Parliamentary election in Finland 2007

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Result (in%)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

23.1

22.3

21.4

8.8

8.5

4.9

4.6

4.1

2.3

KESK

COOK

SDP

VAS

VIHR

KD

RKP

PS

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2003

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

-1.6

+3.7

-3.1

-1.1

+0.5

-0.4

± 0.0

+2.5

-0.5

KESK

COOK

SDP

VAS

VIHR

KD

RKP

PS

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

        

A total of 200 seats

• VAS : 17
• SDP : 45
• VIHR : 15
• RKP : 10
• KESK : 51
• KOK : 50
• KD : 7
• PS : 5

The 2007 parliamentary elections in Finland took place on March 18, 2007. It was the election for the 35th Finnish parliament .

As in 2003, the Finnish Center Party under the leadership of Matti Vanhanen was the winner of the election with 23.1%, ahead of the National Collection Party with 22.3%, which brought in the largest profits. The Social Democratic Party of Finland , the second largest force in 2003, lost over three percentage points. Among the smaller parties, the basic Finns stood out, increasing their result from 1.6% to 4.1%.

The same eight parties as in 2003 made it into parliament. The Vanhanen I government, made up of the Center, Social Democrats and the Swedish People's Party, was replaced after the election by the Vanhanen II government, made up of the Center, the National Collection Party, the Greens and the Swedish People's Party.

Participating parties

Eighteen different parties ran for election.

The following parties were already represented in parliament:

logo		Political party	Alignment	Top candidate
		Finnish Center Party Suomen Keskusta (KESK) Centern i Finland	social liberal	Matti Vanhanen
		Social Democratic Party of Finland Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue (SDP) Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti	social democratic	Eero Heinäluoma
		National Collection Party Kansallinen Kokoomus (KOK) Samlingspartiet	conservative	Jyrki Katainen
		Left Alliance Vasemmistoliitto (VAS) Vänsterförbundet	socialist	Martti Korhonen
		Green Bund Vihreä liitto (VIHR) Gröna förbundet	green	Tarja Cronberg
		Finnish Christian Democrats Kristillisdemokraatit (KD) Kristdemokraterna	Christian Democratic	Päivi Räsänen
		Swedish People's Party Ruotsalainen kansanpuolue (RKP) Svenska folkpartiet (SFP)	liberal	Stefan Wallin
		Base fins Perussuomalaiset (PS) Sannfinländarna	right-wing populist	Timo Soini

Election result

Result of the parliamentary elections in Finland 2007

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Finnish Center Party (KESK)	640,428	23.1	−1.6	51	−4
	National Collection Party (KOK)	616.841	22.3	+3.7	50	+10
	Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)	594.194	21.4	−3.1	45	−8
	Left Alliance (VAS)	244.296	8.8	−1.1	17th	−2
	Green Bund (VIHR)	234.429	8.5	+0.5	15th	+1
	Finnish Christian Democrats (KD)	134,790	4.9	−0.4	7th	-
	Swedish People's Party (RKP)	126,520	4.6	-	9	+1
	Basic fins (PS)	112,256	4.1	+2.5	5	+2
	Communist Party of Finland (SKP)	18,277	0.7	−0.1	-	-
	Seniors Party of Finland (SSP)	16,715	0.6	+0.4	-	-
	Åland coalition	9,561	0.3	−0.1	1	-
	Independence party	5,541	0.2	+0.2	-	-
	The blue and white of the Finnish people	3,913	0.1	−0.1	-	-
	Liberals (LIB)	3,171	0.1	−0.2	-	-
	For the poor	2,521	0.1	-	-	-
	Communist Labor Party (KTP)	2.007	0.1	-	-	-
	Workers' Party of Finland (STP)	1,764	0.1	+0.1	-	-
	Others	4.012	0.1	−0.4
total		2,771,236	100.0		200
Valid votes		2,771,236	99.3
Invalid votes		19,516	0.7
voter turnout		2,790,752	65.0
Eligible voters		4,292,436	100.0
Source: Finnish Ministry of Justice

The turnout was 65 percent, 1.8 percentage points below the 2003 figure.

government

Vanhanen formed a government with the National Collection Party, the Green Federation and the Swedish People's Party. After he announced his resignation in 2009, Mari Kiviniemi took over on June 22, 2010 .

70. Cabinet Vanhanen II - Matti Vanhanen (center) - government made up of the center, the National Collection Party, the Green Bund and the Swedish People's Party (April 10, 2007 to June 22, 2010)
71. Cabinet Kiviniemi - Mari Kiviniemi (center) - government from the center, National Collection Party, Green Bund and Swedish People's Party (June 22, 2010 to June 22, 2011)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Official result of the 2007 parliamentary elections Finnish Ministry of Justice (Finnish, English)
2. ↑ electionguide.com