2011 Finnish parliamentary election

Finnish parliamentary election, 2011

April 2011
All 200 seats to the Parliament
Matti Vanhanen Leader Matti Vanhanen Jyrki Katainen Jutta Urpilainen Party Centre National Coalition SDP Leader since 2003 2004 2008 Leader's seat Uusimaa Last election 51 seats, 23,1% 50 seats, 22,3% 45 seats, 21,4% Seats needed 0 2 7   [[File:|116px|Päivi Räsänen]] Leader Paavo Arhinmäki Anni Sinnemäki Päivi Räsänen Party Left Alliance Green KD Leader since 2009 2009 2004 Last election 17 seats, 8.82% 15 seats, 8.46% 7 seats, 4.86% Seats needed 35 37 45
Incumbent Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen Centre

Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 will be held in Finland in 17 April 2011 with advance voting between 6 and 12 April 2011. All 200 seats of the parliament are open for election. Newcomers to the election will include parties such as the Pirate Party of Finland.

Party Conferences

All major parties held or will hold party conferences in May or June 2010 to elect the party leadership for the election and approve an election manifesto.

Green League held its party conference in 22 to 23 May. The current Minister for Labour, Anni Sinnemäki, was reelected as the party leader. Social Democratic Party of Finland reelected Jutta Urpilainen as chairman in the party conference held from May 28 to 30 in Joensuu. Former CEO of the state-owned Finnish Broadcasting Company, Mikael Jungner, became party secretary. He was expected to become a "high profile" party secretary with "a pivotal position when the SDP tries to secure a comeback victory in the elections", the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reported.

Prime Minister of Finland and Chairman of the Centre Party, Matti Vanhanen, informed that he would be stepping down from both positions during June 2010. In a party conference being held between June 11 and 13, the current Minister for Regional and Municipal Affairs, Mari Kiviniemi, was elected as the new chairman. Mr. Vanhanen is expected to step down from the position of Prime Minister in a few days. He will most likely be replaced by Ms. Kiviniemi, who would become the second female Prime Minister of Finland in history.

National Coalition Party reelected the current Minister for Finance, Jyrki Katainen, as the party leader on June 12.