Liberal People's Party | |
Leader: | Jouni Flemming (last) |
Foundation: | 1965 |
Ideology: | Conservative liberalism |
Position: | Centre-right |
Headquarters: | Helsinki |
International: | Liberal International |
Country: | Finland |
Native Name: | Liberaalinen Kansanpuolue |
Dissolution: | 2011 |
European: | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party |
Liberal People's Party (from 2001 Liberals; Finnish: Liberaalinen kansanpuolue) was a conservative-liberal[1] political party in Finland, founded in 1965 as a reunification of the People's Party of Finland and Liberal League.
Originally named Liberal People's Party (Finnish: Liberaalinen Kansanpuolue|links=no), it restyled its name as Liberals (Finnish: Liberaalit) in 2000.
Liberals was removed from the party registry in 2007 after the failure to gain a seat in two consecutive parliamentary elections. In 2011, the party dissolved itself as a political party. It continues its basic ideological policy as an independent think tank.
Election results | ||||
Parliament | ||||
Year | MPs | Votes | ||
1966 | 9 | 153,259 | 6.47% | |
1970 | 8 | 150,823 | 5.95% | |
1972 | 7 | 132,955 | 5.16% | |
1975 | 9 | 119,534 | 4.35% | |
1979 | 4 | 106,560 | 3.68% | |
1987 | 0 | 27,824 | 0.97% | |
1991 | 1 | 21,210 | 0.78% | |
1995 | 0 | 16,247 | 0.58% | |
1999 | 0 | 5,194 | 0.19% | |
2003 | 0 | 8,776 | 0.31% | |
2007 | 0 | 3 171 | 0.11% | |
Local councils | ||||
Year | Councillors | Votes | ||
1968 | 309 | 123,793 | 5.45% | |
1972 | 304 | 129,736 | 5.19% | |
1976 | 328 | 127,750 | 4.76% | |
1980 | 203 | 88,086 | 3.21% | |
1988 | 62 | 29,339 | 1.12% | |
1992 | 49 | 26,334 | 0.99% | |
1996 | 25 | 8,766 | 0.37% | |
2004 | 1 | 1,016 | 0.04% | |
European Parliament | ||||
Year | MEPs | Votes | ||
1996 | 0 | 8,305 | 0.37% | |
2004 | 0 | 3,558 | 0.21% |