Social Democratic Party of Finland

Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti Social Democratic Party of Finland
Party leader	Antti gutter
Secretary General	Reijo Paananen
vice-chairman	Antti Lindtman , Sanna Marin and Krista Kiuru
founding	1899
Headquarters	Saariniemenkatu 6 FIN - 00530 Helsinki
Youth organization	Social democratic youth
Alignment	Social democracy
Colours)	red
Parliament seats	40/200
Number of members	approx. 54,000
Proportion of women	40%
International connections	Socialist International (SI)
MEPs	2/14
European party	Party of European Socialists (PES)
EP Group	Group of the Progressive Alliance of Social Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D)
Website	www.sdp.fi

Old logo

The Social Democratic Party of Finland ( Finnish Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue , abbreviated SDP; Swedish Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti ) or Demarit is one of the three established people 's parties in Finland . Since the parliamentary elections in 2019 it has 40 out of 200 seats in the Finnish Reichstag .

ideology

The SDP program is committed to the ideals of the French Revolution -  freedom, equality, fraternity  . Founded as an organization of the working class , the SDP set itself the goal of economic and social emancipation of the working class. To this day she advocates material justice and social equality for all groups in society. The SDP takes to the field against radical market liberalism and political conservatism .

organization

The SDP has 54,000 members, 40% of whom are women. Each member belongs to one of the 1,095 party groups. The party congress delegates are elected by these groups. The party congress meets every three years and elects u. a. the party chairman, his two deputies, the general secretary and the party executive committee.

In Europe, the SDP is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Europe and currently has 2 members in the European Parliament.

history

The party was founded in 1899 as the "Finnish Workers' Party". The 1903 Forssa party congress changed its name to the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) and passed the first party program. In 1952 and 1987 the basic program was revised. The "Principles of Social Democracy" declaration has been in force since 1999.

From 1959 to 1973 there was a split of the Social Democrats under the name of the Social Democratic Federation of Workers and Small Farmers , which had been formed around the former chairman Emil Skog . The federal government supported Urho Kekkonen's foreign policy, which was friendly to the Soviet Union . However, there was little support among voters. After repeated attempts to get closer and increased membership changes, the federal government was incorporated into the SDP in 1973.

The Social Democrats were able to appoint the President between 1982 and 2012 .

Party leaders and general secretaries

Party leader:

• NR af Ursin (1899–1900)
• JA Salminen (1900)
• KF Hellsten (1900–1903)
• Taavi Tainio (1903-1905)
• Emil Perttilä (1905–1906)
• Edvard Valpas-Hänninen (1906–1909)
• Matti Paasivuori (1909-1911)
• Otto Ville Kuusinen (1911-1913)
• Matti Paasivuori (1913-1917)
• Kullervo Manner (1917–1918)
• Väinö Tanner (1918–1926)
• Matti Paasivuori (1926–1930)
• Kaarlo Harvala (1930-1942)
• Väinö Salovaara (1942–1944)
• Onni Hiltunen (1944-1946)
• Emil Skog (1946–1957)
• Väinö Tanner (1957–1963)
• Rafael Paasio (1963-1975)
• Kalevi Sorsa (1975-1987)
• Pertti Paasio (1987-1991)
• Ulf Sundqvist (1991–1993)
• Paavo Lipponen (1993-2005)
• Eero Heinäluoma (2005-2008)
• Jutta Urpilainen (2008-2014)
• Antti Rinne (since 2014)

General Secretaries:

• Juho Kyösti Kari (1899–1905)
• Yrjö Sirola (1905-1906)
• Matti Turkia (1906-1918)
• Väinö Hupli (1918)
• Taavi Tainio (1918-1926)
• Karl H. Wiik (1926–1936)
• Aleksi Aaltonen (1936-1944)
• Unto Varjonen (1944-1946)
• Väinö Leskinen (1946–1957)
• Kaarlo Pitsinki (1957–1966)
• Erkki Raatikainen (1966–1969)
• Kalevi Sorsa (1969–1975)
• Ulf Sundqvist (1975–1981)
• Erkki Liikanen (1981–1987)
• Ulpu Iivari (1987-1991)
• Markku Hyvärinen (1991–1996)
• Kari Laitinen (1996-2002)
• Eero Heinäluoma (2002-2005)
• Maarit Feldt-Ranta (2005-2008)
• Ari Korhonen (2008-2010)
• Mikael Jungner (2010–2012)
• Reijo Paananen (since 2012)

State and Prime Minister of the SDP

President:

• Mauno Koivisto , 1982-1994
• Martti Ahtisaari , 1994-2000
• Tarja Halonen , 2000–2012

Prime Minister:

• Väinö Tanner (1926–1927)
• Karl-August Fagerholm (1948–1950, 1956–1957 and 1958–1959)
• Rafael Paasio (1966–1968 and 1972)
• Mauno Koivisto (1968–1970 and 1979–1982)
• Kalevi Sorsa (1972–1975, 1977–1979 and 1982–1987)
• Paavo Lipponen (1995-2003)
• Antti Rinne (2019)
• Sanna Marin (since 2019)

Election results

Parliamentary elections

Election results in parliamentary elections until 1939
37.0	38.4	39.9	40.0	40.0	43.1	47.3	44.8	38.0	25.1	29.0	28.3	27.4	34.2	37.3	38.6	39.8
07	08	09	10	11	13	16	17th	19th	22nd	24	27	29	30th	33	36	39

Reichstag election 2011. Share of votes of the SDP by municipalities.

