Parliamentary election in Finland 2015
The 2015 parliamentary elections in Finland took place on April 19, 2015. It was the election to the 37th Finnish Parliament , whose 200 members were elected for four years. 4.46 million Finns at home and abroad were eligible to vote. The Center Party won the election , while all other major parties lost votes. The Social Democrats got the worst result ever. After the election, a bourgeois coalition was formed from the Center Party, the National Collection Party and the Finnish Party .
Starting position
The incumbent government was formed by a four-party coalition before the election. Part of the government were the National Coalition Party , the Social Democratic Party , the Swedish People's Party and the Christian Democrats . The two largest opposition parties were The Finns and the Center Party . The Left Alliance and the Green Bund were initially part of the governing coalition, but left it in 2014.
On June 22, 2011, the parliament elected Jyrki Katainen as prime minister with 118 votes to 72. Two members of the Left Alliance who voted against Katainen were expelled from the parliamentary group, reducing the government majority from 126 to 124 members. In March 2014, the left alliance announced its withdrawal from the governing coalition. It justified this step with budget cuts in the social area. This reduced the government majority to 112 members.
In April 2014, Jyrki Katainen announced that he would not run again for the chairmanship of the National Gathering Party. Thereupon the party elected Alexander Stubb as its new chairman and thus the new prime minister. In September 2014, the Green Bund announced that it would also leave the government. He justified his resignation with the approval of the government for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Pyhäjoki . The government now had a parliamentary backing of 102 seats.
Constituencies
The Finnish Parliament decided in 2013 to convert some smaller electoral districts into larger ones.
# | Constituency | Seats | map |
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01 | Helsinki | 22nd | |
02 | Uusimaa | 35 | |
03 | Varsinais-Suomi | 17th | |
04 | Satakunta | 8th | |
05 | Åland | 1 | |
06 | Malice | 14th | |
07 | Pirkanmaa | 19th | |
08 | Southeast Finland | 17th | |
09 | Savo Karelia | 16 | |
10 | Vaasa | 16 | |
11 | Central Finland | 10 | |
12 | Oulu | 18th | |
13 | Lapland | 7th |
Survey
The table shows seat allocations based on surveys. 101 seats are required for an absolute majority in parliament.
date | Institute | COOK | SDP | PS | KESK | VAS | VIHR | RKP | KD | Others |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 19, 2015 | ScenariPolitici | 36 | 34 | 35 | 51 | 15th | 15th | 8th | 5 | 1 |
March 21, 2015 | Accuscore | 34 | 35 | 36 | 53 | 16 | 14th | 9 | 2 | 1 |
November 3, 2014 - March 19, 2015 | Taloustutkimus | 33 | 35 | 31 | 56 | 17th | 15th | 8th | 4th | 1 |
March 14, 2015 | Accuscore | 34 | 34 | 36 | 55 | 16 | 14th | 8th | 2 | 1 |
February 26, 2015 | Accuscore | 34 | 34 | 36 | 56 | 16 | 14th | 8th | 1 | 1 |
February 21, 2015 | Accuscore | 35 | 34 | 35 | 57 | 15th | 14th | 8th | 1 | 1 |
23rd January 2015 | Accuscore | 35 | 33 | 36 | 56 | 15th | 15th | 8th | 1 | 1 |
June 2 - December 2, 2014 | Taloustutkimus | 42 | 31 | 37 | 50 | 17th | 12 | 8th | 2 | 1 |
April 17, 2011 | Election result 2011 | 44 | 42 | 39 | 35 | 14th | 10 | 9 | 6th | 1 |
Election result
Political party | be right | Seats | ||||
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number | % | +/- | number | +/- | ||
Finnish Center Party (KESK) | 626.218 | 21.1 | +5.3 | 49 | +14 | |
National Collection Party (KOK) | 540.212 | 18.2 | −2.2 | 37 | −7 | |
Basic fins (PS) | 524.054 | 17.7 | −1.4 | 38 | −1 | |
Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) | 490.102 | 16.5 | −2.6 | 34 | −8 | |
Green Bund (VIHR) | 253.102 | 8.5 | +1.2 | 15th | +5 | |
Left Alliance (VAS) | 211,702 | 7.1 | −1.0 | 12 | −2 | |
Swedish People's Party (RKP) | 144.802 | 4.9 | +0.6 | 9 | ± 0 | |
Finnish Christian Democrats (KD) | 105.134 | 3.5 | −0.5 | 5 | −1 | |
Pirate Party (PP) | 25,086 | 0.8 | +0.3 | - | - | |
Independence party | 13,638 | 0.5 | +0.4 | - | - | |
Åland coalition | 10,910 | 0.4 | +0.1 | 1 | ± 0 | |
Communist Party of Finland (SKP) | 7,529 | 0.3 | ± 0.0 | - | - | |
Change 2011 (M11) | 7,442 | 0.3 | ± 0.0 | - | - | |
Communist Labor Party (KTP) | 1,100 | 0.0 | ± 0.0 | - | - | |
Workers' Party of Finland (STP) | 984 | 0.0 | −0.1 | - | - | |
For the poor | 623 | 0.0 | ± 0.0 | - | - | |
Others | 5,821 | 0.2 | - | - | - | |
total | 2,968,459 | 100.0 | 200 | |||
Valid votes | 2,968,459 | 99.5 | ||||
Invalid votes | 15,397 | 0.5 | ||||
voter turnout | 2,983,856 | 66.9 | ||||
Eligible voters | 4,463,333 | 100.0 | ||||
Source: Finnish Ministry of Justice |
Government formation
The Center Party (KESK), the National Collection Party (KOK) and the Basic Fins (PS) agreed on a coalition that held 124 of the 200 seats. The new government with Juha Sipilä (KESK) as Prime Minister took office on May 29, 2015.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Official result of the 2015 parliamentary elections Finnish Ministry of Justice (Finnish, English, Swedish)
- ↑ People entitled to vote. In: tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi. April 19, 2015, accessed April 19, 2015 .
- ↑ Vasemmistoliitto lähtee hallituksesta YLE, March 25, 2014; Retrieved September 18, 2014.
- ↑ Fennovoiman periaatepäätös hyväksyttiin, Vihreät jättää hallituksen . Newspaper Helsingin Sanomat , September 18 2014; Retrieved September 18, 2014
- ↑ Vihreät ulos hallituksesta - Mieli auf Raskas ja pettynyt . YLE September 18, 2014; Retrieved September 18, 2014.
- ↑ Vaalipiiriuudistus lyötiin lukkoon eduskunnassa . YLE March 6, 2013; Retrieved September 18, 2014.
Web links
- Official website of the Finnish Parliament (Finnish, Swedish, English, French)