Åland Coalition
{{Short description|Finnish political alliance}}
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The Åland Coalition ({{langx|sv|Åländsk Samling}}; ÅS)[https://uppslagsverket.fi/sv/view-170045-AalaendskSamling Åländsk samling - Uppslagsverket Finland] (in Swedish) is a political alliance of the main Åland parties formed to contest the Åland seat in the Parliament of Finland. Its representative usually sits with the Swedish People's Party faction in Parliament.[http://www.lib.uconn.edu/classwebimages/batt/polhandbook.pdf Finland] p414
History
The Coalition first contested national elections in 1948,Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p611 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} when they won a single seat in the parliamentary elections.Nohlen & Stöver, p620 Since then the alliance has retained its seat in every election, polling between 0.2% and 0.4% of the national vote.[http://www.parlgov.org/stable/data/fin/party/66.html Åländsk Samlingin ääntä – Åländsk Samling (Aland Coalition)] ParlGov
References
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Category:Political parties in Åland
Category:Political party alliances in Finland
Category:Political parties of minorities in Finland
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