Varsinais-Suomi (parliamentary electoral district)
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The Varsinais-Suomi constituency[1] (Finnish: Varsinais-Suomen vaalipiiri, Swedish: Egentliga Finlands valkrets) is a Finnish constituency. It covers the administrative region of Southwest Finland, with a population of 450,968 (as of 2002[update]). Varsinais-Suomi elects 17 members to the Parliament of Finland.
The constituency's profile is urban, centred on the cities of Turku and Salo. The largest party in elections since 1999 has been the National Coalition Party.
Members of parliament 2019-2023
Finns
Members of parliament 2011-2015
Swedish People's Party
- Stefan Wallin, Turku, 12,323 votes (RKP), Minister of the Environment and Minister at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs responsible for Nordic Cooperation in Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet and Mari Kiviniemi' cabinet
Centre Party
- Esko Kiviranta, Sauvo, 6,026 votes
- Annika Saarikko, Turku, 4,194 votes
Green League
- Ville Niinistö, Turku, 5,358 votes
Finns
- Kike Elomaa, Masku, 13,130 votes
- Lauri Heikkilä, Marttila, 6,189 votes
- Maria Lohela, Turku, 4,837 votes
Left Alliance
- Annika Lapintie, Turku, 7,711 votes
- Jyrki Yrttiaho, Raisio, 4,553 votes
Social Democratic Party
- Heli Paasio, Turku, 13,945 votes
- Katja Taimela, Salo, 8,467 votes
- Ilkka Kantola, Turku, 6,313 votes
- Eeva-Johanna Eloranta, Turku, 3,641 votes
National Coalition Party
- Petteri Orpo, Turku, 11,014 votes
- Anne-Mari Virolainen, Lieto, 10,034 votes
- Ilkka Kanerva, Turku, 7,817 votes
- Pertti Hemmilä, Salo, 6,410 votes
Members of parliament 2007–2011
- Janina Andersson (Vihr.)
- Pertti Hemmilä (Kok.)
- Liisa Hyssälä (Kesk.), Minister of Social Affairs and Health in Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet
- Ilkka Kanerva (Kok.), former Minister for Foreign Affairs in Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet
- Ilkka Kantola (SDP)
- Timo Kaunisto (Kesk.)
- Esko Kiviranta (Kesk.)
- Marjaana Koskinen (SDP)
- Annika Lapintie (Vas)
- Jouko Laxell (Kok.)
- Ville Niinistö (Vihr.)
- Petteri Orpo (Kok.)
- Heli Paasio (SDP)
- Katja Taimela (SDP)
- Anne-Mari Virolainen (Kok.)
- Stefan Wallin (RKP), Minister of the Environment and Minister at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs responsible for Nordic Cooperation in Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet
- Jyrki Yrttiaho (Vas)
Election results
| This article needs to be updated. (November 2010) |
| Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 | |||||||||
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| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
| National Coalition | 5 | 0 | 29.4 | 26.1 | 64,823 | -1.0% | |||
| SDP | 4 | 0 | 23.5 | 24.7 | 61,367 | -1.0% | |||
| Centre | 3 | 0 | 17.6 | 17.5 | 43,552 | +0.6% | |||
| Left Alliance | 2 | 0 | 11.8 | 10.7 | 26,515 | -1.2% | |||
| Green | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 8.6 | 21,250 | +0.9% | |||
| RKP | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 13,081 | +0.3% | |||
| KD | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 9,597 | -1.0% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 8,184 | n/a | |||
See also
References
- ^ "Electoral Districts - Elections". vaalit.fi. Retrieved 2020-03-30.