Northern Savonia (electoral district)
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Northern Savonia (formerly Kuopio) is an electoral district represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative region of Northern Savonia, with a population of about 251,000 (as of 2002[update]). Northern Savonia currently elects ten members of the Eduskunta.
The constituency is largely rural, and the only major city in the area is Kuopio. The largest party in the 1999, 2003 and 2007 elections was the Centre Party.
[edit] Current members of parliament 2007–
- Hannakaisa Heikkinen (Kesk.)
- Elsi Katainen (Kesk.)
- Jyrki Katainen (Kok.)
- Kari Kärkkäinen (KD)
- Seppo Kääriäinen (Kesk.)
- Pentti Oinonen (PS)
- Kari Rajamäki (SDP)
- Markku Rossi (Kesk.)
- Erkki Virtanen (Vas)
- Tuula Väätäinen (SDP)
- KD = Christian Democrats
- Kesk. = Centre
- Kok. = National Coalition
- PS = True Finns
- SDP = Social Democrats
- Vas. = Left Alliance
[edit] Old election results
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| Party | Seats | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |||
| Centre Party | 4 | 0 | 40.0 | 38.2 | 49,301 | +2.5% | |||
| Social Democrats | 2 | 0 | 20.0 | 20.8 | 26,906 | +1.2% | |||
| Left Alliance | 2 | +1 | 20.0 | 12.0 | 15,429 | -2.1% | |||
| National Coalition Party | 1 | -1 | 10.0 | 11.9 | 15,425 | -4.1% | |||
| Christian Democrats | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 12,093 | +4.9% | |||
| Green League | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 7,399 | +1.1% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2,528 | n/a | |||
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