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2023 Finnish parliamentary election

April 03, 2023

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 2 April 2023 to elect members of the Parliament of Finland. The opposition's National Coalition Party won the election with 20.8% of the national popular vote and winning 48 seats in parliament, the third highest result in the party's history.[1] For the first time in Finland's history, the Centre Party didn't win a plurality of votes in any regional voting districts.[2] Five Government parties and four opposition parties finished with seats in parliament split dead even, 100–100. It is expected that National Coalition Party's Petteri Orpo with his incoming plurality will begin government formation negotiations the week following easter, when the parliament will convene and together with the President, the parliament will name him the government forming candidate.[3][4]

2023 Finnish parliamentary election
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All 200 seats in the Eduskunta
101 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered4,540,437
Turnout3,108,537 (71.9%)
( 0.9 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Petteri Orpo Riikka Purra Sanna Marin
Party National Coalition Finns SDP
Last election 38 seats, 17.0% 39 seats, 17.5% 40 seats, 17.7%
Seats won 48 46 43
Seat change 10 7 3
Popular vote 643,877 620,102 616,218
Percentage 20.8% 20.1% 19.9%
Swing 3.8pp 2.6pp 2.2pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Annika Saarikko Maria Ohisalo Li Andersson
Party Centre VIHR Left Alliance
Last election 31 seats, 13.8% 20 seats, 11.5% 16 seats, 8.2%
Seats won 23 13 11
Seat change 8 7 5
Popular vote 349,362 217,426 218,290
Percentage 11.3% 7.0% 7.1%
Swing 2.5pp 4.5pp 1.1pp
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Anna-Maja Henriksson Sari Essayah Harry Harkimo
Party Swedish People's KD Liik
Last election 9 seats, 4.5% 5 seats, 3.9% 1 seat, 2.3%
Seats won 9 5 1
Seat change 0 0 0
Popular vote 133,318 131,368 74,962
Percentage 4.3% 4.3% 2.4%
Swing 0.2pp 0.4pp 0.1pp

Following the April 2019 parliamentary election, the Social Democratic Party (SDP), led by Antti Rinne, formed a government with the Centre Party, Green League, Left Alliance, and the Swedish People's Party, with Rinne serving as prime minister. Later that year, Rinne was involved in a political scandal regarding the Finnish postal service, after which he resigned. Sanna Marin succeeded him, becoming the world's youngest serving prime minister. As prime minister, Marin focused on issues regarding climate change, while her government was also faced with the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The invasion prompted her to announce that Finland would submit its candidacy to join NATO, which it did in May 2022.

Issues regarding the economy, climate change, and education were discussed during the campaign period. Additionally, news agencies have described the election as a close race between the SDP, National Coalition Party, and the Finns Party. During the campaign period, Marin stated her support for education and public health spending, while Petteri Orpo's National Coalition Party has called for balancing the economy, reducing spending on unemployment and housing benefits, and constructing more nuclear plants. The Finns Party campaigned on an anti-immigration and anti-European Union platform, while the Green League focused on issues regarding mental health and universal basic income. The Centre Party campaigned on regional politics. Additionally, election debates were organised through out of March 2023. Voters had the option to vote during the advance voting period, which was organised between 22 and 28 March, or on the election day.

This was the first time since the 1954 parliamentary elections, that the top-three finishing parties by results did not lose seats in parliament. Additionally, it was the first time since the 1983 parliamentary elections that the top-three finishing parties by results did not lose vote shares by percentage points.

Background

 
Antti Rinne resigned as prime minister of Finland following the postal service scandal in December 2019

The previous parliamentary election, held in April 2019, saw the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) placing first, winning 17.7% of the popular vote, followed by the Finns Party and the National Coalition Party, who won 17.5% and 17% of the popular vote respectively.[5][6] The Centre Party, of the outgoing prime minister Juha Sipilä, placed fourth, winning 13.8% of the popular vote, while the Green League and Left Alliance received more votes than in the preceding election.[7] After several months of negotiations, the SDP, led by Antti Rinne, formed a government in June 2019, bringing the Centre Party, Green League, Left Alliance, and the Swedish People's Party of Finland into the government.[8][9][10]

In late 2019, a political scandal regarding the Finnish postal service broke out.[11] Sirpa Paatero, the minister of local government and ownership steering, was accused of being aware and hiding the postal service's project to change the status of a large number of its workers to a lower-paying contract from members of the Parliament of Finland.[12] Paatero resigned in November 2019,[13] after which Rinne was also accused of knowing the postal service plan.[12] The Centre Party then left the government, which led Rinne to announce his resignation as prime minister and leader of the SDP in December 2019.[14][15] He was succeeded by Sanna Marin.[16][17] Marin became the world's youngest serving prime minister after being sworn into office in December 2019.[18]

