Åland Social Democrats

Åland Social Democrats Ålands Socialdemokrater
Leader	Camilla Gunell
Founded	1971
Headquarters	Ekonomiegatan 1, Mariehamn
Youth wing	Rosenskotten
Women's wing	Törnrosorna
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	None
International affiliation	None
European Parliament group	None
Nordic affiliation	SAMAK
Colours	Red
Parliament	5 / 30
Municipalities	15 / 208
Website
www.socialdemokraterna.ax
Politics of Åland Political parties Elections

The Åland Social Democrats (Swedish: Ålands Socialdemokrater) is a social-democratic^[1] political party in the Åland Islands. In the 21 October 2007 parliamentary elections, the party won 11.5% of the popular vote and 3 out of 30 seats, a loss of three.

The current organisation was founded in 1971, although there have been worker's associations on Åland since 1906. After the independence of Finland the Social Democrats were closer to the Swedish Social Democratic Party than the Social Democratic Party of Finland. After the Second World War, the Social Democrats fought the supporters of the far-left Finnish People's Democratic League, which briefly became the largest political movement on the islands.

Election results

Parliament of Åland[2]   Year MPs Votes 1979 3 1,125 12.0% 1983 5 1,717 16.5% 1987 4 1,489 14.0% 1991 4 1,564 14.5% 1995 4 1,711 15.2% 1999 3 1,427 11.8% 2003 6 2,340 19.0% 2007 3 1,513 11.8% 2011 6 2,404 18.5% 2015 5 2,188 15,8%

Parliament of Finland (Åland constituency)[3] Year MPs Votes 1991 -- 940 10.1% 1995 -- 909 9.2% 1999 -- 924 8.8% 2003 -- 2,904 24.9% 2007 -- 1,607 14.4%

Municipal councils[4]   Year Councillors Votes 1995 13 1,491 13.1% 1999 10 1,332 10.9% 2003 18 1,967 15.7% 2007 14 1,703 12.8% 2011 17 2,245 16.7% 2015 15 2,124 14,6%

References

1. Parties and Elections in Europe: The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
2. Lagtings- och kommunalvalet 2007 Statistik 4:2007 (ÅSUB), p. 32.
3. Riksdagsvalet 18.3.2007, Tabell 8. Resultatet för de olika listorna vid riksdagsvalen 1987-2007 (ÅSUB)
4. Lagtings- och kommunalvalet 2007 Statistik 4:2007 (ÅSUB), p. 56.

External links

• Official web site (Swedish)