Election Name: | 2021 Finns Party leadership election |
Country: | Finland |
Type: | primary |
Previous Election: | 2017 Finns Party leadership election |
Previous Year: | 2017 |
Candidate1: | Riikka Purra |
Colour1: | 093A80 |
Popular Vote1: | 774 |
Percentage1: | 63.76% |
Candidate2: | Sakari Puisto |
Colour2: | 093A80 |
Popular Vote2: | 252 |
Percentage2: | 20.76% |
Candidate3: | Ossi Tiihonen |
Colour3: | 093A80 |
Popular Vote3: | 181 |
Percentage3: | 14.91% |
Election Date: | 13–14 August 2021 |
leader of the Finns Party | |
Before Election: | Jussi Halla-aho |
After Election: | Riikka Purra |
Posttitle: | Elected leader of the Finns Party |
Ongoing: | no |
The 2021 Finns Party leadership election was held in Jyväskylä, Finland, on 14 August 2021.[1] All members of the party who had paid their subscription were allowed to vote in the election.[2]
In June 2021, the incumbent party chair Jussi Halla-aho, who had led the party since 2017, informed that he would not run for re-election as chairman of the party, but would continue his role in parliament and his municipality.
Riikka Purra won the election in the first round with more than 60% of the vote, avoiding a runoff.
Poll source | Survey dates | ||||||
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Riikka Purra | Sakari Puisto | Juho Eerola | Vilhelm Junnila | Undecided | |||
Yle poll[3] | 17 July 2021 | 65% | 16% | 2% | 2% |
Riikka Purra was elected party leader, earning 63.76% of valid votes.[4] A few months after the election, in December 2021, Ossi Tiihonen left PS and applied to join Power Belongs to the People.
Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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774 | 63.76% | ||||
252 | 20.76% | ||||
181 | 14.91% | ||||
7 | 0.58% | ||||
Total valid votes | 1,214 | 100.00 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 88 | 6.76 | |||
Total votes cast | 1,302 | 100.00 | |||