National Progressive Party (Finland)

National Progressive Party

Kansallinen Edistyspuolue
National Progressive Party Kansallinen Edistyspuolue
Founded	8 December 1918
Dissolved	1951
Split from	Young Finnish Party
Succeeded by	People's Party of Finland
Ideology	Liberalism
International affiliation	International Entente of Radical and Similar Democratic Parties
	Politics of Finland; Political parties; Elections;

The National Progressive Party (Finnish: Kansallinen Edistyspuolue; Swedish: Framstegspartiet) was a liberal^[1] political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded 8 December 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party^[2] (the next day the monarchists of both parties founded the National Coalition Party.^[2])

Famous members of the party included Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg and Risto Ryti, the first and fifth Presidents of Finland, and Sakari Tuomioja.

The National Progressive Party finished its existence in early 1951, as most of its active members had joined the People's Party of Finland. A minority group including Sakari Tuomioja founded the Liberal League.

Election results[edit]

Parliament of Finland
Date	Votes			Seats		Position	Size
Date	No.	%	± pp	No.	±	Position	Size
1919	123,090	12.81	New	26 / 200 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized word "gold"., 0, 0); width: 13%; height: 100%;">	New	Coalition	4th
1922	79,676	9.21	3.60	15 / 200 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized word "gold"., 0, 0); width: 8%; height: 100%;">	11	Coalition	6th
1924	79,937	9.09	0.12	17 / 200 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized word "gold"., 0, 0); width: 9%; height: 100%;">	2	Coalition	6th
1927	61,613	6.77	2.32	10 / 200 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized word "gold"., 0, 0); width: 5%; height: 100%;">	7	Support	6th
1929	53,301	5.60	1.17	7 / 200 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized word "gold"., 0, 0); width: 4%; height: 100%;">	3	Support	6th
1930	65,830	5.83	0.23	10 / 200 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized word "gold"., 0, 0); width: 5%; height: 100%;">	3	Coalition	5th
1933	82,129	7.41	1.58	11 / 200 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized word "gold"., 0, 0); width: 6%; height: 100%;">	1	Coalition	5th
1936	73,654	6.28	1.13	7 / 200 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized word "gold"., 0, 0); width: 4%; height: 100%;">	4	Coalition	6th
1939	62,387	4.81	1.47	6 / 200 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized word "gold"., 0, 0); width: 3%; height: 100%;">	1	Coalition	6th
1945	87,868	5.17	0.36	9 / 200 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized word "gold"., 0, 0); width: 5%; height: 100%;">	2	Coalition	6th
1948	73,444	3.91	1.26	5 / 200 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized word "gold"., 0, 0); width: 3%; height: 100%;">	4	Opposition	6th
1951	Did not run.

References[edit]

^ Giovanni Capoccia (2005). Defending Democracy: Reactions to Extremism in Interwar Europe. JHU Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-8018-8038-4.
^ ^a ^b Vares, Vesa (January 21, 2009). "Suomalainen puoluehistoria: Murrosvuodet 1917–1919". University of Turku.

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[Capoccia2005-1] Giovanni Capoccia (2005). Defending Democracy: Reactions to Extremism in Interwar Europe. JHU Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-8018-8038-4.

[ppt-2] Vares, Vesa (January 21, 2009). "Suomalainen puoluehistoria: Murrosvuodet 1917–1919". University of Turku.

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