Local lists in Finnish municipal elections

Authors

• Andreas Fagerholm

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37452/politiikka.98492

Keywords:

local lists, parties, municipal elections

Abstract

This study focuses on local lists in Finnish municipal elections. The purpose is to carry out a general overview, focusing mainly on the period 1984–2017. The study has three main tasks; to offer a mapping of the presence and success of local lists, to present a tentative taxonomy of the core ideological features of local lists, and to empirically test a number of factors that can help to explain local lists. The results indicate that local lists are an established, albeit not ideologically uniform, element in Finnish local politics. Furthermore, it is suggested that they can best be explained with reference to cultural factors (tradition).