Marin announced that her government would combat climate change, protect the environment, and reduce social and economic inequalities.[19] Her government also adopted a programme that would aim at making Finland carbon neutral by 2035, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the production of renewable energy.[19] Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland, Marin's management of the pandemic benefited her party to rise in popularity in opinion polls, with her personal favourable opinion record rate reaching 85%.[20][21][22] However, the SDP was surpassed by the Finns Party in opinion polls after April 2021, with the National Coalition Party becoming the most popular by July 2021.[a][28][29]

Following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Marin took a firm line against Russia and Vladimir Putin, breaking Finland's historical military neutrality by announcing that Finland would submit candidacy to join NATO.[30][31][32] Finland officially submitted its candidacy in May 2022.[33] Its path to join NATO was formalised in March 2023, when Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the president of Turkey, formally signed and approved the decision to ratify Finland's NATO membership.[34][35] Turkey was the last NATO member to ratify the decision.[36]

Electoral system

See also: Politics of Finland

The 200 members of the Parliament of Finland (Eduskunta) were elected using open list proportional representation in 13 multi-member constituencies, with seats allocated according to the D'Hondt method.[37] The number of elected representatives is proportional to the population in the district six months prior to the elections. Åland has a single member electoral district and its own party system.[37][38] Every citizen that is at least 18 years old has the right to vote.[39] Voters also had the option to vote during the advance voting period or on the election day.[40] Advance voting took place from 22 to 28 March 2023.[41][42]

Pre-election composition

Contesting parties

See also: List of political parties in Finland

The table below lists parties and independent candidates that contested the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election. The Election Information and Results Service also announced that 2424 candidates in total registered to take part in the election.[45]

Overview of contesting parties in the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election
Party Ideology Candidates by electoral district
Helsinki Uusimaa Varsinais-Suomi Satakunta Åland Häme Pirkanmaa South-East Finland Savo-Karelia Vaasa Central Finland Oulu Lapland Total
293 485 214 124 15 144 239 158 156 161 146 177 112 2424
Social Democratic Party Social democracy 23 37 17 14 — 14 20 15 15 16 14 18 14 217
Finns Party Right-wing populism 23 37 17 14 — 14 20 15 15 16 14 18 14 217
Green League Green liberalism 23 37 17 14 — 14 20 15 15 16 14 18 14 217
Left Alliance Democratic socialism 23 37 17 14 — 14 20 15 15 16 14 18 14 217
National Coalition Liberal conservatism 23 37 17 14 — 14 19[b] 14[b] 15 16 14 18 11[c] 212
Centre Party Agrarianism 11[d] 37 17 14 — 14 20 15 15 16 14 18 14 205
Christian Democrats Christian democracy 8[d] 37 17 14 — 14 20 15 15 16 14 15[e] 3[c] 188
Movement Now Economic liberalism 23 37 17 10 — 14 20 15 13 10 5 11 2 177
Freedom Alliance National conservatism 16[f] 32[f] 15[f] 9[f] — 7[f] 11[f] 10[f] 10[f] 10[f] 8[f] 11[f] 4 143
Swedish People's Party of Finland Swedish minority interests
liberalism 		23 37 17 3 — 5 1[b] 1[b] 2 16 1 4 1 111
Power Belongs to the People Russophilia 10 25 11 2 — 7 4 9 8 5 14 8 4 107
Liberal Party – Freedom to Choose Classical liberalism 23 21 11 — — 5 12 4 5 4 — 6 2 93
Blue-and-Black Movement Neo-fascism — 37 17 — — — 20 — — — 14 — — 88
Communist Party of Finland Communism 14 13 2 — — 1 9 6 5 1 4 4 6 65
Pirate Party Pirate politics 20 5 — 1 — 1 5 — 4 — 1 — — 37
Crystal Party Vaccine hesitancy 5[f] 3[f] 1[f] — — 2[f] 3[f] 4[f] 2[f] 2[f] 1[f] 5[f] — 28
Animal Justice Party of Finland Animal rights 4[g] 4[g] 3 — — 1 7[g] — 1 — — — — 20
Finnish Reform Movement National conservatism 4[d] 4 — — — — — 5 — — — 3[e] — 16
Feminist Party Feminism 6[g] 4[g] — — — — 3[g] — — — — — — 13
Finnish People First Finnish nationalism 2[f] 1[f] — 1[f] — 3[f] 1[f] — — — — 2[f] — 10
The Open Party E-democracy 8 — — — — — — — — — — — 1 9
Lapland's Non-Aligned Joint List Regionalism — — — — — — — — — — — — 8 8
Non-aligned Coalition Conservatism — — — — 4 — — — — — — — — 4
Welfare and Equality Social democracy — — — — 4 — — — — — — — — 4
Sustainable Initiative Green politics — — — — 4 — — — — — — — — 4
Citizens' Union Euroscepticism — 1 — — — — 1 — — 1 — — — 3
For Åland Regionalism — — — — 3 — — — — — — — — 3
Independent candidates – 1 2 1 — — — 3 — 1 — — — — 8

