Pirkanmaa (constituency)
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Pirkanmaa (formerly Häme North) is a constituency represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative region of Pirkanmaa, with a population of 453,978 (as of 2002[update]). Pirkanmaa currently elects 18 members of the Eduskunta.
The constituency is largely urban, centred around the traditionally working-class city of Tampere. The largest party in the parliamentary elections has been the Social Democratic Party of Finland, although it has as many seats as the conservative National Coalition.
[edit] Current members of parliament 2007–
- Mikko Alatalo (Kesk.)
- Marko Asell (SDP)
- Jukka Gustafsson (SDP)
- Harri Jaskari (Kok.)
- Saara Karhu (SDP)
- Mikko Kuoppa (Vas)
- Heikki A. Ollila (Kok.)
- Klaus Pentti (Kesk.)
- Leena Rauhala (KD)
- Tero Rönni (SDP)
- Pertti Salovaara (Kesk.)
- Kimmo Sasi (Kok.)
- Arto Satonen (Kok.)
- Minna Sirnö (Vas)
- Marja Tiura (Kok.)
- Oras Tynkkynen (Vihr.)
- Pia Viitanen (SDP)
- Pertti "Veltto" Virtanen (Independent on True Finns list)
- KD = Christian Democrats
- Kesk. = Centre
- Kok. = National Coalition
- SDP = Social Democrats
- Vas. = Left Alliance
- Vihr. = Greens
[edit] Election results
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| Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 | |||||||||
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| Party | Seats | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |||
| Social Democrats | 5 | 0 | 27.8 | 25.6 | 63,382 | +1.8% | |||
| National Coalition Party | 5 | 0 | 27.8 | 22.8 | 56,443 | -1.3% | |||
| Centre Party | 3 | +1 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 40,957 | +1.9% | |||
| Left Alliance | 2 | -1 | 11.1 | 12.5 | 63,382 | -3.5% | |||
| Green League | 2 | +1 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 24,050 | +2.7% | |||
| Christian Democrats | 1 | 0 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 14,991 | +1.5% | |||
| Kirjava "puolue" | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 6,265 | -0.9% | |||
| Communist Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 5,430 | +0.9% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 4,732 | n/a | |||
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