Parliament of Åland

Parliament of Åland
Ålands Lagting
Type
Type Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker Roger Nordlund, Åland Centre
since October 2007
Members 30
Political groups
Elections
Last election 21 October 2007
Meeting place
Mariehamn
Website
www.lagtinget.aland.fi

The Lagting, or Lagtinget, is the parliament of Åland, an autonomous, demilitarised and unilingually Swedish-speaking territory of Finland. The Lagting has 30 seats.

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Current composition

e • d 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

Elections

Åland

This article is part of the series:
Politics and government of
Åland


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election seats
C Lib. FS Soc. Ob. G Åfg ÅF
1979 14 9 4 3
1983 11 9 5 5
1987 9 8 5 4 2 2
1991 10 7 6 4 3
1995 9 8 6 4 3
1999 9 9 4 3 4 1
2003 7 7 4 6 3 1 2
2007 8 10 3 3 4 2
Sources: De politiska grupperingarnas röstetal och antal invalda i landstings-lagtingsval 1979-2003
(Ålands statistik- och utredningsbyrå); Lagtings- och kommunalvalet på Åland 2007 (JCI Mariehamn)

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