Finnish parliamentary election, 2007
- VAS: 17
- SDP: 45
- VIHR: 15
- RKP: 10
- KESK: 51
- KOK: 50
- KD: 7
- PS: 5
The parliamentary elections in 2007 in Finland was held on 18 March 2007. It was the election of the 35th Parliament of Finland.
Winner of the election was as early as 2003 with 23.1 %, the Finnish Centre Party under the leadership of Matti Vanhanen in front of the National Coalition Party 22.3 %, the import, the biggest gains. The Social Democratic Party of Finland, in 2003 the second strongest, lost more than three percentage points. Of the smaller party stood out above all the base Finns, who increased their earnings from 1.6% to 4.1%.
The same eight parties as in 2003 made their way into the parliament. The government Vanhanen I from the center, the Social Democrats and the Swedish People's Party was replaced after the election by the government Vanhanen II from the center, the National Coalition Party, the Greens and the Swedish People's Party.
Participating parties
There were 18 different parties to choose from.
The following parties were already represented in the Parliament:
Election result
The turnout was 67.9 %, which is 1.8 percentage points lower than in 2003.
Government
Vanhanen formed a government with the National Coalition Party, the Greens Federation and the Swedish People's Party. After he announced his resignation in 2009, took over on 22 June 2010 Mari Kiviniemi office.
- 70 ) Cabinet Vanhanen II - Matti Vanhanen (Centre ) - government center, National Coalition Party, green collar and the Swedish People's Party (10 April 2007 to 22 June 2010)
- 71 ) Cabinet Kiviniemi - Mari Kiviniemi (Centre ) - government center, National Coalition Party, Green the Federation and the Swedish People's Party (June 22, 2010 to June 22, 2011 )