Li Andersson

Li Andersson
Li Andersson in Pori, 2014.
Leader of the Left Alliance
Assumed office
11 June 2016 (2016-06-11)
Preceded by Paavo Arhinmäki
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
22 April 2015 (2015-04-22)
Constituency Finland Proper
Personal details
Born (1987-05-13) 13 May 1987
Turku, Finland
Political party Left Alliance

Li Sigrid Andersson[1] (born in Turku, 13 May 1987)[2] is the leader of the Left Alliance, Member of the Finnish Parliament, city councillor of Turku, and former chair of her party’s youth organization.

In the parliamentary elections of 2015 Andersson was elected with the highest number of personal votes in Finland Proper (with 17 seats[3]); candidates in the district included the chairmen of the National Coalition Party and the Green League.[4] In the municipal elections 2017 she got most votes of candidates outside Helsinki, sixth nationally.[5]

In February 2016, Andersson announced running for Left Alliance chair.[6] On 6 June 2016, she received 3,913 (61.85%) votes in an unofficial election between the party members, after which the other candidates withdrew from the running, leaving her the only remaining candidate. The decision was confirmed on 11 June 2016 at the Left Alliance meeting in Oulu.[7][8]

Electoral history

Municipal elections

YearMunicipalityVotesResult
2008Turku175Not elected
2012Turku2,422Elected
2017Turku6,415Elected

Parliamentary elections

YearConstituencyVotesResult
2011Finland Proper2,170Not elected
2015Finland Proper15,071Elected

European Parliament elections

YearConstituencyVotesResult
2014Finland47,599Not elected

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References

  1. ↑ Vento, Harri: Li Andersson: Sosiaalidemokraatit ovat hukassa – keskusta ottaa heidän roolinsa.
  2. ↑ Auvinen, Suvi: Historian jäänteistä kohti nykyaikaa.
  3. ↑ "Statsrådets förordning om fördelning av riksdagsmandaten mellan valkretsarna (935/2014)". Finlex.
  4. ↑ "Li Andersson överlägsen röstdrottning". Yle nyheter. 2015-04-19. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  5. ↑ "Här är valets drottningar och kungar". Yle. 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  6. ↑ "STT: Li Andersson lähtee vasemmistoliiton puheenjohtajakilpaan". Yle Uutiset. 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
  7. ↑ "Li Andersson voitti vasemmistoliiton jäsenäänestyksen uudesta puheenjohtajasta". YLE. 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
  8. ↑ "Li Andersson kruunattiin virallisesti puheenjohtajaksi". Iltalehti. 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  9. ↑ Electoral information service Retrieved 17 June 2017.


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