European elections in Finland 2009
The European elections in Finland 2009 took place on June 7, 2009. It was carried out in the course of the EU- wide European elections in 2009 , with 13 of the 736 seats in the European Parliament in Finland . In addition to the six parties represented in the European Parliament, seven other parties and an electoral association competed in the election.
Election process and turnout
A total of 4,326,246 Finnish citizens were eligible to vote. In addition, 6,211 people from other EU countries living in Finland had decided to vote for a Finnish party.
From May 27th to May 30th and June 1st to 2nd you could vote in advance at various centers in Finland. From May 27th to 30th, 2009 votes could also be cast at the Finnish diplomatic missions abroad. People whose physical condition did not allow them to visit a polling station could vote from home against an announcement by May 26th at the latest. The official election day took place on Sunday, June 7th, 2009. Polling stations across Finland were open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. that day.
The turnout including foreign voters was 38.6%, in Finland 40.3%. This means that voter turnout was 0.8% lower than in 2004. Participation was highest in Kauniainen with 68.4% , and lowest in Hyrynsalmi with 25.5%.
Electoral system
Thirteen parties and an electoral association were available for election. A total of 241 people ran for the thirteen Finnish seats in the European Parliament. Eleven of the parties put forward 20 candidates each, the two parties Finnish Christian Democrats and True Finns each 10 candidates. The electoral association put Liisa Sulkakoski as a single candidate.
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.
Election result
The winners of the European elections were the True Finns and the Green League . The True Finns won almost 10% of the vote and entered the European Parliament with one member for the first time. Your election campaign was mainly shaped by Euroscepticism and hostility to immigration. The Greens were able to win a second seat through an increase of around 2 percentage points. Most of your voters live in the big cities in southern Finland.
The three major parties in Finland, the National Collection Party , the Finnish Center Party and the Social Democratic Party of Finland , all three suffered more or less large losses. The National Collection Party was able to expand its lead over the other two parties and hardly lost any votes, but due to the lower turnout it lost one seat. The Center Party and the Social Democrats each lost one seat, but their loss of votes was also significantly greater. The Center Party lost over 4 percentage points of the vote.
The Christian Democrats had concluded an electoral alliance with the True Finns. Although they received almost 30,000 fewer votes than the left alliance , this electoral alliance helped them get a MP. The left alliance, however, lost its only seat and is no longer represented in the European Parliament. The Swedish People's Party was barely able to keep its only seat.
Result
Political party | be right | Seats | ||||
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number | % | +/- | number | +/- | ||
National Collection Party (KOK) | 386.416 | 23.2 | -0.5 | 3 | -1 | |
Finnish Center Party (KESK) | 316,798 | 19.0 | -4.3 | 3 | -1 | |
Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) | 292.051 | 17.5 | -3.6 | 2 | -1 | |
Green Bund (VIHR) | 206,439 | 12.4 | +2.0 | 2 | +1 | |
The Finns (PS) | 162.930 | 9.8 | +9.3 | 1 | +1 | |
Swedish People's Party | 101,453 | 6.1 | +0.4 | 1 | ± 0 | |
Finnish Christian Democrats (KD) | 69,458 | 4.2 | -0.1 | 1 | ± 0 | |
Left Alliance (VAS) | 98,690 | 5.9 | -3.2 | - | -1 | |
Liisa Sulkakoski (individual candidate) | 8,463 | - | +0.5 | - | - | |
Communist Party of Finland (SKP) | 8,089 | 0.5 | -0.1 | - | - | |
For the poor | 4,338 | 0.3 | -0.1 | - | - | |
Finnish Labor Party (STP) | 3,169 | 0.2 | +0.2 | - | - | |
Seniors Party of Finland (SSP) | 2,974 | 0.2 | ± 0.0 | - | - | |
total | 1,664,831 | 100.0 | 13 | -1 | ||
Eligible voters | ||||||
Turnout (domestic) | 40.3% | |||||
Votes cast | 1,672,434 | |||||
Invalid votes | 7,603 | |||||
Source: Finnish Ministry of Justice |
MPs
Eight women and five men were elected as members of the European Parliament. Their age at the time of the election ranges from 27 to 63. Six of the elected candidates are completely new to the European Parliament.
Surname | Political party | Number of votes |
---|---|---|
Ville Itälä | National rally party | 65,916 |
Anneli Jäätteenmäki | Finnish Center Party | 80.007 |
Mitro Repo | Social Democratic Party of Finland | 71,517 |
Timo Soini | True Finns | 130,432 |
Heidi Hautala | Green covenant | 58,952 |
Sirpa Pietikäinen | National rally party | 51,446 |
Hannu Takkula | Finnish Center Party | 39,311 |
Liisa Jaakonsaari | Social Democratic Party of Finland | 45,335 |
Eija-Riitta Korhola | National rally party | 51.211 |
Sari essayah | Finnish Christian Democrats | 53,688 |
Riikka Manner | Finnish Center Party | 37,304 |
Satu Hassi | Green covenant | 56,855 |
Carl Haglund | Swedish People's Party | 16,853 |
Ari Vatanen and Jani Sievinen did not receive enough votes from the members of the last European Parliament to continue their office. Eeva-Riitta Siitonen decided not to run again.
The most successful candidate was Timo Soini with over 130,000 votes, which is around 80% of the total number of votes in his party.
The candidate Risto EJ Penttilä had the tenth best result of all candidates with 50,881, but only the fourth best of his National Collection Party, which could only win three seats. Four candidates from other parties with fewer votes were given preference.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Official result of the 2009 European elections
- ↑ vaalit: People Entitled to vote
- ^ Ministry of Justice: European Elections on June 7, 2009
- ↑ vaalit: Party Results (Whole country)
- ↑ vaalit: Participation
- ^ Helsingin Sanomat : True Finns and Greens advance in European Parliament elections as big parties suffer