European elections in Finland 1999

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(in %)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

25.3

21.3

17.9

13.4

9.1

6.8

2.4

2.4

1.6

COOK

KESK

SDP

VIHR

VAS

RKP

KD

KIPU

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1996

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

+5.1

-3.1

-3.6

+5.8

-1.4

+1.0

-0.4

+2.4

-8.6

COOK

KESK

SDP

VIHR

VAS

RKP

KD

KIPU

Otherwise.

The 1999 European elections in Finland took place on June 13, 1999.

Electoral system

Eleven 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

As in most other EU countries, voter turnout was low in Finland. After 60.3% of those eligible to vote had voted in 1996, this was only 31.4% in 1999.

Election result

The National Collection Party and the Green Bund were able to unite the strongest increases in votes, each with a gain of more than 5 percentage points. With this, the National Collection Party overtook the Finnish Center Party , which together with the Social Democratic Party of Finland suffered significant losses.

Both the Social Democrats and the Left Alliance lost a mandate each. While the Christian Federation of Finland suffered minor losses, it won an additional mandate. The Swedish People's Party regained a mandate.

Result

Result of the European elections in Finland in 1999

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	National Collection Party (KOK)	313.960	25.3	+5.1	4th	± 0
	Finnish Center Party (KESK)	264,640	21.3	−3.1	4th	± 0
	Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)	221.836	17.9	−3.6	3	−1
	Green Bund (VIHR)	166,786	13.4	+5.9	2	+1
	Left Alliance (VAS)	112,757	9.1	−1.4	1	−1
	Swedish People's Party	84.153	6.8	+1.0	1	± 0
	Christian Federation of Finland (KD)	29,637	2.4	−0.4	1	+1
	Kirjava ”Puolue” - Elonkehän Puolesta	29,215	2.4	-	-	-
	True Finns	9,854	0.8	+0.1	-	-
	Communist Party of Finland (SKP)	7,556	0.6	-	-	-
	Seniors Party of Finland (SSP)	1,909	0.2	+0.1	-	-
	total	1,242,303	100.0		16
Eligible voters
Turnout (domestic)		30.1%
Votes cast		1,248,122
Invalid votes		5,819