The Åland Social Democrats is a social democratic

Social democracy

Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

 political party

Political party

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 in the Åland Islands. In the 21 October 2007 parliamentary

Parliament of Åland

The Lagting, or Lagtinget, is the parliament of Åland, an autonomous, demilitarised and unilingually Swedish-speaking territory of Finland. The Lagting has 30 seats.- Elections :- See also :*Government of Åland, or Ålands landskapsregering...

 elections

Åland legislative election, 2007

The 2007 Åland legislative election was held on 21 October 2007 in the Åland Islands for the Lagting, the regional parliament of Åland. All 30 seats were up for election to four-year terms using proportional representation...

, the party won only 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 has been worker's associations in Åland since 1906. After the independence of Finland the social democrats were closer to the Social Democratic Party of Sweden than the Social Democratic Party of Finland

Social Democratic Party of Finland

The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

. After the second world war, the social democrats fought the supporters of the far-left Finnish People's Democratic League

Finnish People's Democratic League

Finnish People's Democratic League was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party...

, which briefly became the biggest left current in the islands.

Election results

Parliament>of Åland   Year MPs Votes 1979 Åland legislative election, 1979 Åland held legislative elections on 20 October 1979. It elected the diet , which has 30 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation.... 3 1,125 12.0 % 1983 Åland legislative election, 1983 Åland held legislative elections on 16 October 1983. It elected the diet , which has 30 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation.... 5 1,717 16.5 % 1987 Åland legislative election, 1987 Åland held legislative elections on 18 October 1987. It elected the diet , which has 30 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation.... 4 1,489 14.0 % 1991 Åland legislative election, 1991 Åland held legislative elections on 20 October 1991. It elected the diet , which has 30 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation.... 4 1,564 14.5 % 1995 Åland legislative election, 1995 Åland held legislative elections on 15 October 1995. It elected the diet , which has 30 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation.... 4 1,711 15.2 % 1999 Åland legislative election, 1999 Åland held legislative elections on 17 October 1999. It elected the diet , which has 30 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation... 3 1,427 11.8 % 2003 Åland legislative election, 2003 Åland held legislative elections on 19 October 2003. It elected the diet , which has 30 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation. Though the Åland Centre recorded its worst results to date in the elections, it regained its status as the largest party on Åland, beating... 6 2,340 19.0 % 2007 Åland legislative election, 2007 The 2007 Åland legislative election was held on 21 October 2007 in the Åland Islands for the Lagting, the regional parliament of Åland. All 30 seats were up for election to four-year terms using proportional representation... 3 1,513 11.8 %

Parliament>of Finland (Åland constituency) Year MPs Votes 1991 Finnish parliamentary election, 1991 The Finnish Parliamentary election of 1991, held on March 17, was historic, since it led to the Centre Party becoming the largest parliamentary party, forming a purely centre-right government for the first time after 1966 The Finnish Parliamentary election of 1991, held on March 17, was historic,... -- 940 10.1 % 1995 Finnish parliamentary election, 1995 The 32nd elections to the Finnish parliament were held on March 19, 1995. The previous centre-right cabinet fell, as the Social Democrats made strong gains and achieved the best result of any party after the Second World War... -- 909 9.2 % 1999 Finnish parliamentary election, 1999 The 1999 Finnish parliamentary election was held on March 21, 1999. Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen's Social Democrats remained the largest party of the Eduskunta, despite significant losses... -- 924 8.8 % 2003 Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 The Finnish parliamentary election of 2003 was the 34th election to the Eduskunta , held on 16 March 2003 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term... -- 2,904 24.9 % 2007 Finnish parliamentary election, 2007 The Finnish parliamentary election of 2007 was the 35th election to the Eduskunta , held on 18 March 2007 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term. Early voting was possible from the 7–13 March. Two hundred MPs were elected from 15 constituencies.Election themes included a reduction... -- 1,607 14.4 %

Municipal >ouncils   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 %

External links

• Official web site