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2023 Finnish parliamentary election

election held in Finland

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 2 April 2023 to elect members of the Parliament of Finland. The opposition's National Coalition Party (KOK) 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 (KESK) did not win a majority of votes in any regional voting districts.[2] Five government parties and four opposition parties finished with parliamentary seats split dead even at 100–100. It is expected that KOK's Petteri Orpo will begin government formation talks the week following Easter.[3][4] The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP), led by incumbent Prime Minister Sanna Marin came in third place, signaling her defeat.[5]

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All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered4,540,437
Turnout72.6% (Decrease 0.2 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Petteri Orpo Riikka Purra Sanna Marin
Party National Coalition Finns Social Democratic
Last election 38 seats, 17.0% 39 seats, 17.5% 40 seats, 17.7%
Seats won 48 46 43
Seat change Increase 10 Increase 7 Increase 3
Popular vote 644,555 620,981 617,552
Percentage 20.8% 20.1% 19.9%
Swing Increase 3.8pp Increase 2.6pp Increase 2.2pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Annika Saarikko Maria Ohisalo Li Andersson
Party Centre Green League Left Alliance
Last election 31 seats, 13.8% 20 seats, 11.5% 16 seats, 8.2%
Seats won 23 13 11
Seat change Decrease 8 Decrease 7 Decrease 5
Popular vote 349,640 217,795 218,430
Percentage 11.3% 7.0% 7.1%
Swing Decrease 2.5pp Decrease 4.5pp Decrease 1.1pp
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Anna-Maja Henriksson Sari Essayah Harry Harkimo
Party Swedish People's Christian Democrat Movement Now
Last election 9 seats, 4.5% 5 seats, 3.9% 1 seat, 2.3%
Seats won 9 5 1
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 0
Popular vote 133,518 130,694 74,995
Percentage 4.3% 4.2% 2.4%
Swing Decrease 0.2pp Increase 0.3pp Increase 0.1pp
Prime Minister before election

Sanna Marin
Social Democrats

Prime Minister after election

Petteri Orpo
National Coalition

References

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  1. ↑ "Tulospalvelu | Eduskuntavaalit 2023 | yle.fi". vaalit.yle.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  2. ↑ Lehtonen, Antti (2023-04-02). "Kaikkien vaalipiirien päivittyvät vaalitulokset". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  3. ↑ Karkkola, Minna. "Näin Petteri Orpo laittaa hallitusneuvottelut käyntiin – Lähteekö viestejä SDP:lle tai PS:lle?". Uusi Suomi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  4. ↑ "Nimittäminen ja järjestäytyminen". Valtioneuvosto (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  5. ↑ "Finland's far right aims to oust popular PM Sanna Marin in legislative elections". France 24. 1 April 2023. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.



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