National Coalition (Finland)
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| Abbreviation | KOK |
| Chair | Petteri Orpo |
| Deputy chairs |
Antti Häkkänen Sanni Grahn-Laasonen Janne Sankelo |
| Founded | 9 December 1918 |
| Merger of | Finnish Party, Young Finnish Party |
| Headquarters | Kansakoulukuja 3 A, Helsinki |
| Youth wing | Youth of the National Coalition Party |
| Student wing | Student Union of National Coalition Party - Tuhatkunta |
| Women's wing | Kokoomuksen Naisten Liitto |
| LGBT wing | Kansallinen sateenkaariryhmä - Kasary |
| Membership (2016) | 34,000 |
| Ideology |
Liberalism Conservatism Liberal conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Colours | Cyan |
| Parliament of Finland |
38 / 200
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| European Parliament |
3 / 13
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| Municipalities |
1,492 / 8,999
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| Website | |
| www.kokoomus.fi | |
Coordinates: 60°10′03″N 24°56′01″E / 60.1675468°N 24.9337408°E
The National Coalition Party (NCP; Finnish: Kansallinen Kokoomus; Kok.; Swedish: Samlingspartiet; Saml.) is a centre-rightpolitical party in Finland considered to be liberal, and conservative, and liberal-conservative. Founded in 1918, the National Coalition Party is one of the three largest parties in Finland, 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, equality of opportunity, education, supportiveness, tolerance and caring" and supports multiculturalism and gay rights. It is pro-NATO and pro-European as well as a member of the European People's Party (EPP).
The party's vote share was approximately 20% in parliamentary elections in the 1990s and 2000s. It won 44 out of 200 seats in the parliamentary elections of 2011, becoming the largest party in the Finnish Parliament (Finnish: eduskunta; Swedish: riksdag) for the first time in its history. On the municipal level, it became the most popular party in 2008. In the 2015 election, the NCP lost its status as the country's largest party finishing second in votes and third in seats, but again joining the governing coalition.
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