Parliamentary election in Finland 2015

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Result (in%)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

21.1

18.2

17.7

16.5

8.5

7.1

4.9

3.5

2.5

KESK

COOK

PS

SDP

VIHR

VAS

RKP

KD

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2011

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

+5.3

-2.2

-1.4

-2.6

+1.2

-1.0

+0.6

-0.5

+0.6

KESK

COOK

PS

SDP

VIHR

VAS

RKP

KD

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

         

A total of 200 seats

• VAS : 12
• SDP : 34
• VIHR : 15
• RKP : 9
• KESK : 49
• KOK : 37
• KD : 5
• PS : 38
• Otherwise: 1

Election posters in Turku

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
01	Helsinki	22nd
02	Uusimaa	35
03	Varsinais-Suomi	17th
04	Satakunta	08th
05	Åland	01
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	07th

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

2015 parliamentary election result in Finland

Political party		be right			Seats
		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	09	± 0
	Finnish Christian Democrats (KD)	105.134	3.5	−0.5	05	−1
	Pirate Party (PP)	25,086	0.8	+0.3	0-	0-
	Independence party	13,638	0.5	+0.4	0-	0-
	Åland coalition	10,910	0.4	+0.1	01	± 0
	Communist Party of Finland (SKP)	7,529	0.3	± 0.0	0-	0-
	Change 2011 (M11)	7,442	0.3	± 0.0	0-	0-
	Communist Labor Party (KTP)	1,100	0.0	± 0.0	0-	0-
	Workers' Party of Finland (STP)	984	0.0	−0.1	0-	0-
	For the poor	623	0.0	± 0.0	0-	0-
	Others	5,821	0.2	-	0-	0-
total		2,968,459	100.0		2000
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

• Political system of Finland
• History of Finland: Post-Soviet Era

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Official result of the 2015 parliamentary elections Finnish Ministry of Justice (Finnish, English, Swedish)
2. ↑ People entitled to vote. In: tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi. April 19, 2015, accessed April 19, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Vasemmistoliitto lähtee hallituksesta YLE, March 25, 2014; Retrieved September 18, 2014.
4. ↑ Fennovoiman periaatepäätös hyväksyttiin, Vihreät jättää hallituksen . Newspaper Helsingin Sanomat , September 18 2014; Retrieved September 18, 2014
5. ↑ Vihreät ulos hallituksesta - Mieli auf Raskas ja pettynyt . YLE September 18, 2014; Retrieved September 18, 2014.
6. ↑ Vaalipiiriuudistus lyötiin lukkoon eduskunnassa . YLE March 6, 2013; Retrieved September 18, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Parliamentary Election in Finland 2015  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Finnish Parliament (Finnish, Swedish, English, French)