2021 Finns Party leadership election

The 2021 Finns Party leadership election (Finnish: Perussuomalaisten puheenjohtajavaalit 2021) was held in Jyväskylä, Finland, on 14 August 2021.[1] All members of the party who had paid their subscription were allowed to vote in the election.[2]

2021 Finns Party leadership election

13–14 August 2021
  Sakari Puisto
Candidate Riikka Purra Sakari Puisto Ossi Tiihonen
Popular vote 774 252 181
Percentage 63.76% 20.76% 14.91%

Previous leader of the Finns Party

Jussi Halla-aho

Elected leader of the Finns Party

Riikka Purra

In June 2021, the incumbent party chair Jussi Halla-aho, who had led the party since 2017, informed that he would not run for re-election as chairman of the party, but would continue his role in parliament and his municipality.

Riikka Purra won the election in the first round with over 50% of the vote.

Candidates

Opinion polls

Poll source Survey
dates
Riikka Purra Sakari Puisto Juho Eerola Vilhelm Junnila Undecided
Yle poll[3] 17 July 2021 65% 16% 2% 2%

Results

Riikka Purra was elected party leader, earning 63.76% of valid votes.[4] A few months after the election, in December 2021, Ossi Tiihonen left PS and applied to join Power Belongs to the People.

CandidateVotes %
Riikka Purra77463.76%
Sakari Puisto25220.76%
Ossi Tiihonen18114.91%
Kristiina Ilmarinen70.58%
Total valid votes1,214100.00
Invalid/blank votes886.76
Total votes cast1,302100.00

See also

References

  1. "Riikka Purra perussuomalaisten puheenjohtajaksi, näin puolueväki kommentoi: "Maltillinen, mutta todella määrätietoinen nainen", "Olisin ennemmin toivonut miestä"". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 2021-08-14. Archived from the original on 2021-08-14. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  2. "Perussuomalaiset rp:n säännöt". Finns Party. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  3. "Yle survey: Riikka Purra frontrunner in Finns Party leadership race". yle.fi. Yle News. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  4. "Riikka Purra on perussuomalaisten uusi puheenjohtaja". suomenuutiset.fi. Suomen Uutiset. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

Further reading

  • Nurmi, Lauri (2017). Perussuomalaisten hajoamisen historia (in Finnish). Helsinki: Into. ISBN 978-952-264-878-5.
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