2009 European Parliament election in Finland
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13 seats to the European Parliament

An election of the delegation from Finland to the European Parliament was held in 2009.[1]

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 National Coalition Party, Centre Party, and Social Democrats (SDP) each lost a seat. Moreover, the most popular candidate on the SDP list was the independent Mitro Repo. The Left Alliance lost their only seat. The Greens gained a seat, the Christian Democrats regained the seat they had lost in the previous period, and the True Finns achieved their first entry to the European Parliament with one seat. The Swedish People's Party kept their single seat.[2] No extraparliamentary party gained any seats.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Coalition Party386,41623.213–1
Centre Party316,79819.033–1
Social Democratic Party292,05117.542–1
Green League206,43912.402+1
Finns Party162,9309.791+1
Swedish People's Party101,4536.0910
Left Alliance98,6905.930–1
Christian Democrats69,4584.171+1
Communist Party of Finland8,0890.4900
For the Poor4,3380.2600
Independence Party3,5630.210New
Workers' Party of Finland3,1690.190New
Finnish Senior Party2,9740.1800
Independents8,4630.510New
Total1,664,831100.0013–1
Valid votes1,664,83199.55
Invalid/blank votes7,6030.45
Total votes1,672,434100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,131,82740.48
Source: Tilastokeskus

Elected MEPs

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Most voted-for candidates

Candicate[5] Yleisradio[6] Party Votes Change Quotient Municipality
Timo Soini True Finns 130,715 232 388,000 Espoo
Anneli Jäätteenmäki Center Party 80,156 −69,490 316 798,000 Helsinki
Mitro Repo Social Democratic Party 71,829 292 051,000 Helsinki
Ville Itälä National Coalition Party 66,033 +594 386 416,000 Turku
Heidi Hautala Green League 58,926 206 439,000 Helsinki
Satu Hassi Green League 57,032 −17,682 103 219,500 Tampere
Sari Essayah Christian Democrats 53,803 116 194,000 Paimio
Eija-Riitta Korhola National Coalition Party 51,508 +16,223 193 208,000 Helsinki
Sirpa Pietikäinen National Coalition Party 51,493 +21,451 128 805,333 Hämeenlinna
Risto E. J. Penttilä National Coalition Party 50,881 96 604,000 Helsinki
Liisa Jaakonsaari Social Democratic Party 45,325 146 025,500 Oulu
Hannu Takkula Center Party 39,444 +6,705 158 399,000 Rovaniemi
Riikka Manner Center Party 37,330 105 599,333 Varkaus
Lasse Hautala Center Party 31,773 79 199,500 Kauhajoki
Kyösti Karjula Center Party 29,387 63 359,600 Lumijoki
Annika Lapintie Left Alliance 29,112 98 690,000 Turku
Petri Sarvamaa National Coalition Party 27,391 77 283,200 Helsinki
Kimmo Kiljunen Social Democratic Party 26,936 +14,285 97 350,333 Vantaa
Satu Taiveaho Social Democratic Party 25,916 73 012,750 Hämeenlinna
Tarja Cronberg Green League 22,205 68 813,000 Polvijärvi

References

  1. ^ Sundberg, Jan (2010). "Finland", European Journal of Political Research, 49(7–8), p. 964–969. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6765.2010.01951.x
  2. ^ Party results Archived 12 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (Ministry of Justice Finland 10 June 2009)
  3. ^ Valitut ehdokkaat Archived 10 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Oikeusministeriö 7 June 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
  4. ^ Suomen europarlamentaarikot seuraavalle kaudelle Helsingin Sanomat 7 June 2009
  5. ^ Result per candidate Archived 29 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Ministry of Justice Finland 10 June 2009)
  6. ^ Ehdokkaat äänimääräjärjestyksessä Archived 10 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (
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