| Finland European Parliament constituency |
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| Created | 1996 |
| MEP(s) | 14 (2004) |
| Source(s) | [1][2] |
In European elections, Finland is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by fourteen MEPs. It covers the member state of Finland.
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Current MEPs
As of October 2007
| Name | National Party | EP group |
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| Satu Hassi | Vihreä liitto | G–EFA |
| Ville Itälä | Kansallinen Kokoomus, Kok | EPP–ED |
| Anneli Jäätteenmäki | Suomen Keskusta, Kesk | ALDE |
| Piia-Noora Kauppi | Kansallinen Kokoomus, Kok | EPP–ED |
| Eija-Riitta Korhola | Kansallinen Kokoomus, Kok | EPP–ED |
| Henrik Lax | Svenska folkpartiet | ALDE |
| Lasse Lehtinen | Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue | PES |
| Riitta Myller | Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue | PES |
| Reino Paasilinna | Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue | PES |
| Samuli Pohjamo | Suomen Keskusta, Kesk | ALDE |
| Esko Seppänen | Vasemmistoliitto | GUE–NGL |
| Alexander Stubb | Kansallinen Kokoomus, Kok | EPP–ED |
| Hannu Takkula | Suomen Keskusta, Kesk | ALDE |
| Kyösti Virrankoski | Suomen Keskusta, Kesk | ALDE |
1996
This was the first European election in Finland.
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1999
The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament.
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2004
The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament.
Both the Finnish Social Democratic Party and the Finnish Centre Party improved their vote at the expense of the conservative National Coalition Party and the Greens.
| European Election 2004: Finland | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National Coalition Party | Alexander Stubb Ville Itälä Piia-Noora Kauppi Eija-Riitta Korhola |
393,084 (98,271) | 23.7 | −1.6 | |
| Centre Party | Anneli Jäätteenmäki Kyösti Virrankoski Paavo Väyrynen Hannu Takkula |
386,174 (96,543.5) | 23.3 | +2.0 | |
| Social Democrats | Reino Paasilinna Riitta Myller Lasse Lehtinen |
350,057 (116,685.7) | 21.1 | +3.2 | |
| Green League + Independent | Satu Hassi (-1) | 172,668 | 10.4 | −3.0 | |
| Left Alliance | Esko Seppänen | 151,316 | 9.1 | 0.0 | |
| Swedish People's Party | Henrik Lax | 94,326 | 5.7 | −1.1 | |
| Others | None (-1) | 107,996 | 6.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,661,275 | 41.1 | +11 | ||
- Registered voters: 4,041,827
- Votes cast: 1,661,275 (41.1%)
- Invalid votes: 5,654 (0.3%)
- Valid votes: 1,655,621 (99.7%)
2009
The next election will be in 2009 and the number of seats will be decreased to thirteen.
References
External links
- European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
- List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu
- European Parliament elections Statistics Finland
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