National Coalition Party
Centre-right political party in Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The National Coalition Party (NCP; Finnish: Kansallinen Kokoomus [ˈkɑnsɑlːinen ˈkokoːmus], Kok; Swedish: Samlingspartiet, Saml) is a liberal-conservative political party in Finland. It is currently the biggest party and the ruling political party of Finland.
Abbreviation | Finnish: Kok Swedish: Saml |
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Chairperson | Petteri Orpo |
Secretary | Kristiina Kokko [fi] |
General Secretary | Mikko Kortelainen [fi] |
Parliamentary group leader | Matias Marttinen |
Deputy chairs | Antti Häkkänen Anna-Kaisa Ikonen Karoliina Partanen [fi] |
Founded | 9 December 1918; 105 years ago (9 December 1918) |
Merger of | Finnish Party, Young Finnish Party |
Headquarters | Töölönkatu 3, 00100 Helsinki |
Newspaper | Nykypäivä [fi] |
Youth wing | Youth of the National Coalition Party |
Women's wing | Kokoomuksen Naisten Liitto [fi] |
Student wing | Student Union of National Coalition Party – Tuhatkunta [fi] |
Children's wing | Kansallinen Lastenliitto [fi] |
LGBT wing | Kansallinen sateenkaariryhmä – Kasary [fi] |
Membership (2021) | c. 27,000[1] |
Ideology | Liberal conservatism |
Political position | Centre-right |
European affiliation | European People's Party |
European Parliament group | European People's Party Group |
International affiliation | International Democracy Union |
Nordic affiliation | Conservative Group |
Colours | Dark blue |
Eduskunta | 48 / 200 |
European Parliament | 4 / 15 |
Municipalities | 1,552 / 8,859 |
County seats | 289 / 1,379 |
Website | |
kokoomus.fi | |
Founded in 1918, the National Coalition Party is one of the "big three" parties that have dominated Finnish national politics for several decades, along with the Social Democratic Party and the Centre Party. The current party chair is Petteri Orpo, elected on 11 June 2016. The party self-statedly bases its politics on "freedom, responsibility and democracy, equal opportunities, education, supportiveness, tolerance and caring"[2] and supports multiculturalism and gay rights. Their foreign stances are pro-NATO and pro-European oriented, the party is also a member of the European People's Party (EPP).[3] The party is described by literature as a liberal,[4] conservative[5] as well as a liberal-conservative[6] party on the centre-right[7] with catch-all characteristics.[8]
The party's vote share has been approximately 20% in parliamentary elections since the 1990s and has only been out of coalition governments for eight years since then. It won 44 out of 200 seats in the parliamentary elections of 2011, becoming the largest party in the Finnish Parliament (Finnish: Eduskunta; Swedish: Riksdagen) for the first time in its history. On the municipal level, it emerged as the most popular party for the first time in 2008. More recently, the NCP came to be the largest party during the Finnish 2023 general election, with 48 seats, and has been the lead party in the governing Orpo Cabinet since 20 June 2023.