The Åland Coalition (Swedish: Åländsk Samling; ÅS)[1] is a political alliance of the main Åland parties formed to contest the Åland seat in the Parliament of Finland. Its representative usually sits with the Swedish People's Party faction in Parliament.[2]
History
editThe Coalition first contested national elections in 1948,[3] when they won a single seat in the parliamentary elections.[4] Since then the alliance has retained its seat in every election, polling between 0.2% and 0.4% of the national vote.[5]
References
edit- ^ Åländsk samling - Uppslagsverket Finland (in Swedish)
- ^ Finland p414
- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p611 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p620
- ^ Åländsk Samlingin ääntä – Åländsk Samling (Aland Coalition) ParlGov
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