Southern Savonia (electoral district)
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Southern Savonia (formerly Mikkeli) is an electoral district represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative region of Southern Savonia, with a population of 163,276 (as of 2002[update]). Southern Savonia elects six members of the Eduskunta.
The constituency is largely rural, and the only major city is Mikkeli. The traditionally dominant party in the parliamentary elections, the Centre Party, lost one seat in 2007 elections and is in even to National Coalition Party.
[edit] Current members of parliament 2007–
- Heli Järvinen (Vihr.)
- Katri Komi (Kesk.)
- Jari Leppä (Kesk.)
- Olli Nepponen (Kok.)
- Lenita Toivakka (Kok.)
- Pauliina Viitamies (SDP)
- Kesk. = Centre
- Kok. = National Coalition
- SDP = Social Democrats
- 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 | +/- | |||
| Centre Party | 3 | 0 | 50.0 | 40.5 | 34,205 | +7.0% | |||
| Social Democrats | 2 | -1 | 33.3 | 32.0 | 27,030 | +1.9% | |||
| National Coalition Party | 1 | -1 | 16.7 | 13.3 | 11,283 | -5.8% | |||
| Christian Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 4,810 | -0.3% | |||
| Green League | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 3,410 | -1.4% | |||
| Left Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 2,282 | -0.8% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1,500 | n/a | |||
[edit] See also