Campaign

Issues

 
Campaign posters in Helsinki in March 2023

Yle has noted government borrowing, sustainability of public finances, climate change, and educational decline as main issues during the electoral campaign.[46] Paul Kirby of BBC News noted that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has had "little campaign impact", and added that the campaign period was instead concentrated on issues regarding the economy.[47] Deutsche Welle has noted shortage of workers as a key issue during the campaign period, while the Associated Press noted that issues regarding the economy, climate change, education, and social benefits were discussed during the campaign.[48][49] Markku Jokisipilä, an assistant professor of the University of Turku, has said that in the debates Marin has "stood out in the most vigorously" while he also noted that the Finns Party had the strongest social media presence.[50] Teivo Teivainen, a professor at the University of Helsinki, said that opponents of SDP's main problem is public spending.[51] News agencies have described the election as a close race between the SDP, National Coalition Party, and the Finns Party.[47][49][52][53] Jenni Karimäki, a political historian who works at the University of Helsinki, has described said that "nobody can know what order the three leading parties will finish in on Sunday".[54]

The Finns Party, which campaigned on an anti-immigration and anti-EU platform,[49] has noted their priority to cut immigration from non-European Union countries while Petteri Orpo, the leader of the National Coalition Party, campaigned on reducing spending on unemployment and housing benefits.[55] While campaigning, Orpo stated his support for economic growth, balancing public economy, to "build up NATO-Finland", and to construct more nuclear plants.[49][56] Riikka Purra, the leader of the Finns Party, has called for austerity, and has said that "we also want to tighten up our attitude towards the European Union", while she also said that the Finns Party would delay the carbon neutrality target that was introduced by Marin's government.[56][51][57] On the other hand, the National Coalition Party has agreed with Marin's position on carbon neutrality.[49] Marin has remained critical of right-wing parties, saying that they offer "an alternative that makes life miserable for all of us, cuts services, cuts livelihoods for the poorest"; she had also stated her support for education and public health spending, saying that it would help Finland to avoid borrowing.[54][57] The Green League's campaign was focused on mental health services and universal basic income, while the Centre Party campaigned on regional politics.[53]

Slogans

Slogans of parliamentary parties during the campaign period
Party/coalition Original slogan English translation Refs
Centre Party Eteenpäin!
Vastuuta koko Suomesta 		Ahead!
Responsibility for the whole Finland 		[58][59]
Christian Democrats Järjen ääni
Suomeen suunnanmuutos 		The voice of reason [59][60]
Finns Party Pelasta Suomi! Save Finland! [59]
Green League Suojele elämää Protect life [59]
Left Alliance Reilumpi huominen kaikille, ei harvoille A fairer tomorrow for everyone, not just a few! [59]
Movement Now Uskalla olla erilainen Dare to be different [59]
National Coalition Nyt on oikea aika Now is the right time [59]
Power Belongs to the People Täysivaltaista tasavaltaa jälleenrakentamass Rebuilding a sovereign republic [59]
Social Democratic Party Rohkeutta olla sinun puolellasi Courage to be on your side [59]
Swedish People's Party of Finland Yhdessä eteenpäin
(Swedish: Framåt tillsammans) 		Moving forward together [59]

Debates

Debates during the campaign period
2023 Finnish parliamentary election debates
Date Organisers     P  Present    N  Non-invitee 
SDP Finns KOK Centre Green League Vas SFP/RKP KD Liik Refs
30 March Yle P
Sanna Marin 		P
Riikka Purra 		P
Petteri Orpo 		P
Annika Saarikko 		P
Maria Ohisalo 		P
Li Andersson 		P
Anna-Maja Henriksson 		P
Sari Essayah 		P
Hjallis Harkimo 		[61]
27 March Yle P
Sanna Marin 		P
Riikka Purra 		P
Petteri Orpo 		P
Annika Saarikko 		P
Maria Ohisalo 		P
Li Andersson 		P
Anna-Maja Henriksson 		P
Sari Essayah 		P
Hjallis Harkimo 		[62]
23 March Yle N N N P
Annika Saarikko 		P
Maria Ohisalo 		P
Li Andersson 		N N N [63]
22 March Yle N N N N N N P
Anna-Maja Henriksson 		P
Sari Essayah 		P
Hjallis Harkimo 		[64]
21 March Yle P
Sanna Marin 		P
Riikka Purra 		P
Petteri Orpo 		N N N N N N [65]
20 March Yle P
Sanna Marin 		P
Riikka Purra 		P
Petteri Orpo 		P
Annika Saarikko 		P
Maria Ohisalo 		P
Li Andersson 		P
Anna-Maja Henriksson 		P
Sari Essayah 		P
Hjallis Harkimo 		[66]
8 March Unifi P
Antti Lindtman 		P
Sakari Puisto 		P
Paula Risikko 		P
Petri Honkonen 		P
Maria Ohisalo 		P
Li Andersson 		P
Anders Adlercreutz 		P
Sari Essayah 		N [67]
6 March YVV P
Anita Hellman 		P
Sakari Puisto 		P
Pihla Keto-Huovinen 		P
Päivi Mononen-Mikkilä 		P
Amanda Pasanen 		P
Veronika Honkasalo 		P
Eva Biaudet 		N P
Karoliina Kähönen 		[68]

