Finland European Parliament election, 2009
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7 June 2009
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The European Parliament election of 2009 in Finland was the election of the delegation from Finland to the European Parliament in 2009.
Finland uses the open list d'Hondt method, where voters vote for an individual, but the individual's vote is counted primarily for the party and secondarily for the candidate. Parties receive seats in proportion to their share of votes, and candidates are selected based on their rank of popularity (votes received) within the party. In European Parliament election, the whole country forms a single constituency.
[edit] Result
Compared to the 2004 European Parliament election in Finland, the three major parties National Coalition Party, Centre Party, and Social Democrats each lost a seat. Moreover, the most popular candidate on the SDP list was the independent Mitro Repo. The Left Alliance lost their only seat. The Greens gained a seat, the Christian Democrats restored their seat that was lost in the previous period, and the True Finns gained their first entrance to the EP with one seat. The Swedish People's Party kept their single seat.[1] No extraparliamentary party gained any seats.
| Party |
Seats |
Votes |
| Number |
% |
| |
National Coalition Party |
3 |
−1 |
386,416 |
−6,355 |
23.21% |
−0.5 |
| |
Centre Party |
3 |
−1 |
316,798 |
−70,419 |
19.03% |
−4.4 |
| |
Social Democratic Party of Finland |
2 |
−1 |
292,051 |
−58,474 |
17.54% |
−3.7 |
| |
Green League |
2 |
+1 |
206,439 |
+33,595 |
12.40% |
+2.0 |
| |
True Finns1 |
1 |
+1 |
162,930 |
+154,030 |
9.79% |
+9.3 |
| |
Swedish People's Party |
1 |
|
101,453 |
+7,032 |
6.09% |
+0.4 |
| |
Left Alliance |
|
−1 |
98,690 |
−52,601 |
5.93% |
−3.2 |
| |
Christian Democrats1 |
1 |
+1 |
69,458 |
−1,387 |
4.17% |
−0.1 |
| |
Liisa Sulkakoski |
|
|
8,463 |
– |
0.51% |
– |
| |
Communist Party of Finland |
|
|
8,089 |
−2,045 |
0.49% |
−0.1 |
| |
Köyhien Asialla |
|
|
4,338 |
−1,349 |
0.26% |
−0.0 |
| |
Independence Party |
|
|
3,563 |
– |
0.21% |
– |
| |
Workers Party of Finland |
|
|
3,169 |
– |
0.19% |
– |
| |
Suomen Senioripuolue |
|
|
2,974 |
−305 |
0.18% |
−0.0 |
| Total |
13 |
−1 |
1,664,831 |
−8,247 |
100% |
|
1 In electoral alliance.
Source: Ministry of Justice[1] |
|
Turnout
(including expatriates) |
40.3%[1] |
−0.8 |
Turnout
(only Finnish residents) |
38.6%[1] |
−0.8 |
| Invalid votes |
7,603[1] |
−2,745 |
Elected MEPs[2][3]
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[edit] Statistics
| Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
Change |
Quotient |
Municipality |
| Timo Soini |
PS |
130,715 |
|
232 388,000 |
Espoo |
| Anneli Jäätteenmäki |
Kesk. |
80,156 |
−69,490 |
316 798,000 |
Helsinki |
| Mitro Repo |
SDP |
71,829 |
|
292 051,000 |
Helsinki |
| Ville Itälä |
Kok. |
66,033 |
+594 |
386 416,000 |
Turku |
| Heidi Hautala |
Vihr. |
58,926 |
|
206 439,000 |
Helsinki |
| Satu Hassi |
Vihr. |
57,032 |
−17,682 |
103 219,500 |
Tampere |
| Sari Essayah |
KD |
53,803 |
|
116 194,000 |
Paimio |
| Eija-Riitta Korhola |
Kok. |
51,508 |
+16,223 |
193 208,000 |
Helsinki |
| Sirpa Pietikäinen |
Kok. |
51,493 |
+21,451 |
128 805,333 |
Hämeenlinna |
| Risto E.J. Penttilä |
Kok. |
50,881 |
|
96 604,000 |
Helsinki |
| Liisa Jaakonsaari |
SDP |
45,325 |
|
146 025,500 |
Oulu |
| Hannu Takkula |
Kesk. |
39,444 |
+6,705 |
158 399,000 |
Rovaniemi |
| Riikka Manner |
Kesk. |
37,330 |
|
105 599,333 |
Varkaus |
| Lasse Hautala |
Kesk. |
31,773 |
|
79 199,500 |
Kauhajoki |
| Kyösti Karjula |
Kesk. |
29,387 |
|
63 359,600 |
Lumijoki |
| Annika Lapintie |
Vas. |
29,112 |
|
98 690,000 |
Turku |
| Petri Sarvamaa |
Kok. |
27,391 |
|
77 283,200 |
Helsinki |
| Kimmo Kiljunen |
SDP |
26,936 |
+14,285 |
97 350,333 |
Vantaa |
| Satu Taiveaho |
SDP |
25,916 |
|
73 012,750 |
Hämeenlinna |
| Tarja Cronberg |
Vihr. |
22,205 |
|
68 813,000 |
Polvijärvi |
| Source: Ministry of Justice[4] Yleisradio[5] |
[edit] References
