European Parliament election, 2009 (Finland)

Finland European Parliament election, 2009
Finland
7 June 2009
13 seats to the European Parliament

The European Parliament election of 2009 in Finland was the election of the delegation from Finland to the European Parliament in 2009.

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.[1] No extraparliamentary party gained any seats.

 Summary of the results of Finland's 7 June 2009 election to the European Parliament
← 2004 • 2009 • 2014 →
National party European party Main candidate Votes % +/– Seats +/–
National Coalition Party (KOK) EPP 386,416 23.21 0.50 Decrease
3 / 13
 1 Decrease
Centre Party (KESK) ELDR 316,798 19.03 4.34 Decrease
3 / 13
 1 Decrease
Social Democratic Party (SDP) PES 292,051 17.54 3.62 Decrease
2 / 13
 1 Decrease
Green League (VIHR) EGP 206,439 12.40 1.97 Increase
2 / 13
 1 Increase
True Finns (PS) None 162,930 9.79 9.25 Increase
1 / 13
 1 Increase
Swedish People's Party (SFP) ELDR 101,453 6.09 0.39 Increase
1 / 13
 0 Steady
Christian Democrats (KD) None 69,458 4.17 0.11 Decrease
1 / 13
 1 Increase
Left Alliance (V) NGLA / PEL 98,690 5.93 3.20 Decrease
0 / 13
 1 Decrease
Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats) 30,596 1.84 —
0 / 13
 0 Steady
Valid votes 1,664,831 99.55
Blank and invalid votes 7,603 0.45
Totals 1,672,434 100.00 —
13 / 13
 1 Decrease
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout Finnish citizens + other
EU citizens living in Finland		 ° 4,131,827 40.48
Finnish citizens living abroad 200,630
Totals 4,332,457 38.60 0.83 Decrease
Source: Finnish Ministry of Justice / European election database
Notes: ° = 4,125,616 Finnish citizens + 6,211 citizens from other EU countries.

Elected MEPs[2][3]

Most vote getters

Candicate[4] Yleisradio[5] 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. ↑ Party results (Ministry of Justice Finland 10.6.2009)
  2. ↑ Valitut ehdokkaat Oikeusministeriö 7.6.2009. Retrieved 8.6.2009.
  3. ↑ Suomen europarlamentaarikot seuraavalle kaudelle Helsingin Sanomat 7.6.2009
  4. ↑ Result per candidate (Ministry of Justice Finland 10.6.2009)
  5. ↑ Ehdokkaat äänimääräjärjestyksessä (
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