Elections in Åland

Åland Islands
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Åland
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Åland elects on a regional level a legislature. The diet (Lagtinget) has 30 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation. Åland has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Latest election

 Summary of the 16 October 2011 Parliament of Åland election results
Parties Votes % Seats
2011 +/– 2011 +/– 2011 +/–
Åland Centre (Ålands Center) 3,068 –39 23.0 –1.2 7 –1
Liberals for Åland (Liberalerna på Åland) 2,630 –1,546 19.7 –12.9 6 –4
Åland Social Democrats (Ålands Socialdemokrater) 2,404 +891 18.0 +6.2 6 +3
Moderates of Åland (Moderaterna på Åland) 1,810 +577 13.5 +3.9 4 +1
Non-aligned Coalition (Obunden Samling) 1,639 +66 12.3 ±0.0 4 ±0
Future of Åland (Ålands Framtid) 1,286 +216 9.6 +1.3 3 +1
Election Association for Henrik Appelqvist (Valmansförening för Henrik Appelqvist) 138 — 1.0 — 0 —
Total (turnout 66.9%) 13,360 100.0 30 ±0
Sources: JCI Mariehamn

Election 2007

 Summary of the 21 October 2007 Parliament of Åland election results
Parties Votes % Seats
2007 +/– 2007 +/– 2007 +/–
Liberals for Åland (Liberalerna på Åland) 4,173 +1,203 32.6 +8.5 10 +3
Åland Centre (Ålands Center) 3,106 +126 24.2 +0.1 8 +1
Non-aligned Coalition (Obunden Samling) 1,571 +408 12.3 +2.9 4 +1
Åland Social Democrats (Ålands Socialdemokrater) 1,512 -826 11.8 -7.2 3 -3
Freeminded Co-operation (Frisinnad Samverkan) 1,235 –424 9.6 –4.0 3 -1
Future of Åland (Ålands Framtid) 1,069 +269 8.3 +1.8 2 ±0
Hut Group (Hutgruppen) 153 - 1.2 - 0 -
Total (turnout 67.8%) 13,166   100   30  
Sources: JCI Mariehamn, Parties and Elections in Europe

Electoral history

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