2012 Finnish municipal elections

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Municipal elections were held in Finland on 28 October 2012, with advance voting between 17 and 23 October 2012. 9,674 municipal council seats were open for election in 304 municipalities. The number of councillors decreased by over 700 compared to the previous election due to the merging of several municipalities. [1] The term of the elected councillors will begin on 1 January 2013.

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Funds

In Finland, candidates have to declare their campaign funding. 15% of the declarations did not arrive in time. [2]

Competing parties

Electoral method

The D'Hondt method is used in the election. The size of the municipal council or city council depends on the population of the municipality: [3]

PopulationNumber of councilmen
under 2,00013, 15 or 17
2,001–4,00021
4,001–8,00027
8,001–15,00035
15,001–30,00043
30,001–60,00051
60,001–120,00059
120,001–250,00067
250,001–400,00075
over 400,00085

Helsinki is the only city in the last category and Espoo the only city in the second-to-last category.

National results

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Largest party by constituency:
  National Coalition Party
  Centre Party
  Social Democratic Party
PartyVotes [5] Council seats
Number%Swing
(2008)		Swing
(2011)		NumberNet ±
National Coalition 545,88921.9%−1.6pp+1.5pp1,735−286
SDP 487,92419.6%−1.7pp+0.5pp1,729−337
Centre 465,16618.7%−1.4pp+2.9pp3,077−440
Finns 307,79712.3%+7.0pp−6.7pp1,195+752
Green 213,1008.5%−0.4pp+1.3pp323−47
Left Alliance 199,6158.0%−0.8pp−0.1pp640−193
RKP 117,8654.7%±0.0pp+0.4pp480−30
KD 93,2573.7%−0.4pp−0.3pp300−51
Communist Party 11,1740.4%−0.1pp+0.1pp9±0
Pirate 5,9860.2%New−0.3pp0±0
Independence Party 1,3030.1%±0.0pp−0.1pp0−2
Change 2011 1,2580.1%New−0.2pp1+1
Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism 704<0.1%<0.1pp<0.1pp0±0
For the Poor 572<0.1%<0.1pp<0.1pp0±0
Workers Party 538<0.1%<0.1pp<0.1pp0±0
Freedom Party 15<0.1%New<0.1pp0±0
Others41,3581.7%−0.8pp+1.3pp185−102
Total2,493,5219,674−738

Turnout was 58.3%, [6] lower than in the previous municipal election.

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  2. ↑ http://www.vaalirahoitus.fi/ section 4.1.2013
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