Members of Parliament standing down

Centre Party

Christian Democrats

Finns Party

Green League

Left Alliance

National Coalition Party

Social Democratic Party

Swedish People's Party

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election
 
Local regression chart of poll results from 14 April 2019 to 2 April 2023

Results

During the advance voting period, 40% of the registered voters cast their ballots, the highest since the introduction of advance voting.[42] Voting stations on 2 April were opened from 9:00 (UTC+03:00) am to 8:00 pm.[40][93] There were 4,277,487 citizens that had the right to vote in the election.[94]

 
PartyVotes%Seats
National Coalition Party643,87720.8448
Finns Party620,10220.0746
Social Democratic Party616,21819.9443
Centre Party349,36211.3123
Left Alliance218,2907.0611
Green League217,4267.0413
Swedish People's Party133,3184.319
Christian Democrats131,3684.255
Movement Now74,9622.431
Freedom Alliance27,5260.890
Liberal Party – Freedom to Choose14,9930.490
For Åland11,4550.371
Power Belongs to the People8,4730.270
Crystal Party4,8800.160
Animal Justice Party3,1060.100
Pirate Party3,0630.100
Communist Party3,0580.100
Blue-and-Black Movement2,3820.080
Finnish Reform Movement1,3570.040
Finnish People First1,2290.040
Lapland's Non-Aligned Joint List1,2280.040
Feminist Party1,1090.040
The Open Party9860.030
Non-aligned Coalition0
Welfare and Equality0
Sustainable Initiative0
Citizens' Union1680.010
Independents0
Total3,089,936100.00200
Registered voters/turnout4,277,487–
Source: Election Information and Results Service

Aftermath

Government formation

Before the election, the Social Democratic Party, Green League, and the Left Alliance announced that they had ruled out joining a coalition that involved the Finns Party. The Swedish People's Party made similar statements that the likelihood of being part of the same ruling coalition with the Finns Party was very low, but did not rule it out completely because they want to see how government talks will go to make a final decision, according to Swedish People's leader, Anna-Maja Henrikkson.[95]

The Left Alliance also stated that they were not ready to enter a coalition that involved the National Coalition Party.[95]

At the beginning of March 2023, the Centre Party leader, Annika Saarikko, stated that, even though she was not ruling out a coalition with any party, she was not willing to continue remaining in the incumbent coalition government, if there is a majority, due to policy disputes with other coalition parties, especially with Green League.[95][96]

The National Coalition Party leader, Petteri Orpo, said he was keeping his options open, but media sources argued that he would need to team up with the Social Democratic Party or the Finns Party to get a majority, if his party was the largest.[96]

After the immediate results of the election, the current ruling coalition does not have an absolute majority in parliament.[1] Generally the winning party's leader begins government forming negotiations after the President and parliament convene to name the lead government negotiator. Thus it is expected that the National Coalition Party's Petteri Orpo will begin government forming negotiations in the upcoming weeks.[3][4]

Notes

  1. ^ Polls published between 1 January 2021 and 26 April 2021 (fieldwork in brackets):
    • Taloustutkimus (2 Dec 2020–5 Jan 2021)[23]
    • Kantar TNS (21 Dec 2020–15 Jan 2021)[24]
    • Kantar TNS (18 Jan–12 Feb 2021)[25]
    • Kantar TNS (15 Feb–12 Mar 2021)[26]
    • Kantar TNS (15 Mar–9 Apr 2021)[27]
  2. ^ a b c d National Coalition Party–Swedish People's Party of Finland electoral alliance
  3. ^ a b National Coalition Party–Christian Democrats electoral alliance
  4. ^ a b c Centre Party–Christian Democrats–Finnish Reform Movement electoral alliance
  5. ^ a b Christian Democrats–Finnish Reform Movement electoral alliance
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Finnish People First–Freedom Alliance–Crystal Party electoral alliance
  7. ^ a b c d e f Feminist Party–Animal Justice Party of Finland electoral alliance

