2015 Finnish parliamentary election

none November 2015 Finland state parliamentary 2011 Finnish parliamentary election 2011 List of members of the Parliament of Finland, 2011–15 List of members of the Parliament of Finland, 2015–19 2019 Finnish parliamentary election 2019 All 200 seats in Parliament 19 April 2015 101 Soome ja Eesti riigipead Soome 100 kontserdil (cropped).jpg 150 120 160 0 12 Juha Sipilä Centre Party (Finland) 626,218 35 seats, 15.8% 21.1% 5.3pp 49 14 Timo Soini 2015.JPG 150 120 160 0 20 Timo Soini True Finns 524,054 39 seats, 19.1% 17.7% 1.4pp 38 1 Alexander Stubb 2014-10-27 (2).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Alexander Stubb National Coalition Party 540,212 44 seats, 20.4% 18.2% 2.2pp 37 7 Antti Rinne.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Antti Rinne Social Democratic Party of Finland 490,102 42 seats, 19.1% 16.5% 2.6pp 34 8 Ville Niinisto Grona forbundet (grona) Finland. Nordiska radets session 2010.jpg 120 120 160 20 0 Ville Niinistö Green League 253,102 10 seats, 7.3% 8.5% 1.3pp 15 5 Paavo Arhinmäki 2011 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Paavo Arhinmäki Left Alliance (Finland) 211,702 14 seats, 8.1% 7.1% 1.0pp 12 2 Carl Haglund.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Carl Haglund Swedish People's Party of Finland 144,802 9 seats, 4.3% 4.9% 0.6pp 9 Päivi Räsänen 2015.jpg 140 120 160 0 12 Päivi Räsänen Christian Democrats (Finland) 105,134 6 seats, 4.0% 3.5% 0.5pp 5 1 Mats Löfström 2020.jpg 140 120 160 0 12 Mats Löfström Åland Coalition 10,910 1 seat, 0.3% 0.4% 0.0pp 1 2015 Finland parliamentary election.svg 450px Results map Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Alexander Stubb National Coalition Party Juha Sipilä Centre Party (Finland) 4,463,333 70.1% ( 0.4pp) Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 19 April 2015,Finnish Parliamentary Elections 2015 http://www.vaalit.fi/material/attachments/vaalit/vaalit/eduskuntavaalit/tietoaerikielilla/ekv2015/XJhZvq5AN/SELKO_Ekv_2015_EN.pdf vaalit.fi 18 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150418201759/http://www.vaalit.fi/material/attachments/vaalit/vaalit/eduskuntavaalit/tietoaerikielilla/ekv2015/XJhZvq5AN/SELKO_Ekv_2015_EN.pdf 18 April 2015 dead dmy-all with advance voting taking place from 8 to 14 April.Advance voting begins ahead of parliamentary elections http://yle.fi/uutiset/advance_voting_begins_ahead_of_parliamentary_elections/7916165 yle.fi Yle News English 18 April 2015 8 April 2015 The 200 members of the Parliament of Finland were elected with the proportional D'Hondt method. There were 4,463,333 people entitled to vote in Finland and abroad.People entitled to vote http://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/en/aoik_kokomaa.html vaalit.fi 18 April 2015 Background Previous government coalition thumb|left|200px|2015 candidate posters The incumbent government was a four-party coalition composed of the National Coalition Party, Social Democratic Party, Swedish People's Party and the Christian Democrats as well as independent Member of Parliament Elisabeth Nauclér. The Left Alliance and the Green League were initially also part of the governing coalition, but both left in 2014. On 22 June 2011, the parliament elected Jyrki Katainen as prime minister by a vote of 118–72; two Left Alliance MPs voted against Katainen, for which they were formally reprimanded by the Left Alliance parliamentary group. They were subsequently expelled from the group, reducing the government majority from 126 MPs to 124. In March 2014 the Left Alliance announced that it was leaving the cabinet, citing the party's opposition to budget cuts in social