2021 Finns Party leadership election

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

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]

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 more than 60% of the vote, avoiding a runoff.

Candidates

Notable endorsements

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.

Candidate Votes %
Riikka Purra 774 63.76%
Sakari Puisto 252 20.76%
Ossi Tiihonen 181 14.91%
Kristiina Ilmarinen 7 0.58%
Total valid votes 1,214 100.00
Invalid/blank votes 88 6.76
Total votes cast 1,302 100.00

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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