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April 03, 2023
2023, finnish, parliamentary, election, this, article, documents, recent, election, information, change, rapidly, election, progresses, until, official, results, have, been, published, initial, news, reports, unreliable, last, updates, this, article, reflect, . This article documents a recent election Information may change rapidly as the election progresses until official results have been published Initial news reports may be unreliable and the last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information Please feel free to improve this article or discuss changes on the talk page April 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 2 April 2023 to elect members of the Parliament of Finland The opposition s National Coalition Party won the election with 20 8 of the national popular vote and winning 48 seats in parliament the third highest result in the party s history 1 For the first time in Finland s history the Centre Party didn t win a plurality of votes in any regional voting districts 2 Five Government parties and four opposition parties finished with seats in parliament split dead even 100 100 It is expected that National Coalition Party s Petteri Orpo with his incoming plurality will begin government formation negotiations the week following easter when the parliament will convene and together with the President the parliament will name him the government forming candidate 3 4 2023 Finnish parliamentary election 2019 2 April 2023 2027 All 200 seats in the Eduskunta101 seats needed for a majorityOpinion pollsRegistered4 540 437Turnout3 108 537 71 9 0 9 pp First party Second party Third party Leader Petteri Orpo Riikka Purra Sanna MarinParty National Coalition Finns SDPLast election 38 seats 17 0 39 seats 17 5 40 seats 17 7 Seats won 48 46 43Seat change 10 7 3Popular vote 643 877 620 102 616 218Percentage 20 8 20 1 19 9 Swing 3 8pp 2 6pp 2 2pp Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Annika Saarikko Maria Ohisalo Li AnderssonParty Centre VIHR Left AllianceLast election 31 seats 13 8 20 seats 11 5 16 seats 8 2 Seats won 23 13 11Seat change 8 7 5Popular vote 349 362 217 426 218 290Percentage 11 3 7 0 7 1 Swing 2 5pp 4 5pp 1 1pp Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party Leader Anna Maja Henriksson Sari Essayah Harry HarkimoParty Swedish People s KD LiikLast election 9 seats 4 5 5 seats 3 9 1 seat 2 3 Seats won 9 5 1Seat change 0 0 0Popular vote 133 318 131 368 74 962Percentage 4 3 4 3 2 4 Swing 0 2pp 0 4pp 0 1ppPrime Minister before electionSanna MarinSocial Democratic Elected Prime Minister TBDFollowing the April 2019 parliamentary election the Social Democratic Party SDP led by Antti Rinne formed a government with the Centre Party Green League Left Alliance and the Swedish People s Party with Rinne serving as prime minister Later that year Rinne was involved in a political scandal regarding the Finnish postal service after which he resigned Sanna Marin succeeded him becoming the world s youngest serving prime minister As prime minister Marin focused on issues regarding climate change while her government was also faced with the COVID 19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine The invasion prompted her to announce that Finland would submit its candidacy to join NATO which it did in May 2022 Issues regarding the economy climate change and education were discussed during the campaign period Additionally news agencies have described the election as a close race between the SDP National Coalition Party and the Finns Party During the campaign period Marin stated her support for education and public health spending while Petteri Orpo s National Coalition Party has called for balancing the economy reducing spending on unemployment and housing benefits and constructing more nuclear plants The Finns Party campaigned on an anti immigration and anti European Union platform while the Green League focused on issues regarding mental health and universal basic income The Centre Party campaigned on regional politics Additionally election debates were organised through out of March 2023 Voters had the option to vote during the advance voting period which was organised between 22 and 28 March or on the election day This was the first time since the 1954 parliamentary elections that the top three finishing parties by results did not lose seats in parliament Additionally it was the first time since the 1983 parliamentary elections that the top three finishing parties by results did not lose vote shares by percentage points Contents 1 Background 2 Electoral system 2 1 Pre election composition 3 Contesting parties 4 Campaign 4 1 Issues 4 2 Slogans 4 3 Debates 5 Members of Parliament standing down 5 1 Centre Party 5 2 Christian Democrats 5 3 Finns Party 5 4 Green League 5 5 Left Alliance 5 6 National Coalition Party 5 7 Social Democratic Party 5 8 Swedish People s Party 6 Opinion polls 7 Results 8 Aftermath 8 1 Government formation 9 Notes 10 ReferencesBackground Edit Antti Rinne resigned as prime minister of