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The National Coalition Party (NCP; Finnish: Kansallinen Kokoomus [ˈkɑnsɑlːinen ˈkokoːmus], Kok; Swedish: Samlingspartiet, Saml) is a liberal-conservative political party in Finland. It is currently the largest and the governing political party of Finland.
Founded in 1918, the National Coalition Party is one of the "big three" parties that have dominated Finnish national politics for several decades, 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, equal opportunities, education, supportiveness, tolerance and caring"[2] and supports multiculturalism and gay rights. Their foreign stances are pro-NATO and pro-European oriented, the party is also a member of the European People's Party (EPP).[3] The party is described by literature as a liberal,[4] conservative[5] as well as a liberal-conservative[6] party on the centre-right,[7] with catch-all characteristics.[8]
The party's vote share has been approximately 20% in parliamentary elections since the 1990s and has only been out of coalition governments for eight years since then. It won 44 out of 200 seats in the parliamentary elections of 2011, becoming the largest party in the Finnish Parliament (Finnish: Eduskunta; Swedish: Riksdagen) for the first time in its history. On the municipal level, it emerged as the most popular party for the first time in 2008. More recently, the NCP came to be the largest party during the Finnish 2023 general election, with 48 seats, and has been the lead party in the governing Orpo Cabinet since 20 June 2023.
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- ^ "Programme of Principles". National Coalition Party. 2016. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Terry, Chris (3 March 2014). "National Coalition Party (KOK)". The Democratic Society. Archived from the original on 19 November 2017.
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