Åland Centre
The Åland Centre (Swedish: Åländska Centern) is an agrarian-centrist[2] political party on the Åland Islands. The party was founded in 1976.[3] At the 2003 election, the party won 24.1% of the popular vote and 7 out of 30 seats and became on a par with the Liberals of Åland. On the October 21st, 2007, parliamentary election, the party won 24.2% of the popular vote and 8 out of 30 seats. At the election in 2011 it became the strongest party with 23.6% and 7 out of 30 seats, but lost this position to the Liberals at the election in 2015 with 21.7% and 7 out of 30 seats.
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| Leader | Veronica Thörnroos |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Headquarters | Box 69 22100, Mariehamn |
| Ideology | Conservative liberalism Agrarianism[1] Green liberalism |
| Political position | Centre[1] to centre-right |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party |
| Nordic affiliation | Centre Group |
| Colours | Green |
| Parliament of Finland | 1 / 1 |
| Parliament | 9 / 30 |
| Municipalities | 36 / 208 |
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References
- Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Åland/Finland". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- Christina Bergqvist (1 January 1999). Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers. pp. 319–. ISBN 978-82-00-12799-4.
- "Historik". Centern på Åland (in Swedish). 2013-07-18. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
External links
- Official web site (in Swedish)
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