European Parliament election, 2009 (Finland)

The European elections in Finland 2009 was held on June 7, 2009. It was conducted as part of the EU-wide European elections held in 2009, with 13 of the 736 seats were awarded in the European Parliament in Finland. In addition to the six represented in the European Parliament parties entered in the choice of seven other parties, and a constituency association.

Election process and voter turnout

A total of 4,326,246 Finnish citizens were admitted to the election. In addition, still 6,211 people living in Finland from other EU countries had decided to vote for a Finnish party.

From 27 to 30 May and June 1 to 2 advance could be chosen at various centers in Finland. In other countries, too, the voice could be delivered from 27 to 30 May 2009 to the Finnish missions abroad. Persons whose physical condition did not permit a visit to a polling station could choose from an announcement by 26 MAY include from home. On Sunday, June 7, 2009, the official election day took place. Polling stations were open on this day in Finland 9 to 20 clock.

Turnout was 38.6% including overseas voters at, in Finland at 40.3 %. Thus, the turnout was over 2004 dropped by 0.8%. The highest participation was 68.4 % in Kauniainen and lowest in Hyrynsalmi with 25.5%.

Electoral system

Thirteen parties and an electoral association stood for election. A total of 241 people as a candidate for the Finnish thirteen seats in the European Parliament. Eleven of the parties made on each 20 candidates, two parties Finnish Christian Democrats and the True Finns every 10 candidates. The voters ' association had with Liisa Sulkakoski a single candidacy.

Finland uses when selecting the system of the open lists, whereby the order of the candidates is not only the parties to set. The voters do not vote for a party from itself but only for their candidates. The voices that have received together all candidates of a party, be used for the determination of the amount of seats that a party receives used. For this provision that the D' Hondt method application. Within a party then those candidates are MPs who have received the most votes. In this method, candidates who have indeed received many votes, the party but does not have enough seats against candidates with fewer votes, but more free seats subject.

Election

Winners of the European elections were the True Finns and the Green fret. The True Finns won almost 10 % of the vote and went for the first time with a MEP to the European Parliament. Your election campaign dominated mainly Euro-skepticism and hostility to immigration. The Greens have won by an increase of about 2 percentage points a second seat. Your constituents live mainly in the major cities in southern Finland.

The three major parties of Finland, the National Coalition Party, the Finnish Centre Party and the Social Democratic Party of Finland had to plug in all three more or less large losses. Although the National Coalition Party was able to extend their lead against the other two parties and lost hardly any votes, but by the lower turnout, she lost one seat The Centre Party and the Social Democrats lost one seat, but also their vocal losses were significantly larger. The Centre Party lost about 4 percentage points of the vote.

The Christian Democrats had concluded an electoral alliance with the True Finns. Although nearly 30,000 votes were less than the Left Alliance, helped them this election alliance to a deputy. The Left Alliance, however, lost its single seat and is no longer represented in the European Parliament. The Swedish People's Party was able to keep its single seat short.

Election result

Election result with the 10 June 2009:

A total of 7,603 votes (0.5%) were invalid.

1 electoral alliance

Member of Parliament

For Members of the European Parliament eight women and five men were elected. Your age at the time of choice ranges from 27 to 63 six of the elected candidates are completely new in the European Parliament.

Of the members of the last European Parliament Ari Vatanen and Jani Sievinen did not get enough votes for a continuation of their office. Eeva -Riitta Siitonen decided not to stand.

Most successful candidate Timo Soini was with more than 130,000 votes, which also accounts for around 80 % of the total number of votes of his party.

The candidate Risto E. J. Had Penttilä with 50 881 While the tenth best Score of all candidates, but only the fourth- best in its National Coalition Party, which won only three seats. So were four candidates of other parties with fewer votes preference.