rekisteröity puolue

Finnish

Noun

rekisteröity puolue

  1. registered political party

Usage notes

  • In Finland an association can register as a political party, if it a) has a program expressing its central principles and objectives, and b) has at least 5.000 signatures from supporters. The party loses its status if it does not win any seats in the parliament in two concecutive elections. The parties have the right to nominate a list of candidates for municipal, parliament, Europian Parliament and presidential elections. In addition to political parties, also electoral associations (see: valitsijayhdistys) can nominate individual candidates. Electoral association must have at least 10, 100, 2,000 or 20,000 members depending on the type of election.

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