Members of the European Parliament for Finland | |
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Delegation | (1995) |
4th term | (1996) |
5th term | (1999) |
6th term | (2004) |
7th term | (2009) |
8th term | (2014) |
9th term | (2019) |
This is a list of the 13 members of the European Parliament for Finland in the 2009 to 2014 session.
Name | National party | EP Group | Votes |
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Sari Essayah | Christian Democrats | EPP | 53,803 |
Carl Haglund [1] | Swedish People's Party | ALDE | 16,887 |
Satu Hassi | Green League | G–EFA | 57,032 |
Heidi Hautala [2] | Green League | G–EFA | 58,926 |
Ville Itälä [3] | National Coalition Party | EPP | 66,033 |
Liisa Jaakonsaari | Social Democratic Party | S&D | 45,325 |
Anneli Jäätteenmäki | Centre Party | ALDE | 80,156 |
Eija-Riitta Korhola | National Coalition Party | EPP | 51,508 |
Riikka Manner | Centre Party | ALDE | 37,330 |
Sirpa Pietikäinen | National Coalition Party | EPP | 51,493 |
Mitro Repo | Social Democratic Party | S&D | 71,829 |
Timo Soini [4] | True Finns | EFD | 130,715 |
Hannu Takkula | Centre Party | ALDE | 39,444 |
National party | EP Group | Seats | ± |
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National Coalition Party | EPP | 3 / 13 | 1 |
Centre Party | ALDE | 3 / 13 | 1 |
Social Democratic Party | S&D | 2 / 13 | 1 |
Green League | G–EFA | 2 / 13 | 1 |
True Finns | EFD | 1 / 13 | 1 |
Swedish People's Party | ALDE | 1 / 13 | |
Christian Democrats | EPP | 1 / 13 | 1 |
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