re-elected party leader<\/a> Antti Lindtman and party secretary Mikkel N\u00e4kk\u00e4l\u00e4j\u00e4rvi without opposition.<\/p>\n
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Razmyar secured 904 votes from delegates. Malm received 745 and Perholehto 625. MPs Juha Viitala and Jani Kokko failed to win seats in the deputy leadership election.<\/p>\n
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The result strengthens Razmyar\u2019s position inside the party after several years as one of SDP\u2019s most recognisable figures. Born in Afghanistan, Razmyar arrived in Finland as a child refugee and entered parliament in 2015. She later left parliament temporarily while serving as Helsinki\u2019s deputy mayor.<\/p>\n
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Speaking after the result, Razmyar said the party would head into the next elections with confidence.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe are not bowing down. We will win the elections,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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She also joked with Lindtman on stage after the results were announced.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHow will you manage now, Antti?\u201d she asked as the new leadership team celebrated its victory.<\/p>\n
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Razmyar has at times broken with parts of the parliamentary group on policy issues, including border security legislation and economic policy. She has criticised the debt brake framework supported by several Finnish parties, describing it previously as a restriction on opportunity and growth.<\/p>\n
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Malm, a second-term MP from Imatra, campaigned on workers\u2019 rights and criticism of the current government\u2019s labour policies. Before entering parliament, she worked at Ovako steelworks as a crane operator and shop steward.<\/p>\n
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During her speech to delegates, Malm said politics should be communicated in plain language.<\/p>\n
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\u201cPolitics should be spoken in Finnish, not only in complicated terms,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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Perholehto, 29, becomes the youngest member of SDP\u2019s senior leadership. The MP from Hyvink\u00e4\u00e4 entered national politics through student organisations, SDP youth politics and trade union work.<\/p>\n
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In her speech to congress, Perholehto spoke about solidarity and social mobility. She said economic stability alone was not enough if society failed people.<\/p>\n
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\u201cA state can be economically stable but humanly broken,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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Perholehto has spoken publicly in recent years about spending time in psychiatric care during her youth while being treated for anorexia and depression. She referred to those experiences again during her presentation speech to delegates.<\/p>\n
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The congress also featured a speech from Swedish Social Democratic leader and former prime minister Magdalena Andersson, who warned against allowing right-wing parties to dominate debates on crime and public safety.<\/p>\n
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\u201cShootings are everywhere,\u201d Andersson said, while describing gang violence in Sweden.<\/p>\n
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She argued that social democrats must offer credible responses to organised crime without abandoning social policy.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIf we do not provide credible alternatives, we leave space for the right and authoritarian forces,\u201d Andersson told delegates.<\/p>\n
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The party secretary said SDP membership had risen during the past year. According to N\u00e4kk\u00e4l\u00e4j\u00e4rvi, the party now has around 28,000 members. About 2,000 people joined during the past year, although net growth remained limited because of membership losses elsewhere.<\/p>\n
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SDP currently leads several national opinion polls in Finland and is aiming to return to government in the next parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n
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