Finland following the postal service scandal in December 2019 The previous parliamentary election held in April 2019 saw the Social Democratic Party of Finland SDP placing first winning 17 7 of the popular vote followed by the Finns Party and the National Coalition Party who won 17 5 and 17 of the popular vote respectively 5 6 The Centre Party of the outgoing prime minister Juha Sipila placed fourth winning 13 8 of the popular vote while the Green League and Left Alliance received more votes than in the preceding election 7 After several months of negotiations the SDP led by Antti Rinne formed a government in June 2019 bringing the Centre Party Green League Left Alliance and the Swedish People s Party of Finland into the government 8 9 10 In late 2019 a political scandal regarding the Finnish postal service broke out 11 Sirpa Paatero the minister of local government and ownership steering was accused of being aware and hiding the postal service s project to change the status of a large number of its workers to a lower paying contract from members of the Parliament of Finland 12 Paatero resigned in November 2019 13 after which Rinne was also accused of knowing the postal service plan 12 The Centre Party then left the government which led Rinne to announce his resignation as prime minister and leader of the SDP in December 2019 14 15 He was succeeded by Sanna Marin 16 17 Marin became the world s youngest serving prime minister after being sworn into office in December 2019 18 Marin announced that her government would combat climate change protect the environment and reduce social and economic inequalities 19 Her government also adopted a programme that would aim at making Finland carbon neutral by 2035 by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the production of renewable energy 19 Following the outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic in Finland Marin s management of the pandemic benefited her party to rise in popularity in opinion polls with her personal favourable opinion record rate reaching 85 20 21 22 However the SDP was surpassed by the Finns Party in opinion polls after April 2021 with the National Coalition Party becoming the most popular by July 2021 a 28 29 Following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine Marin took a firm line against Russia and Vladimir Putin breaking Finland s historical military neutrality by announcing that Finland would submit candidacy to join NATO 30 31 32 Finland officially submitted its candidacy in May 2022 33 Its path to join NATO was formalised in March 2023 when Recep Tayyip Erdogan the president of Turkey formally signed and approved the decision to ratify Finland s NATO membership 34 35 Turkey was the last NATO member to ratify the decision 36 Electoral system EditSee also Politics of Finland The 200 members of the Parliament of Finland Eduskunta were elected using open list proportional representation in 13 multi member constituencies with seats allocated according to the D Hondt method 37 The number of elected representatives is proportional to the population in the district six months prior to the elections Aland has a single member electoral district and its own party system 37 38 Every citizen that is at least 18 years old has the right to vote 39 Voters also had the option to vote during the advance voting period or on the election day 40 Advance voting took place from 22 to 28 March 2023 41 42 Seats by electoral district 43 Electoral district Seats 01 Helsinki 2302 Uusimaa 3703 Finland Proper 1704 Satakunta 805 Aland 106 Tavastia 1407 Pirkanmaa 2008 South East Finland 1509 Savonia Karelia 1510 Vaasa 1611 Central Finland 1012 Oulu 1813 Lapland 6Pre election composition Edit Government SeatsSocial Democratic Party of Finland 40Centre Party 31Green League 20Left Alliance 16Swedish People s Party of Finland 10Opposition SeatsFinns Party 39National Coalition Party 37Christian Democrats 5Movement Now 1Power Belongs to the People 1Source Parliament of Finland 44 Contesting parties EditSee also List of political parties in Finland The table below lists parties and independent candidates that contested the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election The Election Information and Results Service also announced that 2424 candidates in total registered to take part in the election 45 Overview of contesting parties in the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election Party Ideology Candidates by electoral districtHelsinki Uusimaa Varsinais Suomi Satakunta Aland Hame Pirkanmaa South East Finland Savo Karelia Vaasa Central Finland Oulu Lapland Total293 485 214 124 15 144 239 158 156 161 146 177 112 2424Social Democratic Party Social democracy 23 37 17 14 14 20 15 15 16 14 18 14 217Finns Party Right wing populism 23 37 17 14 14 20 15 15 16 14 18 14 217Green League Green liberalism 23 37 17 14 14 20 15 15 16 14 18 14 217Left Alliance Democratic socialism 23 37 17 14 14 20 15 15 16 14 18 14 217National Coalition Liberal conservatism 23 37 17 14 14 19 b 14 b 15 16 14 18 11 c 212Centre Party Agrarianism 11 d 37 17 14 