2000 Finnish presidential election

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2000 Finnish presidential election
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←  1994 16 January 2000 (first round)
6 February 2000 (second round)		 2006  →
Turnout73.63% (first round)
76.83% (second round)
  Tarja Halonen 2003.jpg Visit of Esko Aho, Finnish Prime Minister, to the EC (cropped).jpg
Candidate Tarja Halonen Esko Aho
Party SDP Centre
Popular vote1,644,5321,540,803
Percentage51.63%48.37%
Finnish presidential election, 2000 results by constituency (I round result).svg
  Tarja Halonen
  Esko Aho
  Elisabeth Rehn
Finnish presidential election, 2000 results by constituency (II round result).svg
  Tarja Halonen
  Esko Aho
President before election

Martti Ahtisaari
SDP

Elected President

Tarja Halonen
SDP

Presidential elections were held in Finland on 16 January 2000, with a second round on 6 February. [1]

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The result was a victory for Tarja Halonen of the Social Democratic Party, who became the country's first female president. During the elections Halonen was the incumbent Minister for Foreign Affairs. President Martti Ahtisaari had indicated in January 1999 that he would accept the Social Democratic Party's nomination for the 2000 presidential elections, but only if no presidential primary was held. However, Jacob Söderman announced his candidacy at the start of April 1999, and during the final week of that month, Ahtisaari announced that he would not seek the Social Democratic presidential candidacy. In his memoirs, Ahtisaari claims that Tarja Halonen badly wanted to become president, a claim that Halonen has denied.

There were three other female presidential candidates in 2000: Riitta Uosukainen of the National Coalition, Elisabeth Rehn of the Swedish People's Party, and Heidi Hautala of the Greens. Halonen's popularity rose significantly during the last few months before the first round of the 2000 presidential elections, while Uosukainen's and Rehn's popularity declined. Former Prime Minister Esko Aho, the Centrist presidential candidate, emerged as the second most popular candidate. Halonen received votes from women across party lines, and she was partly helped by her lack of a major left-wing opponent, and by her reputation as a tolerant, human rights-oriented person. The election was decided by slightly over 100,000 votes, and the voter turnout was much higher than in the 1996 municipal elections or in the 1999 parliamentary elections. [2] [3] [4]

Candidates

Results

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Tarja Halonen Social Democratic Party 1,224,43140.031,644,53251.63
Esko Aho Centre Party 1,051,15934.361,540,80348.37
Riitta Uosukainen National Coalition Party 392,30512.83
Elisabeth Rehn Swedish People's Party 241,8777.91
Heidi Hautala Green League 100,7403.29
Ilkka Hakalehto True Finns 31,4051.03
Risto Kuisma Reform Group 16,9430.55
Total3,058,860100.003,185,335100.00
Valid votes3,058,86099.703,185,33599.49
Invalid/blank votes9,2900.3016,3780.51
Total votes3,068,150100.003,201,713100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,167,20073.634,167,20476.83
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By province

First round

Province Halonen Aho Uosukainen Rehn Hautala Hakalehto Kuisma ElectorateVotesValidInvalid
Southern Savonia 35,26043,78012,4333,0872,2251,060514135,15398,66298,359303
Northern Savonia 54,26568,79513,1415,3653,1021,538643203,996147,259146,849410
North Karelia 37,61242,99310,2512,9522,2401,179512136,78898,08397,739344
Kainuu 17,15827,7553,8571,27187662121972,97151,90651,757149
Uusimaa 356,278155,713113,87393,36041,1656,2905,1151,030,546774,121771,7942,327
Eastern Uusimaa 19,03012,0235,02914,4371,67236443870,20553,10352,993110
Southwest Finland 114,66278,96038,93120,5149,6083,1681,523360,024268,209267,366843
Tavastia Proper 43,20330,89015,6944,5042,661970616131,16698,87298,538334
Päijänne Tavastia 49,78835,40218,8915,1683,2441,180666159,063114,666114,339327
Kymenlaakso 49,68634,70319,4334,5612,836947835154,744113,433113,001432
South Karelia 29,34329,52820,2832,0271,818664433112,32584,39484,096298
Central Finland 59,85865,50115,5925,7314,6451,555723210,868154,006153,605401
Southern Ostrobothnia 23,33674,56714,1573,4951,4541,454361158,210119,150118,824326
Ostrobothnia 26,81632,4826,77836,0101,947640241150,093105,188104,914274
Satakunta 62,70152,05917,6955,3783,0901,950714194,211143,999143,587412
Pirkanmaa 120,01781,43638,37813,8579,2103,6521,784358,640269,210268,334876
Central Ostrobothnia 10,72425,8292,3333,00864159013257,95543,37343,257116
Northern Ostrobothnia 70,230100,31416,0767,3925,8282,6431,005280,748204,028203,488540
Lapland 42,68555,7129,2493,2852,313926458164,904115,045114,628417
Åland 1,7792,7172316,475165141124,59011,44311,39251

Second round

Province Halonen Aho ElectorateVotesValidInvalid
Southern Savonia 46,66957,195135,153104,363103,864499
Northern Savonia 70,14986,573203,997157,250156,722528
North Karelia 48,61455,753136,788104,855104,367488
Kainuu 21,63634,10472,97155,95455,740214
Uusimaa 495,469290,3481,030,549790,870785,8175,053
Eastern Uusimaa 28,09625,95370,20554,34254,049293
Southwest Finland 152,539123,259360,024277,162275,7981,364
Tavastia Proper 56,55745,674131,166102,830102,231599
Päijänne Tavastia 66,66052,298159,063119,560118,958602
Kymenlaakso 67,04850,775154,744118,443117,823620
South Karelia 41,74244,091112,32586,32085,833487
Central Finland 78,49584,227210,868163,374162,722652
Southern Ostrobothnia 32,06593,911158,210126,547125,976571
Ostrobothnia 39,01969,890150,093109,447108,909538
Satakunta 79,60471,178194,211151,471150,782689
Pirkanmaa 157,589120,669358,640279,668278,2581,410
Central Ostrobothnia 13,29832,75057,95546,22046,048172
Northern Ostrobothnia 90,618126,767280,748218,316217,385931
Lapland 53,96568,162164,904122,674122,127547
Åland 4,7007,22624,59012,04711,926121

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  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Tapani Ruokanen, On a Journey: Martti Ahtisaari's Story / Matkalla. Martti Ahtisaaren tarina. Helsinki: Otava Ltd., 2009, pgs. 397-411
  3. ↑ Timo Vihavainen, "The Welfare Finland" (Hyvinvointi-Suomi), pg. 903
  4. ↑ Hannu Lehtilä, Tarja Halonen: One of Us (Tarja Halonen - Yksi meistä), Helsinki: Otava Ltd., 2005
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