The People's Party of Finland () was a liberal political party in Finland.
History The party was founded on 3 February 1951 after the National Progressive Party was disbanded. In the July 1951 elections, it won ten of the 200 seats in Parliament, an increase from the five won by the National Progressive Party in 1948.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p620
The party went on to win 13 seats in the 1954 elections, before being reduced to eight seats in the 1958 elections. The 1962 elections saw the party win 13 seats. In 1965, it merged with the Liberal League to form the Liberal People's Party.
Leaders
Presidents Eino Saari 1951–1958 Veli Merikoski 1959–1960 Harras Kyttä 1961–1963 Esa Kaitila 1964–1965
General Secretaries Osmo Kupiainen 1951– Pekka Malinen 1952–1960 Helge Halsti 1960–1965
Election results
+ Parliament of Finland Date Votes Seats Position Size No. % ± pp No. ± 1951 102,933 5.68 New New 6th 1954 158,323 7.88 2.20 3 5th 1958 114,617 5.90 1.98 5 6th 1962 146,005 6.34 0.44 5 5th
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