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

← 2017 13–14 August 2021

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

Candidates

• Riikka Purra, MP for Uusimaa
• Sakari Puisto, MP for Pirkanmaa
• Ossi Tiihonen, councillor in Lohja
• Kristiina Ilmarinen, MP candidate for Finland Proper in 2019, economist based in Salo

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

• Finland portal
• Politics portal

• Politics of Finland