Social Democratic Party of Finland
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Social Democratic Party of Finland
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| Finnish name | Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue |
| Swedish name | Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti |
| President | Antti Rinne |
| Founded | 1899 |
| Headquarters | Saariniemenkatu 6, 00530 Helsinki, Finland |
| Student wing | Social Democratic Students |
| Youth wing | Social Democratic Youth |
| Membership (2011) | 50,000 |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
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Progressive Alliance, Socialist International |
| European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Nordic affiliation | SAMAK |
| Colours | Red |
| Parliament |
35 / 200
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| European Parliament |
2 / 13
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| Municipalities |
1,729 / 9,674
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The Social Democratic Party of Finland (Finnish: Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue, SDP, colloquially demarit; Swedish: Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti) is one of the four major political parties in Finland, along with the National Coalition Party, The Finns Party and the Centre Party. Antti Rinne is the party's current chair. The party has been represented in the Finnish cabinet for long periods, and has set many fundamental policies of the Finnish state. The party is currently in the opposition. The party's ideology is social democracy. The SDP has a close relationship with the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), and is a member of the Socialist International and the Party of European Socialists.
In the early 20th century, the SDP commanded some 40% of the vote, but after the Finnish Civil War of 1918, Communists split from the party to form the Communist Party of Finland. After that, the SDP has usually commanded 20–29% of the total votes in those elections that Communists or their fronts have been allowed to contest. There was an uninterrupted 30-year period of social democratic presidents between 1982 and 2012.
In the 2007 parliamentary election, SDP received 21.4 percent of the vote and lost 8 seats. In the 2008 municipal elections, the party continued its decline with the largest drop since 1960. In the latest parliamentary election, in 2011, the party received 19.1 percent of the vote and lost another three seats, giving it 42 seats. This was the party's worst result in parliamentary elections in terms of popular support, but in the 2015 election the party sank further still with 16.5 percent of the vote and 34 seats.
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