2009 European Parliament election in Finland
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13 seats to the European Parliament | ||
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An election of the
Finland uses the open list D'Hondt method, where voters vote for an individual, but the individual's vote is counted primarily for the party and secondarily for the candidate. Parties receive seats in proportion to their share of the vote, and candidates from those parties are selected based on the votes they received individually. In European Parliament elections, the whole country forms a single constituency.
Result
Compared to the 2004 European Parliament election in Finland, the three major parties
Swedish People's Party kept their single seat.[2]
No extraparliamentary party gained any seats.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Independence Party | 3,563 | 0.21 | 0 | New | |
Workers' Party of Finland | 3,169 | 0.19 | 0 | New | |
Finnish Senior Party | 2,974 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | |
Independents | 8,463 | 0.51 | 0 | New | |
Total | 1,664,831 | 100.00 | 13 | –1 | |
Valid votes | 1,664,831 | 99.55 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 7,603 | 0.45 | |||
Total votes | 1,672,434 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,131,827 | 40.48 | |||
Source: Tilastokeskus |
Elected MEPs
- Ville Itälä (National Coalition Party)
- Sirpa Pietikäinen (National Coalition Party)
- Eija-Riitta Korhola (National Coalition Party)
- Anneli Jäätteenmäki (Centre Party)
- Hannu Takkula (Centre Party)
- Riikka Manner(Centre Party)
- Mitro Repo (Social Democratic Party, independent)
- Liisa Jaakonsaari (Social Democratic Party)
- Heidi Hautala (Green League)
- Satu Hassi (Green League)
- Timo Soini (Finns Party)
- Sari Essayah (Christian Democrats)
- Carl Haglund (Swedish People's Party)
Most voted-for candidates
References
- ^ Party results Archived 12 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (Ministry of Justice Finland 10 June 2009)
- ^ Valitut ehdokkaat Archived 10 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Oikeusministeriö 7 June 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
- ^ Suomen europarlamentaarikot seuraavalle kaudelle Helsingin Sanomat 7 June 2009
- ^ Result per candidate Archived 29 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Ministry of Justice Finland 10 June 2009)
- ^ Ehdokkaat äänimääräjärjestyksessä Archived 10 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (