European elections in Finland 2019

← 2014European elections in Finland 2019

 %

30th

20th

10

0

20.8

16

14.6

13.8

13.5

6.9

6.4

4.9

3.1

COOK

VIHR

SDP

PS

KESK

VAS

RKP

KD

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to

 % p

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-1.8

+6.7

+2.3

+0.9

-6.2

-2.4

-0.4

-0.3

+1.2

COOK

VIHR

SDP

PS

KESK

VAS

RKP

KD

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats after the 2019 European elections

       

A total of 13 seats

• VAS : 1
• SDP : 2
• VIHR : 2
• RKP : 1
• KESK : 2
• KOK : 3
• PS : 2

The 2019 European elections took place in Finland on May 26, 2019. It was carried out as part of the EU- wide European elections in 2019 .

In Finland, 13 seats were initially awarded in the European Parliament , but 14 seats were elected. An elected representative from Finland will move into the European Parliament after the UK leaves the EU . There is no explicit threshold clause for parties .

The election took place six weeks after the national parliamentary election. At times the Finnish government planned to consolidate the elections, but this plan was rejected.

Electoral system

Finland uses an open list system when voting . The order of the candidates is not determined by the parties. The voters vote for a candidate, not a party. To determine the number of seats allocated to a party, the votes of all candidates of a party are added together. The D'Hondt method is used for this.

Lists can be linked together so that the votes of the parties are added together when allocating seats. Within a party, the seats are then awarded to the candidates with the most votes.

Starting position

European elections 2014

European elections in Finland 2014

(in %)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

22.6

19.7

12.9

12.3

9.3

9.3

6.7

5.2

2.0

COOK

KESK

PS

SDP

VIHR

VAS

RKP

KD

Otherwise.

In the 2014 European elections , the conservative National Collection Party was the strongest party ahead of the Center Party . The Finns were able to improve their election results compared to 2009 by more than three percentage points, but remained below the survey results previously determined. However, at 12.9%, they became the third strongest force ahead of the Social Democratic Party , which achieved its worst ever result in a national election with 12.3%.

After the 2015 general election , the Center Party, The Finns and the National Collection Party formed a center-right coalition . Juha Sipilä (center) became prime minister . After the election of Jussi Halla-aho as the new chairman of the party The Finns, their coalition partners terminated the coalition. Then twenty MPs, including all cabinet members, resigned from the Finns party. They later founded the Blue Future party .

Parties

The following parties are currently represented in the Finnish and European Parliament:

Party (abbreviation) German name		European party	national mandates	europ. Mandates	europ. fraction
	Kansallinen Kokoomus (Kok.) National Collection Party	EPP	49	3	EPP
	Suomen Keskusta (Kesk.) Finnish Center Party	ALDE	38	3	ALDE
	Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue (SDP) Social Democratic Party of Finland	SPE	35	2	S&D
	Perussuomalaiset (PS) The Finns	-	17th	2	EKR
	Vihreä liitto (Vihr.) Green Covenant	EGP	15th	1	Greens / EFA
	Vasemmistoliitto (Vas.) Left alliance	EL , MLP	12	1	GUE / NGL
	Suomen Ruotsalainen Kansanpuolue (SFP / RKP) Swedish People's Party	ALDE	10	1	ALDE
	Suomen Kristillisdemokraatit (KD) Finnish Christian Democrats	EPP (obs.)	05	-	-
	Sininen tulevaisuus (Sin.) Blue future	AKRE	18th	-	-

Survey

date	Survey institute	COOK	KESK	PS	SDP	VIHR	VAS	SFP	KD	Others
May 21, 2019	Taloustutkimus	19.7%	13.0%	17.0%	14.3%	17.2%	7.9%	5.2%	4.2%	1.5%
May 18, 2019	Cantar TNS	20.1%	13.5%	16.3%	15.5%	13.0%	8.3%	6.8%	5.0%	1.5%
05/25/2015	Election 2014	22.6%	19.7%	12.9%	12.3%	9.3%	9.3%	6.8%	5.2%	1.9%

Result

Parties

Results of the European elections in Finland 2019

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	National Collection Party (KOK)	380.106	20.8	−1.8	3	± 0
	Green Bund (VIHR)	292,512	16.0	+6.7	2 (+1)	+1 (+2)
	Social Democratic Party (SDP)	267,342	14.6	+2.3	2	± 0
	Basic fins (PS)	252.990	13.8	+1.0	2	± 0
	Center Party (KESK)	247,416	13.5	−6.1	2	-1
	Left Alliance (VAS)	125,749	6.9	−2.4	1	± 0
	Swedish People's Party (RKP)	116.033	6.4	−0.4	1	± 0
	Christian Democrats (KD)	89.166	4.9	−0.4	-	-
	Pirate Party (PP)	12,558	0.7	± 0	-	-
	Others	44,927	2.4	+1.2	-	-
total			100.0	-	13 (+1)	- (+1)
Valid votes		1,828,799	99.7
Invalid votes		6.331	0.3
voter turnout		1,835,130	40.8
Eligible voters		4,263,770	100.0
Source: Finnish Ministry of Justice

Political groups in the European Parliament

Political party		Seats
		number	+/-	%
	European People's Party (EPP) (KOK)	3	± 0	23.1
	Renew Europe (RE) (KESK, RKP)	3	−1	23.1
	The Greens / European Free Alliance (Greens / EFA) (VIHR)	2 (+1)	+1 (+2)	15.4
	Party of European Socialists (S&D) (SDP)	2	± 0	15.4
	Identity and Democracy (ID) (PS)	2	New	15.4
	European United Left / Nordic Greens (GUE / NGL) (VAS)	1	± 0	7.6
	European Conservatives and Reformists (EKR)	-	-	-
total		13 (+1)	- (+1)	100.0

Web links

Commons : European Parliament election, 2014 (Finland)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9837674
2. ↑ Official result of the European elections 2014 Finnish Ministry of Justice (Finnish)
3. ↑ http://yle.fi/uutiset/sipila_opts_for_right-leaning_government/7979421
4. ↑ http://www.verkkouutiset.fi/politiikka/eduskunta%20niinisto%20sipila-36699
5. ↑ https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9667769
6. ↑ Official result of the 2019 European elections Finnish Ministry of Justice (Finnish, English, Swedish)