Parliamentary election in Åland 2003

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(in %)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

24.1

24.1

19.0

13.6

9.4

6.5

3.4

C.

LIB

SOC

FS

ObS

ÅF

ÅFG

Gains and losses

compared to

 % p

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

-3.2

-4.7

+7.1

-0.9

-3.3

+6.5

-1.4

C.

LIB

SOC

FS

ObS

ÅF

ÅFG

6th

7th

7th

4th

1

3

2

6th 7th 7th 4th 1 3 2 

A total of 30 seats

• SOC : 6
• C : 7
• LIB : 7
• FS : 4
• ÅFG : 1
• ObS : 3
• ÅF : 2

The parliamentary elections in Åland 2003 took place on October 19, 2003.

After the elections, the previous government, formed by the Åland Center and Liberals in Åland , was replaced by a government made up of the Åland Center, Åland Liberals, Åland Social Democrats and Liberal Cooperation .

Electoral system

The 30 members of the Lagting were elected by proportional representation , with the seats being determined using the D'Hondt method .

Parties

The following five parties ran for election:

Political party		Alignment
	Åland Center Åländsk Center (C)	social liberal
	Liberals in Åland Liberalerna på Åland (LIB)	liberal
	Liberal cooperation Frisinnad Samverkan (FS)	liberal , conservative
	Åland's Social Democrats Åland's Social Democrats (SOC)	social democratic
	Unbound Collection Obunden Samling (ObS)	conservative , sovereign
	Åland's Future Åland's Framtid (ÅF)	secessionist
	Åland's Progress Group Åland's Framstegsgrupp (ÅFG)

Election result

Result of the parliamentary elections in Åland 2003

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Åland Center (C)	2,980	24.1	▼ 3.2	07th	▼ 2
	Liberals in Åland (LIB)	2,970	24.1	▼ 4.7	07th	▼ 2
	Åland's Social Democrats (SOC)	2,340	19.0	▲ 7.1	06th	▲ 3
	Liberal Cooperation (FS)	1,677	13.6	▼ 0.9	04th	▬
	Unbound Collection (ObS)	1,163	09.4	▼ 3.3	03	▼ 1
	Åland's Future (ÅF)	0.800	06.5	New	02	New
	Åland's progress group	0.416	03.4	▼ 1.4	01	▬
total		12,346	100.0		30th	▬
voter turnout		67.6%