Vaasa (parliamentary electoral district)
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Vaasa is an electoral district represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative regions of Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia and Southern Ostrobothnia. Vaasa currently elects 17 members of the Eduskunta.
The constituency is largely rural, and particularly the coastal areas around the city of Vaasa are largely Swedish-speaking. The largest party in the 2007 election was the Centre Party.
Current members of parliament 2007–
- Esko Ahonen (Kesk.)
- Anna-Maja Henriksson (SFP)
- Bjarne Kallis (KD)
- Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (SDP)
- Mika Lintilä (Kesk.)
- Juha Mieto (Kesk.)
- Håkan Nordman (SFP)
- Mats Nylund (SFP)
- Petri Pihlajaniemi (Kok.)
- Tuomo Puumala (Kesk.)
- Paula Risikko (Kok.)
- Petri Salo (Kok.)
- Paula Sihto (Kesk.)
- Jutta Urpilainen (SDP)
- Raimo Vistbacka (PS)
- Ulla-Maj Wideroos (SFP)
- KD = Christian Democrats
- Kesk. = Centre
- Kok. = National Coalition
- PS = True Finns
- SFP = Swedish People's Party
- SDP = Social Democrats
Election results
 | This article needs to be updated. (November 2010) |
| Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
| Centre | 7 | +1 | 41.2 | 33.9 | 83,586 | +2.2% | |||
| RKP | 3 | -1 | 17.6 | 18.6 | 45,930 | -2.1% | |||
| SDP | 3 | 0 | 17.6 | 15.8 | 39,039 | +1.1% | |||
| National Coalition | 2 | 0 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 28,483 | -2.3% | |||
| KD | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 19,331 | +2.3% | |||
| Finns | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 11,239 | -0.1% | |||
| Left Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 10,816 | -0.4% | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 5,949 | +0.3% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2,266 | n/a | |||
See also