 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 13 Finnish seats in the European Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnout | 39.14% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An election for the election of the delegation from Finland to the European Parliament took place on 25 May 2014 with advance voting from 14 to 20 May. [1] Finnish voters elected thirteen members to the European Parliament.
| Date | Polling Firm | NCP | CEN | SDP | GREEN | FP | SPP | LEFT | CD | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2014 | Taloustutkimus | 22.7% | 17.6% | 13.8% | 10.0% | 17.1% | 4.3% | 8.4% | 4.4% | 1.7% |
| 17 May 2014 | Tietoykkönen [2] | 23.7% | 18.9% | 15.2% | 8.1% | 16.0% | 4.1% | 7.7% | 4.4% | 1.9% |
| 20 March 2014 | Taloustutkimus | 23.8% | 18.1% | 16.3% | 9.7% | 17.8% | 3.6% | 6.5% | 2.6% | 1.6% |
| 17 January 2014 | Tietoykkönen | 21.1% | 20.8% | 17.5% | 8.9% | 15.9% | 4.1% | 7.2% | 3.3% | 1.2% |
| 19 November 2013 | Taloustutkimus | 22.7% | 21.7% | 15.4% | 8.1% | 17.0% | 3.5% | 7.1% | 3.6% | 0.9% |
| 7 June 2009 | 2009 elections | 23.21% | 19.03% | 17.54% | 12.40% | 9.79% | 6.09% | 5.93% | 4.17% | 1.84% |
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Coalition Party | 390,376 | 22.59 | 3 | 0 | |
| Centre Party | 339,895 | 19.67 | 3 | 0 | |
| Finns Party | 222,457 | 12.87 | 2 | +1 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 212,781 | 12.31 | 2 | 0 | |
| Green League | 161,263 | 9.33 | 1 | –1 | |
| Left Alliance | 161,074 | 9.32 | 1 | +1 | |
| Swedish People's Party | 116,747 | 6.76 | 1 | 0 | |
| Christian Democrats | 90,586 | 5.24 | 0 | –1 | |
| Pirate Party | 12,378 | 0.72 | 0 | New | |
| Communist Party | 5,932 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independence Party | 5,668 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Change 2011 | 4,768 | 0.28 | 0 | New | |
| For the Poor | 2,667 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blue and White Front | 1,176 | 0.07 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 526 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1,728,294 | 100.00 | 13 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 1,728,294 | 99.44 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 9,743 | 0.56 | |||
| Total votes | 1,738,037 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,440,297 | 39.14 | |||
| Source: Ministry of Justice | |||||
*Note: Alexander Stubb was chosen to be National Coalition Party chairman in June, and was subsequently appointed Prime Minister. Stubb did not take his seat in the European Parliament. The seat went to Petri Sarvamaa, who had the fourth most votes (37,862) on the NCP list. [3]
The National Coalition Party is a liberal-conservative political party in Finland. It is currently the biggest party and the ruling political party of Finland.
The Left Alliance is a socialist political party in Finland.
The Finns Party, formerly known as the True Finns, is a right-wing populist political party in Finland. It was founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party.
There are four types of elections in Finland. Each Finnish citizen at least 18 years of age has the right to vote in each of the elections, which decide the following: the president, the parliament, the MEPs, and the municipal and city councils.
Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb is a Finnish politician currently serving as the 13th president of Finland since 1 March 2024, having won the 2024 presidential election. He previously served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2014 to 2015.
Timo Juhani Soini is a Finnish politician who is the co-founder and former leader of the Finns Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Finland from 2015 to 2017 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2015 to 2019.
Vaasa is one of the 13 electoral districts of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. The district was established in 1960 by the merger of Vaasa Province North and Vaasa Province South districts. It is conterminous with the regions of Central Ostrobothnia, Ostrobothnia and South Ostrobothnia. The district currently elects 16 of the 200 members of the Parliament of Finland using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2023 parliamentary election it had 365,027 registered electors.
The Pirate Party is a Pirate Party in Finland that was registered as a political party from 2009 to 2023. The group currently has around 173 paying members. The chairman of the party is Pekka Mustonen. The party is a member of Pirate Parties International and European Pirate Party.
Presidential elections were held in Finland in January and February 2012. The first round took place on 22 January 2012 with advance voting between 11 and 17 January. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 5 February, with advance voting between 25 and 31 January. Sauli Niinistö was elected the President of Finland for a term from 1 March 2012 until 1 March 2018.
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 19 April 2015, with advance voting taking place from 8 to 14 April. The 200 members of the Parliament of Finland were elected with the proportional D'Hondt method.
Southeast Finland is one of the 13 electoral districts of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. The district was established in 2013 by the merger of Kymi and South Savo districts. It is conterminous with the regions of Kymenlaakso, South Karelia and South Savo. The district currently elects 15 of the 200 members of the Parliament of Finland using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2023 parliamentary election it had 353,468 registered electors.
Savo-Karelia is one of the 13 electoral districts of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. The district was established in 2013 by the merger of North Karelia and North Savo districts. It is conterminous with the regions of North Karelia and North Savo. The district currently elects 15 of the 200 members of the Parliament of Finland using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2023 parliamentary election it had 343,887 registered electors.
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 14 April 2019. For the first time, no party received more than 20% of the vote. The Centre Party, which had been the largest party following the 2015 elections, dropped to fourth place, losing 18 seats and recording its lowest vote share since 1917. The Social Democratic Party saw the biggest gains, winning six more seats and narrowly becoming the largest party for the first time since 1999. The Green League and the Left Alliance also gained five and four seats respectively.
Li Sigrid Andersson is a Finnish politician who served as Minister of Education from 2019 to 2023. The leader of the Left Alliance, she has been a Member of Parliament since 2015. She is also a city councillor of Turku and was the chair of the party's youth wing, Left Youth.
The Finnish Reform Movement, previously known as Blue Reform, was a Finnish conservative political party.
Anne-Mari Virolainen is a Finnish politician of the National Coalition Party who has been a member of the Parliament of Finland since 2007, representing Finland Proper.
Presidential elections were held in Finland on 28 January 2024, with a second round held on 11 February. Voters elected a president of the Republic for a six-year term. Incumbent president Sauli Niinistö was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election, having served the maximum two terms, ensuring that the president elected would be the country's thirteenth.
Events in the year 2024 in Finland.
Media related to European Parliament election, 2014 (Finland) at Wikimedia Commons| Parliamentary elections | |
|---|---|
| Municipal elections | |
| County elections | |
| Presidential elections | |
| European elections | |
| Sámi elections | |
| Referendums | |
| |