welfare programs, which had been agreed to by the other five parties.Vasemmistoliitto lähtee hallituksesta YLE, 25 March 2014, accessed 18 September 2014. This reduced the government's majority to 112 MPs. In April 2014 Jyrki Katainen announced that he would not seek another term as the chairman of the National Coalition Party. The NCP chose Alexander Stubb as its new chairman in June, and he subsequently became the new prime minister. In September 2014 the Green League announced that it was leaving the cabinet. The Greens were opposed to the other governing parties' decision to grant Fennovoima a licence for building a nuclear power plant in Pyhäjoki.Fennovoiman periaatepäätös hyväksyttiin, vihreät jättää hallituksen Helsingin Sanomat, 18 September 2014, accessed 18 September 2014. The Greens' departure cut the government's majority to 102 MPs (including the Speaker of the Parliament, who does not vote).Vihreät ulos hallituksesta – "Mieli on raskas ja pettynyt" YLE, 18 September 2014, accessed 18 September 2014. Electoral district changes left|thumb|Electoral districts in the 2015 election In 2013 the parliament decided to merge certain electoral districts to create larger districts: the electoral districts of North Savo and North Karelia were merged into a new district called Savo-Karelia, while the electoral districts of Kymi and South Savo were merged into a new district called Southeast Finland.Vaalipiiriuudistus lyötiin lukkoon eduskunnassa YLE, 6 March 2013, accessed 18 September 2014. Electoral district Seats 01 Helsinki 22 02 Uusimaa 35 03 Finland Proper 17 04 Satakunta 8 05 Åland 1 06 Häme 14 07 Pirkanmaa 19 08 Southeast Finland 17 09 Savo-Karelia 16 10 Vaasa 16 11 Central Finland 10 12 Oulu 18 13 Lapland 7 Opinion polls Opinion polling for the Finnish parliamentary election, 2015 thumb|center|800px|Taloustutkimus opinion polling since 2011 election. Results thumb|right|Largest party by municipality: #01954B Centre Party #FFDE55 Finns Party #006288 National Coalition Party #E11931 Social Democratic Party #BF1E24 Left Alliance #FFDD93 Swedish People's Party #FFE135 Åland Coalition #173653 Christian Democrats thumb|right|Largest party by electoral district: http://vaalit.yle.fi/tulospalvelu/2015/eduskuntavaalit/?ehdokkaat_##vaalipallo Yle Tulos palvelu Koko maa Yle Vaalikone #006288 National Coalition Party #FFDE55 Finns Party #01954B Centre Party #E11931 Social Democratic Party #FFDD93 Åland Coalition File:Finland_Eduskunta_2015.svg Centre Party 626218 49 +14 Finns Party 524054 38 −1 National Coalition Party 540212 37 −7 Social Democratic Party 490102 34 −8 Green League 253102 15 +5 Left Alliance 211702 12 −2 Swedish People's Party 144802 9 0 Christian Democrats 105134 5 −1 Pirate Party 25086 0 0 Independence Party 13638 0 0 Åland Coalition 2015 (C–M–S) 10910 1 0 Communist Party 7529 0 0 Change 2011 7442 0 0 Pirkanmaa Joint List 2469 0 New Liberals for Åland 1277 0 0 Communist Workers' Party 1103 0 0 Workers' Party 984 0 0 For the Poor 623 0 0 Independents 2075 0 0 0 15397 4463333 Ministry of Justice, YLE Government formation As the leader of the largest party, Juha Sipilä of Centre was tasked with forming the new government coalition. In early May, Sipilä announced that he would seek to form a right-leaning majority coalition consisting of the three largest parties—the Centre Party, the Finns Party and the National Coalition Party.Sipilä opts for right-leaning government, YLE News 7 May 2015, accessed 7 May 2015. The coalition negotiations were successful and led to the formation of the Sipilä cabinet on 29 May. References External links Category:Parliamentary elections in Finland Parliament Parliamentary