2021 Finns Party leadership election

2021 Finns Party leadership election

← 2017 13–14 August 2021
  Sakari Puisto
Candidate Riikka Purra Sakari Puisto Ossi Tiihonen
Popular vote 774 252 181
Percentage 63.76% 20.76% 14.91%

Previous leader of the Finns Party

Jussi Halla-aho

Elected leader of the Finns Party

Riikka Purra

The 2021 Finns Party leadership election (Finnish: Perussuomalaisten puheenjohtajavaalit 2021) was held in Jyväskylä, Finland, on 14 August 2021.[1] All members of the party who had paid their subscription were allowed to vote in the election.[2]

In June 2021, the incumbent party chair Jussi Halla-aho, who had led the party since 2017, informed that he would not run for re-election as chairman of the party, but would continue his role in parliament and his municipality.

Riikka Purra won the election in the first round with more than 60% of the vote, avoiding a runoff.

  1. ^ "Riikka Purra perussuomalaisten puheenjohtajaksi, näin puolueväki kommentoi: "Maltillinen, mutta todella määrätietoinen nainen", "Olisin ennemmin toivonut miestä"". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 2021-08-14. Archived from the original on 2021-08-14. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  2. ^ "Perussuomalaiset rp:n säännöt". Finns Party. Retrieved 8 April 2017.