14 20 15 15 16 14 18 14 205Christian Democrats Christian democracy 8 d 37 17 14 14 20 15 15 16 14 15 e 3 c 188Movement Now Economic liberalism 23 37 17 10 14 20 15 13 10 5 11 2 177Freedom Alliance National conservatism 16 f 32 f 15 f 9 f 7 f 11 f 10 f 10 f 10 f 8 f 11 f 4 143Swedish People s Party of Finland Swedish minority interestsliberalism 23 37 17 3 5 1 b 1 b 2 16 1 4 1 111Power Belongs to the People Russophilia 10 25 11 2 7 4 9 8 5 14 8 4 107Liberal Party Freedom to Choose Classical liberalism 23 21 11 5 12 4 5 4 6 2 93Blue and Black Movement Neo fascism 37 17 20 14 88Communist Party of Finland Communism 14 13 2 1 9 6 5 1 4 4 6 65Pirate Party Pirate politics 20 5 1 1 5 4 1 37Crystal Party Vaccine hesitancy 5 f 3 f 1 f 2 f 3 f 4 f 2 f 2 f 1 f 5 f 28Animal Justice Party of Finland Animal rights 4 g 4 g 3 1 7 g 1 20Finnish Reform Movement National conservatism 4 d 4 5 3 e 16Feminist Party Feminism 6 g 4 g 3 g 13Finnish People First Finnish nationalism 2 f 1 f 1 f 3 f 1 f 2 f 10The Open Party E democracy 8 1 9Lapland s Non Aligned Joint List Regionalism 8 8Non aligned Coalition Conservatism 4 4Welfare and Equality Social democracy 4 4Sustainable Initiative Green politics 4 4Citizens Union Euroscepticism 1 1 1 3For Aland Regionalism 3 3Independent candidates 1 2 1 3 1 8Campaign EditIssues Edit Campaign posters in Helsinki in March 2023 Yle has noted government borrowing sustainability of public finances climate change and educational decline as main issues during the electoral campaign 46 Paul Kirby of BBC News noted that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has had little campaign impact and added that the campaign period was instead concentrated on issues regarding the economy 47 Deutsche Welle has noted shortage of workers as a key issue during the campaign period while the Associated Press noted that issues regarding the economy climate change education and social benefits were discussed during the campaign 48 49 Markku Jokisipila an assistant professor of the University of Turku has said that in the debates Marin has stood out in the most vigorously while he also noted that the Finns Party had the strongest social media presence 50 Teivo Teivainen a professor at the University of Helsinki said that opponents of SDP s main problem is public spending 51 News agencies have described the election as a close race between the SDP National Coalition Party and the Finns Party 47 49 52 53 Jenni Karimaki a political historian who works at the University of Helsinki has described said that nobody can know what order the three leading parties will finish in on Sunday 54 The Finns Party which campaigned on an anti immigration and anti EU platform 49 has noted their priority to cut immigration from non European Union countries while Petteri Orpo the leader of the National Coalition Party campaigned on reducing spending on unemployment and housing benefits 55 While campaigning Orpo stated his support for economic growth balancing public economy to build up NATO Finland and to construct more nuclear plants 49 56 Riikka Purra the leader of the Finns Party has called for austerity and has said that we also want to tighten up our attitude towards the European Union while she also said that the Finns Party would delay the carbon neutrality target that was introduced by Marin s government 56 51 57 On the other hand the National Coalition Party has agreed with Marin s position on carbon neutrality 49 Marin has remained critical of right wing parties saying that they offer an alternative that makes life miserable for all of us cuts services cuts livelihoods for the poorest she had also stated her support for education and public health spending saying that it would help Finland to avoid borrowing 54 57 The Green League s campaign was focused on mental health services and universal basic income while the Centre Party campaigned on regional politics 53 Slogans Edit Slogans of parliamentary parties during the campaign period Party coalition Original slogan English translation RefsCentre Party Eteenpain Vastuuta koko Suomesta Ahead Responsibility for the whole Finland 58 59 Christian Democrats Jarjen aaniSuomeen suunnanmuutos The voice of reason 59 60 Finns Party Pelasta Suomi Save Finland 59 Green League Suojele elamaa Protect life 59 Left Alliance Reilumpi huominen kaikille ei harvoille A fairer tomorrow for everyone not just a few 59 Movement Now Uskalla olla erilainen Dare to be different 59 National Coalition Nyt on oikea aika Now is the right time 59 Power Belongs to the People Taysivaltaista tasavaltaa jalleenrakentamass Rebuilding a sovereign republic 59 Social Democratic Party Rohkeutta olla sinun puolellasi Courage to be on your side 59 Swedish People s Party of Finland Yhdessa eteenpain Swedish Framat tillsammans Moving forward together 59 Debates Edit Debates during the campaign period 2023 Finnish parliamentary election debatesDate Organisers P Present N Non invitee SDP Finns KOK Centre Green League Vas SFP RKP KD Liik Refs30 March Yle PSanna Marin PRiikka Purra PPetteri Orpo PAnnika Saarikko PMaria Ohisalo PLi