post as the Minister of Finance.

This was the first time when an incumbent chair of the National Coalition Party lost a leadership election.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Orpo ousts Stubb from NCP leadership. Yle News. 11 June 2016 . Yle. April 8, 2017.
  2. Web site: Kokoomuksen puheenjohtajaksi valittiin Petteri Orpo. 11 June 2016 . National Coalition Party. April 8, 2017.
  3. News: Kokoomuksen uusi puheenjohtaja Petteri Orpo lupaa kehittää puoluetta ihmiskasvoisempaan suuntaan. 8 April 2017. Helsingin Sanomat. 11 June 2016.