Elections in Åland

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politics and government of
Åland
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Åland elects on a regional level a legislature. The diet (Lagtinget) has 30 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation. Åland has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Latest election

 Summary of the 18 October 2015 Parliament of Åland election results
Party Votes +/– % +/– Seats +/–
Liberals for Åland3,212+59223.3+3.07+1
Åland Centre2,985–8321.7–1.970
Moderate Coalition for Åland2,453+64317.8+3.95+1
Åland Social Democrats2,184–22017.4–1.15–1
Non-aligned Coalition1,323–3169.6–3.03–1
Future of Åland1,016–2707.4–2.52–1
Ålandic Democracy500New3.6New1New
Sustainable Initiative112NewNew0New
Invalid/blank votes
Total14,338 100 300
Registered voters/turnout 70.30
Sources JCI Mariehamn

Election 2007

 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

Electoral history

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