Åland Centre

Åland Centre
Åländsk Centern
Leader Jörgen Pettersson
Founded 1976
Headquarters Box 69 22100, Mariehamn
Ideology Centrism[1]
Agrarianism[1]
Political position Centre
European affiliation Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
International affiliation None
European Parliament group None
Colours Green
Parliament of Finland
1 / 1

[2]

Parliament
7 / 30
Municipalities
36 / 208
Website
http://www.centern.ax/

The Åland Centre (Swedish: Åländsk Centern) is a agrarian-centrist[3] political party in the Åland Islands. 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.

References

  1. 1 2 Parties and Elections in Europe: The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
  2. ↑ Vår röst i riksdagen - Mats Löfström(in Swedish)
  3. ↑ 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.


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