{"id":5248,"date":"2023-09-28T17:41:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2024.electionseuropeennes.eu\/finlande\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T12:33:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T10:33:38","slug":"finland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.electionseuropeennes.eu\/en\/finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1696150543952{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>Finland<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Results of the 2024 European elections<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-227\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-227\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Political Party<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">European affiliation<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Number of votes<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Percentage of votes<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Number of seats<\/th><th class=\"column-6\">Trend compared to 2019<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Kansallinen Kokoomus\/Samlingspartiet<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">EPP<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">453 016<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">24.8%<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">\u2191 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Vasemmistoliitto\/V\u00e4nsterf\u00f6rbundet<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">GUE\/NGL<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">316 758<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">17.3%<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">\u2191 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue\/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">S&amp;D<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">271 874<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">14.9%<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Suomen Keskusta\/Centern i Finland<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Renew<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">215  064<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11.8%<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Vihre\u00e4 liitto\/Gr\u00f6na F\u00f6rbundet<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Greens\/EFA<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">206 178<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11.3%<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Perussuomalaiset\/Sannfinl\u00e4ndarna<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">ECR<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">139 019<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">7.6%<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">\u2193 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Svenska folkpartiet i Finland\/Suomen ruotsalainen kansanpuolue<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Renew<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">112 761<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">6.2%<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-227 from cache -->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>List of Finnish MEPs<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-283\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-283\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">MEP<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Gender<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">National party<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Political group in the European Parliament<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Mika Aaltola<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">m<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Kansallinen Kokoomus<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">EPP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sirpa Pietik\u00e4inen<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">f<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Kansallinen Kokoomus<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">EPP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Pekka Toveri<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">m<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Kansallinen Kokoomus<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">EPP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Aura Salla<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">f<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Kansallinen Kokoomus<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">EPP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sebastian Tynkkynen<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">m<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Perussuomalaiset<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">ECR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Eero Hein\u00e4luoma<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">m<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">S&amp;D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Maria Guzenina<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">f<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">S&amp;D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Elsi Katainen<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">f<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Suomen Keskusta<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Renew Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Katri Kulmuni<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">f<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Suomen Keskusta<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Renew Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ville Niinist\u00f6<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">m<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Vihre\u00e4 liitto<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Greens\/EFA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Maria Ohisalo<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">f<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Vihre\u00e4 liitto<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Greens\/EFA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Li Andersson<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">f<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Vasemmistoliitto<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">GUE\/NGL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Merja Kyll\u00f6nen<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">f<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Vasemmistoliitto<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">GUE\/NGL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Jussi Saramo<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">m<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Vasemmistoliitto<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">GUE\/NGL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Anna-Maja Henriksson<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">f<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Svenska folkpartiet<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Renew Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-283 from cache -->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Results of the 2019 European elections<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-53\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-53\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Political parties<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">European affiliation<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Number of votes<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Percentage of votes<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Number of seats<\/th><th class=\"column-6\">Trend compared with 2014<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">National Coalition Party<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">EPP<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">380 106<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">20.8%<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">\u2193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Green League<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Greens\/EFA<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">292 512<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">16%<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">\u2191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Social Democratic Party of Finland<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">S&amp;D<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">267 342<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">14.6%<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">\u2191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">The True Finns<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">ECR<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">252 990<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">13.8%<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">\u2191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Centre Party<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Renew Europe<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">247416<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">13.5%<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">\u2193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Left Alliance<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">GUE\/NGL<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">125 749\t<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">6.9%<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">\u2193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Swedish People's Party of Finland<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Renew Europe<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">116 033<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">6.3%<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">\u2193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-53 from cache -->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Electoral Procedures for 2024<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003399;\">&gt;<\/span> <strong>Election Dates :<\/strong> 9 June 2024<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003399;\">&gt;<\/span> <strong>Number of MEPs:<\/strong> 15<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003399;\">&gt;<\/span> <strong>At what age can one vote?<\/strong>\u00a018 years<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003399;\">&gt;<\/span> <strong>At what age can one be elected?<\/strong>\u00a018 years<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003399;\">&gt; <\/span><strong>Who can vote?<\/strong>\u00a0European citizens living in Finland.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"part\">\n<h2>Electoral rules<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003399;\">&gt;<\/span> <strong>Voting method :<\/strong>\u00a0Preferential vote<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003399;\">&gt;<\/span> <strong>Means for attributing seats :<\/strong>\u00a0D\u2019Hondt Method<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003399;\">&gt; <\/span><strong>Can candidates be chosen from a list?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"part\">\n<h2>Institutions and political situation<\/h2>\n<div class=\"part\">\n<p>Republic, parliamentary democracy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Head of State<\/strong>: Sauli Niinist\u00f6 (KOK), since 1st\u00a0March 2012<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prime Minister<\/strong>: Petteri Orpo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"part\">\n<h2>Economy<\/h2>\n<p><strong> <span style=\"color: #003399;\">&gt;<\/span> Currency :<\/strong>\u00a0Euro<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003399;\">&gt;<\/span> <strong>GDP :<\/strong> \u20ac 268 650 million (2022)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003399;\">&gt;<\/span> <strong>GDP per capita (PPS) :<\/strong> \u20ac37 850 (2022)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003399;\">&gt;<\/span> <strong>GDP Growth : <\/strong>0.6% (June 2023)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003399;\">&gt;<\/span> <strong>Unemployment:<\/strong> 6.7% (Augus 2023)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003399;\">&gt;<\/span> <strong>Inflation :<\/strong> 5.5% (September 2023)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003399;\">&gt;<\/span> <strong>Public Debt :<\/strong> 73% of GDP (T4 2022)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"part\">\n<div class=\"part\">\n<h2>Geography and population<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Surface Area:<\/strong>\u00a0338,145 km\u00b2<\/p>\n<p><strong>Population:<\/strong> 5.6 million inhabitants (2023)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"part\">\n<h2>Printable version<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7779\" style=\"width: 221px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/server.www.robert-schuman.eu\/storage\/en\/dossiers-pedagogiques\/connaitre-europe\/carte\/finlande.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7779 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.electionseuropeennes.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-17-at-16.53.00-221x300.png\" alt=\"\" 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