European elections in Finland 1996

European elections in Finland 19961999 →

(in %)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

24.4

21.5

20.2

10.5

7.6

5.8

3.0

2.8

2.4

4.4

KESK

SDP

COOK

VAS

VIHR

RKP

NP

KD

VEU

Otherwise.

The European elections in Finland in 1996 took place on October 20, 1996. It was the first direct election to the European Parliament since Finland joined the European Union . Finland had 16 members of the European Parliament .

Electoral system

15 parties or electoral associations were available for election.

Finland uses the open list system for elections , which determines the order of candidates not only by parties. The voters do not vote for a party themselves, but only for its candidates. The votes that all candidates of a party received together are used to determine the amount of seats that a party will receive. The D'Hondt method is used for this determination . Within a party, those candidates who have received the most votes become MPs. In this procedure, candidates who have received many votes but whose party does not have enough seats can lose to candidates with fewer votes but more free seats.

voter turnout

2,366,504 people voted, which corresponds to a share of 60.3%. 2,249,411 votes were valid.

Result

Compared to the parliamentary elections in Finland in 1995 on March 19, 1995, the Social Democrats had to cope with huge losses, while the Center Party, which won 19.9% ​​in the parliamentary elections, gained strongly. Nevertheless, the Social Democrats, along with the Finnish Center Party and the National Collection Party, were the winners of the election with results between 20 and 25%.

Among the medium-sized parties, the left-wing alliance was able to hold its own with just over 10% and thus, in contrast to the Green Bund and the Swedish People's Party , each with one mandate, won two seats.

In the first European elections for the Finns, the votes were particularly widely distributed. So it happened that 167,179 votes (8.39%) went to other parties that missed the entry into the European Parliament . In addition, 117,093 (4.95%) people voted invalid.

Result of the European elections in Finland in 1996

Political party		be right		Seats
		number	%	number
	Finnish Center Party (KESK)	548.041	24.4	4th
	Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)	482,577	21.5	4th
	National rally party	453.729	20.2	4th
	Left Alliance (VAS)	236,490	10.5	2
	Green Bund (VIHR)	170,670	7.6	1
	Swedish People's Party	129,425	5.8	1
	Young Finnish Party (NP)	68.134	3.0	-
	Christian Federation of Finland (KD)	63.279	2.8	-
	Vaihtoehto EU: lle Tiedotuskeskus	47,687	2.1	-
	True Finns	15.004	0.7	-
	Alliance for a Free Finland	13,746	0.6	-
	Liberal People's Party (LKP)	8,305	0.4	-
	Seniors Party of Finland (SSP)	6,357	0.3	-
	Natural Law Party (LLP)	3,327	0.2	-
	Finnish Pensioners' Party (SEP)	2,640	0.1	-
	total	2,249,411	100.0	16
Eligible voters
Turnout (domestic)		57.6%
Votes cast		2,366,504
Invalid votes		117.093

MPs

Surname	Political party	Number of votes
Sirkka-Liisa Anttila	Center of Finland
Mirja Ryynänen	Center of Finland
Kyösti Virrankoski	Center of Finland
Paavo Väyrynen	Center of Finland	157,668
Jörn Donner	Social Democratic Party of Finland
Riitta Myller	Social Democratic Party of Finland
Reino Paasilinna	Social Democratic Party of Finland
Pertti Paasio	Social Democratic Party of Finland
Reimo Ilaskivi	National rally party
Marjo Matikainen-Kallström	National rally party
Jyrki Otila	National rally party
Kirsi Piha	National rally party	147.066
Esko Seppänen	Left alliance	152.216
Outi Ojala	Left alliance
Astrid Thors	Swedish People's Party
Heidi Hautala	Green covenant