2015 Finnish parliamentary election

2015 Finnish parliamentary election

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All 200 seats in Parliament
101 seats needed for a majority
Registered4,463,333
Turnout70.1% (Decrease 0.4pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Timo Soini 2015.JPG
Alexander Stubb Oct, 2014.jpg
Leader Juha Sipilä Timo Soini Alexander Stubb
Party Centre Finns National Coalition
Last election 35 seats, 15.8% 39 seats, 19.1% 44 seats, 20.4%
Seats won 49 38 37
Seat change Increase 14 Decrease 1 Decrease 7
Popular vote 626,218 524,054 540,212
Percentage 21.1% 17.7% 18.2%
Swing Increase 5.3pp Decrease 1.4pp Decrease 2.2pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Antti Rinne.jpg
Ville Niinisto Grona forbundet (grona) Finland. Nordiska radets session 2010.jpg
Paavo Arhinmäki 2011 (cropped).jpg
Leader Antti Rinne Ville Niinistö Paavo Arhinmäki
Party SDP Green Left Alliance
Last election 42 seats, 19.1% 10 seats, 7.3% 14 seats, 8.1%
Seats won 34 15 12
Seat change Decrease 8 Increase 5 Decrease 2
Popular vote 490,102 253,102 211,702
Percentage 16.5% 8.5% 7.1%
Swing Decrease 2.6pp Increase 1.3pp Decrease 1.0pp

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
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Päivi Räsänen 2015.jpg
Mats Löfström 2020.jpg
Leader Carl Haglund Päivi Räsänen Mats Löfström
Party RKP KD ÅS
Last election 9 seats, 4.3% 6 seats, 4.0% 1 seat, 0.3%
Seats won 9 5 1
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 1 Steady 0
Popular vote 144,802 105,134 10,910
Percentage 4.9% 3.5% 0.4%
Swing Increase 0.6pp Decrease 0.5pp Steady 0.0pp

Results map

Prime Minister before election

Alexander Stubb
National Coalition

Prime Minister after election

Juha Sipilä
Centre

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 19 April 2015,[1] with advance voting taking place from 8 to 14 April.[2] The 200 members of the Parliament of Finland were elected with the proportional D'Hondt method.

There were 4,463,333 people entitled to vote in Finland and abroad.[3]

  1. ^ "Finnish Parliamentary Elections 2015" (PDF). vaalit.fi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Advance voting begins ahead of parliamentary elections". yle.fi. Yle News English. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  3. ^ "People entitled to vote". vaalit.fi. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

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