Andersson PAnna Maja Henriksson PSari Essayah PHjallis Harkimo 61 27 March Yle PSanna Marin PRiikka Purra PPetteri Orpo PAnnika Saarikko PMaria Ohisalo PLi Andersson PAnna Maja Henriksson PSari Essayah PHjallis Harkimo 62 23 March Yle N N N PAnnika Saarikko PMaria Ohisalo PLi Andersson N N N 63 22 March Yle N N N N N N PAnna Maja Henriksson PSari Essayah PHjallis Harkimo 64 21 March Yle PSanna Marin PRiikka Purra PPetteri Orpo N N N N N N 65 20 March Yle PSanna Marin PRiikka Purra PPetteri Orpo PAnnika Saarikko PMaria Ohisalo PLi Andersson PAnna Maja Henriksson PSari Essayah PHjallis Harkimo 66 8 March Unifi PAntti Lindtman PSakari Puisto PPaula Risikko PPetri Honkonen PMaria Ohisalo PLi Andersson PAnders Adlercreutz PSari Essayah N 67 6 March YVV PAnita Hellman PSakari Puisto PPihla Keto Huovinen PPaivi Mononen Mikkila PAmanda Pasanen PVeronika Honkasalo PEva Biaudet N PKaroliina Kahonen 68 Members of Parliament standing down EditCentre Party Edit Hannakaisa Heikkinen 69 Esko Kiviranta 70 Jari Leppa 71 Juha Pylvas 72 Juha Sipila 73 Matti Vanhanen 73 Anu Vehvilainen 69 Christian Democrats Edit Antero Laukkanen 74 Finns Party Edit Teuvo Hakkarainen 75 Toimi Kankaanniemi 76 Riikka Slunga Poutsalo 77 Veikko Vallin 78 Green League Edit Outi Alanko Kahiluoto 79 Satu Hassi 79 Heli Jarvinen 80 Emma Kari 81 Pirkka Pekka Petelius 82 Left Alliance Edit Juho Kautto 83 Markus Mustajarvi 79 Jari Myllykoski 84 National Coalition Party Edit Kalle Jokinen 85 Jaana Pelkonen 86 Ruut Sjoblom 87 Kari Tolvanen 87 Social Democratic Party Edit Jukka Gustafsson 88 Anneli Kiljunen 89 Merja Makisalo Ropponen 79 Raimo Piirainen 90 Kristiina Salonen 91 Katja Taimela 79 Erkki Tuomioja 92 Swedish People s Party Edit Veronica Rehn Kivi 87 Opinion polls EditMain article Opinion polling for the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election Local regression chart of poll results from 14 April 2019 to 2 April 2023Results EditDuring the advance voting period 40 of the registered voters cast their ballots the highest since the introduction of advance voting 42 Voting stations on 2 April were opened from 9 00 UTC 03 00 am to 8 00 pm 40 93 There were 4 277 487 citizens that had the right to vote in the election 94 PartyVotes SeatsNational Coalition Party643 87720 8448Finns Party620 10220 0746Social Democratic Party616 21819 9443Centre Party349 36211 3123Left Alliance218 2907 0611Green League217 4267 0413Swedish People s Party133 3184 319Christian Democrats131 3684 255Movement Now74 9622 431Freedom Alliance27 5260 890Liberal Party Freedom to Choose14 9930 490For Aland11 4550 371Power Belongs to the People8 4730 270Crystal Party4 8800 160Animal Justice Party3 1060 100Pirate Party3 0630 100Communist Party3 0580 100Blue and Black Movement2 3820 080Finnish Reform Movement1 3570 040Finnish People First1 2290 040Lapland s Non Aligned Joint List1 2280 040Feminist Party1 1090 040The Open Party9860 030Non aligned Coalition0Welfare and Equality0Sustainable Initiative0Citizens Union1680 010Independents0Total3 089 936100 00200Registered voters turnout4 277 487 Source Election Information and Results ServiceAftermath EditGovernment formation Edit Before the election the Social Democratic Party Green League and the Left Alliance announced that they had ruled out joining a coalition that involved the Finns Party The Swedish People s Party made similar statements that the likelihood of being part of the same ruling coalition with the Finns Party was very low but did not rule it out completely because they want to see how government talks will go to make a final decision according to Swedish People s leader Anna Maja Henrikkson 95 The Left Alliance also stated that they were not ready to enter a coalition that involved the National Coalition Party 95 At the beginning of March 2023 the Centre Party leader Annika Saarikko stated that even though she was not ruling out a coalition with any party she was not willing to continue remaining in the incumbent coalition government if there is a majority due to policy disputes with other coalition parties especially with Green League 95 96 The National Coalition Party leader Petteri Orpo said he was keeping his options open but media sources argued that he would need to team up with the Social Democratic Party or the Finns Party to get a majority if his party was the largest 96 After the immediate results of the election the current ruling coalition does not have an absolute majority in parliament 1 Generally the winning party s leader begins government forming negotiations after the President and parliament convene to name the lead government negotiator Thus it is expected that the National Coalition Party s Petteri Orpo will begin government forming negotiations in the upcoming weeks 3 4 Notes Edit Polls published between 1 January 2021 and 26 April 2021 fieldwork in brackets Taloustutkimus 2 Dec 2020 5 Jan 2021 23 Kantar TNS 21 Dec 2020 15 Jan 2021 24 Kantar TNS 18 Jan 12 Feb 2021 25 Kantar TNS 15 Feb 12 Mar 2021 26 Kantar TNS 15 Mar 9 Apr 2021 27 a b c d National 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