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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]
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