2008 Finnish municipal elections

none July 2022 July 2022 Municipal elections were held in Finland on 26 October 2008, with advance voting between 15 and 21 October 2008. 10,412 municipal council seats were open for election in 332 municipalities. The number of councillors decreased by over 1,554 compared to the previous election due to the merging of several municipalities.http://www.esaimaa.fi/Online/2008/07/25/Kuntaliitokset+v%C3%A4hent%C3%A4v%C3%A4t+1564+valtuustopaikkaa/200815602781/4 Kuntaliitokset vähentävät 1564 valtuustopaikkaa Etelä-Saimaa 2014-12-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20141213235744/http://www.esaimaa.fi/Online/2008/07/25/Kuntaliitokset+v%C3%A4hent%C3%A4v%C3%A4t+1564+valtuustopaikkaa/200815602781/4 2014-12-13 dead National results thumb|right|Largest party by constituency: http://vaalit.yle.fi/tulospalvelu/2008/kuntavaalit/index.html Yle Tulos palvelu Koko maa Yle Vaalikone #00B9FB National Coalition Party #008000 Centre Party #ff0000 Social Democratic Party Party VotesTilastokeskus Kunnallisvaalit 1976–2012, puolueiden kannatus http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Database/StatFin/vaa/kvaa/kvaa_as/kvaa_as_fi.asp 13 December 2014 dead https://archive.today/20120526012405/http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Database/StatFin/vaa/kvaa/kvaa_as/kvaa_as_fi.asp 26 May 2012 Council seatsNumber%NumberNet ± National Coalition Party597,727 23.45%2,020 -58 Social Democratic Party of Finland541,18721.23%2,066 -519 Centre Party (Finland)512,22020.09%3,518 -907 Green League227,9998.94%370 +56 Left Alliance (Finland)223,6738.77% 833 -154 True Finns137,4975.39%443 +337 Swedish People's Party of Finland119,8964.7%511 -125 Christian Democrats (Finland)106,6394.18%351 -40Communist Party13,9860.55%9 -7Seniors' Party2,6180.10%2 +1Independence Party1,4820.06%2 ±0Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism1,0630.04%0 -1For the Poor1,0630.04%1 +1Workers Party7110.03%0 -1Others61,4782.41%286 -134Total2,549,23510,412 -1,554 References Category:Municipal elections in Finland Category:2008 elections in Finland Category:October 2008 in Europe