Election results in parliamentary elections since 1945
25.1	26.3	26.5	26.3	23.1	19.5	27.2	23.4	25.8	24.9	23.9	26.7	24.1	22.1	28.3	22.9	24.5	21.4	19.1	16.5	17.7
45	48	51	54	58	62	66	70	72	75	79	83	87	91	95	99	03	07	11	15th	19th

year	Mandates	be right	%
1907	080	329,946	37.03%
1908	083	310,826	38.40%
1909	084	337.685	39.89%
1910	086	316,951	40.04%
1911	086	321.201	40.03%
1913	090	312.214	43.11%
1916	103	376.030	47.29%
1917	092	444,670	44.79%
1919	080	365.046	37.98%
1922	053	216,861	25.06%
1924	060	255.068	29.02%
1927	060	257,572	28.30%
1929	059	260.254	27.36%
1930	066	386.026	34.16%
1933	078	413,551	37.33%
1936	083	452.751	38.59%
1939	085	515.980	39.77%
1945	050	425.948	25.08%
1948	054	494.719	26.32%
1951	053	480,754	26.52%
1954	054	527.094	26.25%
1958	048	449,536	23.12%
1962	038	448.930	19.50%
1966	055	645,339	27.23%
1970	052	594.185	23.43%
1972	055	664.724	25.78%
1975	054	683,590	24.86%
1979	052	691,512	23.89%
1983	057	795.953	26.71%
1987	056	695.331	24.14%
1991	048	603.080	22.12%
1995	063	785.637	28.25%
1999	051	612.963	22.86%
2003	053	683.223	24.47%
2007	045	594.194	21.44%
2011	042	561,558	19.10%
2015	034	490.102	16.51%
2019	040	545,544	17.70%

Local elections

year	Mandates	be right	%
1945	2100	265,689
1950		377.294	25.05%
1953		449.251	25.53%
1956		424,977	25.42%
1960	2261	414.175	21.10%
1964	2543	530,878	24.80%
1968	2351	540,450	23.86%
1972	2533	676.387	27.05%
1976	2735	665.632	24.82%
1980	2820	699.280	25.50%
1984	2830	666.218	24.70%
1988	2866	663.692	25.23%
1992	3130	721.310	27.08%
1996	2742	583,623	24.55%
2000	2559	511.370	22.99%
2004	2585	575,822	24.11%
2008	2066	541.187	21.23%
2012	1729	487.924	19.57%

European elections

year	Mandates	be right	%
1996	4th	482,577	21.45%
1999	3	221.836	17.86%
2004	3	350,525	21.16%
2009	2	292.051	17.54%
2014	2	212.211	12.3%0
2019	2	267,603	14.62%

Presidential election

Indirect choice

year	candidate	be right	%	electors	Last ballot
1925	Väinö Tanner	0.165.091	26.6%	79	0: 281
1931	Väinö Tanner	0.252,550	30.2%	90	0: 300
1937		0.341,408	30.7%	95
1950		0.343,828	21.8%	64
1956	Karl-August Fagerholm	0.442,408	23.3%	72	149: 151
1962	Rafael Paasio	0.289.366	13.1%	36	37: 263
1968	²	0.315,068	15.5%	55
1978	³	0.569.154	23.2%	74
1982	Mauno Koivisto	1,370,314	43.1%	144	167: 134

² / ³ In 1968 and 1978 the SDP supported President Urho Kekkonen ( Center Party ).

Combined election 1988

Ballot	candidate	Personal voices	percent	Electoral votes	percent	electors
Popular election	Mauno Koivisto	1,513,234	48.9	1,175,209	39.4	128 (of 301)
Election meeting 1st ballot						144
Election meeting 2nd ballot						189

Direct choice

year	candidate	be right	percent
1994	Martti Ahtisaari	1.) 0. 828.038 2.) 1.723.485	1.) 25.9% 2.) 53.9%
2000	Tarja Halons	1.) 1,224,431 2.) 1,644,532	1.) 40.0% 2.) 51.6%
2006	Tarja Halons	1.) 1,397,030 2.) 1,630,980	1.) 46.3% 2.) 51.8%
2012	Paavo Lipponen	205.020	6.7%

See also

• Social-democratic union of workers and small farmers

Web links

• SDP website