Listaryhmä

Listaryhmä is a Finnish term that combines lista ('list') and ryhmä ('group'). It is used primarily in informal or media contexts to describe a group of candidates, items, or actors that are linked by a single list. In political discourse, the term may refer to a faction within a council or parliament that is formed around candidates from the same electoral list, functioning as an informal coordination group. However, this usage is not formalized in Finnish electoral law; the official terms for such organizations are valtuustoryhmä (council group) or eduskuntaryhmä (parliamentary group). Because "listaryhmä" is not an official label, its exact scope and meaning can vary by region, context, and author. Outside politics, the concept can describe a subset of elements that share a common list in data organization, documentation, or task planning. The term is more common in Finnish-language sources and is less standardized in dictionaries. Etymology is straightforward, deriving from the compound of lista and ryhmä.