Socialist Workers Party (Finland)

This article is about a political party founded in 1973. For other uses, see Socialist Workers' Party of Finland.

Socialist Workers' Party Sosialistinen Työväenpuolue
Founded	May 5, 1973 (1973-05-05)
Split from	Socialist Union of Workers and Smallholders
Merged into	Left Alliance
Newspaper	Päivän Uutiset 1973–1976
Youth wing	Socialist Youth League of Finland
Women's wing	Social Democratic Women's League of Finland
Children's wing	Varhaisnuorisoliitto Haukat
Ideology	Socialism
Political position	Left-wing
Politics of Finland Political parties Elections

Socialist Workers' Party (Finnish: Sosialistinen Työväenpuolue, Swedish: Socialistiska Arbetarepartiet) was a political party in Finland. The STP was founded in 1973 as split from Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders (TPSL). STP emerged from a group that did not approve of the return of TPSL to the Social Democratic Party.

STP had electoral alliances with Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL), the mass front dominated by the Communist Party of Finland (SKP) but with little success. When SKP (and SKDL) split in 1985-1986 STP cooperated with Democratic Alternative which was founded by Communist Party of Finland (Unity) (SKPy).

In February 1990, STP chairman Pentti Waltzer said the party would join the new Left Alliance if Democratic Alternative decided to merge with it, which later happened.

Elections

Parliament
Year	MPs	Votes
1975	--	9 457	0.34%
1979	--	2 955	0.10%
Municipal
Year	Councillors	Votes
1976	2	1 901	0.07%
Presidential
Year	Electors	Votes
1978	--	2 187	0.1%

See also

• List of Social Democratic Party (Finland) breakaway parties

External links

• STP party program (1973) (in Finnish)