Finland (European Parliament constituency)
| Finland | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 Location among the current constituencies | |
| Member state | Finland |
| Created | 1996 |
| MEPs | 16 (1996–1999) 14 (1999–2009) 13 (2009–2020) 14 (2020–2024) 15 (June 2024–present) |
| Sources | |
| [1][2] | |
Finland is a European Parliament constituency for elections to the European Parliament covering the member state of the European Union Finland. It is currently represented by fifteen Members of the European Parliament.
Elections
[edit]1996
[edit]The 1996 election was the first European election for Finland.
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1999
[edit]The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament and the second for Finland.
2004
[edit]The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament and the third for Finland. Both the Social Democratic Party of Finland and the Centre Party improved their vote at the expense of the conservative National Coalition Party and the Green League.
2009
[edit]The 2009 European election was the seventh election to the European Parliament and the fourth for Finland. The number of seats was decreased to thirteen.
2014
[edit]The 2014 European election was the eighth election to the European Parliament and the fifth for Finland. Finland's representation remained at 13 MEPs.
2019
[edit]The 2019 European election was the ninth election to the European Parliament and the sixth for Finland. Due to Brexit, Alviina Alametsä became the fourteenth Finnish MEP on February 1, 2020.[1]
2024
[edit]The 2024 European election will be the tenth election to the European Parliament and the seventh for Finland. It gained one seat because of the seats being increased from 705 to 720 in the European Parliament.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Brexit opens doors for new Green MEP from Finland". Yle News. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "2024 European elections: 15 additional seats divided between 12 countries". European Parliament. 13 September 2023.
External links
[edit]- European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
- List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu
- European Parliament elections Statistics Finland