2017 Finnish municipal elections

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All 295 municipal councils
First party Second party Third party   Leader Petteri Orpo Antti Rinne Juha Sipilä Party National Coalition SDP Centre Leader since 2016 2014 2012 Last election 1,735 seats, 21.9% 1,729 seats, 19.6% 3,077 seats, 18.7% Seats won 1,490 1,697 2,824 Seat change 245 32 253 Popular vote 531,599 498,252 450,529 Percentage 20.7% 19.4% 17.5% Swing 1.2pp 0.2pp 1.1pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ville Niinistö Timo Soini Li Andersson Party VIHR Finns Left Alliance Leader since 2011 1997 2016 Last election 323 seats, 8.5% 1,195 seats, 12.3% 640 seats, 8.0% Seats won 534 770 658 Seat change 211 425 18 Popular vote 320,235 227,297 226,626 Percentage 12.5% 8.8% 8.8% Swing 4.0pp 3.5pp 0.8pp   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Anna-Maja Henriksson Sari Essayah Party RKP KD Leader since 2016 2015 Last election 480 seats, 4.7% 300 seats, 3.7% Seats won 471 316 Seat change 9 16 Popular vote 125,518 105,551 Percentage 4.9% 4.1% Swing 0.2pp 0.4pp

Municipal elections were held in Finland on 9 April 2017 with advance voting between 29 March and 4 April.^[1] The councils in 295 municipalities in Finland (excluding Åland) were elected.^[2] Several municipalities altered the size of their councils (mainly because of municipal mergers) before the elections which resulted in reduction of seats available from 9,674 to 8,999.^[3]

Opinion polls

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The table uses the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if that date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead. List includes only polls that were made for the municipal election.

Results