Feminist Party (Finland)

The Feminist Party (Finnish: Feministinen puolue, Swedish: Feministiska partiet) is a Finnish feminist political party. It was founded in June 2016,^[3] and registered as a political party in January 2017.^[4] It calls gender equality, human rights, and human security the primary pillars of its politics.^[5]

Feminist Party Feministinen puolue (Finnish) Feministiska partiet (Swedish)
Abbreviation	FP
Chairperson	Lauri Alhojärvi
Founded	2016 (2016)
Ideology	Feminism Anti-racism
Political position	Left-wing[1]
Website
www.feministinenpuolue.fi
Politics of Finland Political parties Elections [2]

Feminist Party collecting supporter cards [fi] in 2016

The party had 40 candidates in nine municipalities in the 2017 Finnish municipal elections.^[6] Party chair Katju Aro was elected to the City Council of Helsinki.^[7] The party lost its representation in municipal councils after the 2021 municipal election.^[8] The party was de-registered in 2023 after failing to win seats in two consecutive parliamentary elections.^[9]

Elections results

Parliament of Finland

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
2019	6,662	0.22	0 / 200	New	Extra-parliamentary
2023	1,114	0.04	0 / 200	0	Extra-parliamentary

Municipal elections

Year	Councillors	Votes
2017	1	6,856	0,3%
2021	0	4,036	0,2%

European Parliament

Year	Councillors	Votes		Ref.
2019	0	4,442	0,2%	[10]

See also

• Feminist Initiative (Sweden)
• Feminist Initiative (Norway)
• Feminism portal