List of members of the European Parliament for Finland, 2009–2014

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Members of the
European Parliament

for Finland
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.

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List

NameNational partyEP GroupVotes
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

Party representation

National partyEP GroupSeats±
  National Coalition Party   EPP
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  Centre Party   ALDE
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  Social Democratic Party   S&D
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  Green League   G–EFA
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  True Finns   EFD
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  Swedish People's Party   ALDE
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  Christian Democrats   EPP
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Notes

  1. Resigned in 2012, became the Minister of Defence in Katainen I. Replaced by Nils Torvalds on 5 July 2012.
  2. Resigned in 2011, became the Minister for International Development in Katainen I. Replaced by Tarja Cronberg on 22 June 2011.
  3. Resigned in 2012, became an auditor of the Court of Auditors. Replaced by Petri Sarvamaa on 1 March 2012.
  4. Resigned in 2011, became a member of the Finnish Parliament after the 2011 election. Replaced by Sampo Terho on 26 April 2011.

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