2024 European Parliament election in Finland

2024 European Parliament election in Finland

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All 15 Finnish seats in the European Parliament
Turnout	42.4%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Petteri Orpo Li Andersson Antti Lindtman Party National Coalition Left Alliance SDP Alliance EPP The Left S&D Last election 20.79%, 3 seats 6.89%, 1 seat 14.62%, 2 seats Seats won 4 3 2 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 453,016 316,758 271,847 Percentage 24.77% 17.32% 14.86% Swing 3.98pp 10.43pp 0.24pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Annika Saarikko Sofia Virta Riikka Purra Party Centre Green Finns Alliance RE Greens/EFA ECR Last election 13.52%, 2 seats 16.00%, 3 seat 13.83%, 2 seats Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 215,064 206,178 139,019 Percentage 11.76% 11.27% 7.60% Swing 1.76pp 4.73pp 6.23pp   Seventh party   Leader Anna-Maja Henriksson Party RKP Alliance RE Last election 6.34%, 1 seat Seats won 1 Seat change Popular vote 112,761 Percentage 6.17% Swing 0.17pp

An election of the delegation from Finland to the European Parliament took place on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. ^[1] This was the seventh European Parliament election held in Finland, and the first to take place after Brexit. Finnish voters elected fifteen members to the European Parliament.

Opinion polls

See also: Opinion polling for the 2024 European Parliament election

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	KOK EPP	VIHR G/EFA	SDP S&D	PS ECR	KESK Renew	VAS Left	SFP Renew	KD EPP	LIIK NI	Others	Lead
Taloustutkimus [2]	29 May–4 June 2024	2,111	20.6 4	9.3 1	19.4 3	16.4 3	11.9 2	10.8 2	4.2 0	4 0	1.1 0	2.2 0	1.2
Taloustutkimus [3]	23–29 Apr 2024	2,118	21.7 4	10.5 2	19.7 3	14.1 2	13.6 2	10.5 2	4.0 0	2.9 0	1.0 0	2.1 0	2.0
Verian [4]	18–25 Mar 2024	1,372	22 4	11 2	17 3	14 2	12 2	9 1	5 0	6 1		4 0	5
Ipsos [5]	23 Feb–5 Mar 2024	1,000	22.5 4	9.0 1	20.0 4	19.0 3	10.5 2	8.5 1	3.5 0	3.5 0	3.5 0		2.5
2023 parliamentary election			20.8	7.0	19.9	20.1	11.3	7.1	4.3	4.2	2.4	2.9	0.7
2019 EP election			20.8 3	16.0 3	14.6 2	13.8 2	13.5 2	6.9 1	6.3 1	4.9 0	3.1 0		4.8

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Coalition Party	453,636	24.80	4	+1
	Left Alliance	316,859	17.32	3	+2
	Social Democratic Party of Finland	272,034	14.87	2	0
	Centre Party	215,165	11.76	2	0
	Green League	206,332	11.28	2	–1
	Finns Party	139,160	7.61	1	–1
	Swedish People's Party of Finland	112,245	6.14	1	0
	Christian Democrats	75,426	4.12	0	0
	Freedom Alliance	16,717	0.91	0	New
	Movement Now	9,641	0.53	0	New
	Liberal Party – Freedom to Choose	7,139	0.39	0	0
	Communist Party of Finland	2,815	0.15	0	0
	The Open Party	1,273	0.07	0	New
	Truth Party	807	0.04	0	New
Total		1,829,249	100.00	15	+1
Valid votes		1,829,249	99.65
Invalid/blank votes		6,513	0.35
Total votes		1,835,762	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,546,589	40.38
Source: Ministry of Justice - Information and Result Service

Electoral system

Apportionment

See also: Apportionment in the European Parliament

Compared to last election, Finland is entitled to two more MEPs: one already assigned in 2020 in the occasion of the redistribution post Brexit, and one assigned in 2023 after a pre-election assessment of the Parliament composition based on the most recent population figures. ^[6]

Electoral law

The 15 members are elected through open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency, with seats allocated through D'Hondt method and no electoral threshold. ^[7]

Both Finnish citizens and other non-Finnish EU citizens residing in the country are entitled to vote in the European elections in Finland. No registration is needed for Finnish citizens, while other EU citizens residing in Finland are required to register with the Digital and Population Data Services Agency by 21 March 2024 at the latest. Finnish citizens residing abroad can also vote without any prior registration and can choose to vote by post or in the Finnish embassy of their country of residence. In addition, those eligible to vote must turn 18 years old by election day at the latest. ^[8]

Voting advice applications

Banners for the 2024 European elections campaign in Helsinki

See also: 2024 European Parliament election § Voting advice applications

In Finland, Yle's European election compass allows users to find the candidates who best matches their convictions through 24 different statements across a range of issues: Values, Security, Trade, People and the EU, Economics and subsidies, The future, and Environment. ^[9] It is available in Finnish, Swedish, English, Sámi, Russian, and Arabic. Each election candidate had been able to state how closely they agree or disagree with each statement and offer a rationale for their decision. Candidates also had the chance to upload a video message, offer three election promises, give brief biographical information and place themselves on a chart with left-right and liberal-conservative axes. ^[10]

Outgoing delegation

The table shows the detailed composition of the Finnish seats at the European Parliament at the end of the legislature.

EP Group		Seats	Party		Seats	MEPs
	European People's Party	3 / 14		National Coalition Party	3	Sirpa Pietikäinen Petri Sarvamaa Henna Virkkunen
	Renew Europe	3 / 14		Centre Party	2	Elsi Katainen Mauri Pekkarinen
				Swedish People's Party	1	Nils Torvalds
	Greens–European Free Alliance	3 / 14		Green League	3	Alviina Alametsä Heidi Hautala Ville Niinistö
	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats	2 / 14		Social Democratic Party	2	Eero Heinäluoma Miapetra Kumpula-Natri
	European Conservatives and Reformists	2 / 14		Finns Party	2	Teuvo Hakkarainen Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner
	The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL	1 / 14		Left Alliance	1	Silvia Modig
Total					14
Source: European Parliament

MEPs not standing for re-election

Name	Party	Date announced	Source
Heidi Hautala	Green League	9 January 2024	[11]
Silvia Modig	Left Alliance	6 February 2024	[12]
Alviina Alametsä	Green League	16 February 2024	[13]
Petri Sarvamaa	National Coalition Party		[14]
Miapetra Kumpula-Natri	Social Democratic Party		[15]
Mauri Pekkarinen	Centre Party		[16]
Nils Torvalds	Swedish People's Party		[17]

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