2012 Finnish municipal elections

none Municipal elections were held in Finland on 28 October 2012, with advance voting between 17 and 23 October 2012. 9,674 municipal council seats were open for election in 304 municipalities. The number of councillors decreased by over 700 compared to the previous election due to the merging of several municipalities.http://www.kuntavaalit.fi/media/faktat/Sivut/default.aspx Kunnallisvaalit - Kunnat.net 2012-09-23 https://archive.today/20130213074436/http://www.kuntavaalit.fi/media/faktat/Sivut/default.aspx 2013-02-13 dead The term of the elected councillors will begin on 1 January 2013. Funds In Finland, candidates have to declare their campaign funding. 15% of the declarations did not arrive in time.http://www.vaalirahoitus.fi/ section 4.1.2013 Competing parties List of political parties in Finland Centre Party National Coalition Party (NCP) Social Democratic Party (SDP) True Finns Green League Left Alliance Swedish People's Party (SPP) Christian Democrats Pirate Party Communist Party Change 2011 Independence Party Workers Party Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism For the Poor Freedom Party Electoral method The D'Hondt method is used in the election. The size of the municipal council or city council depends on the population of the municipality:http://www.vaalit.fi/14167.htm Kunnallisvaalit - Vaalit 2012-09-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20121028120301/http://www.vaalit.fi/14167.htm 2012-10-28 dead Population Number of councilmen under 2,000 13, 15 or 17 2,001–4,000 21 4,001–8,000 27 8,001–15,000 35 15,001–30,000 43 30,001–60,000 51 60,001–120,000 59 120,001–250,000 67 250,001–400,000 75 over 400,000 85 Helsinki is the only city in the last category and Espoo the only city in the second-to-last category. National results thumb|right|Largest party by constituency: http://vaalit.yle.fi/tulospalvelu/2012/kuntavaalit/puolueiden_kannatus.html Yle Tulos palvelu Koko maa Yle Vaalikone #00B9FB National Coalition Party #008000 Centre Party #ff0000 Social Democratic Party Party VotesMinistry of Justice Party results http://192.49.229.35/K2012/e/tulos/tulos_kokomaa.html 2 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130106175544/http://192.49.229.35/K2012/e/tulos/tulos_kokomaa.html 6 January 2013 dead dmy-all Council seatsNumber%Swing (2008)Swing (2011)NumberNet ± National Coalition Party545,889 21.9% −1.6pp +1.5pp1,735 −286 Social Democratic Party of Finland487,92419.6% −1.7pp +0.5pp1,729 −337 Centre Party (Finland)465,16618.7% −1.4pp +2.9pp3,077 −440 True Finns307,79712.3% +7.0pp −6.7pp1,195 +752 Green League213,1008.5% −0.4pp +1.3pp323 −47 Left Alliance (Finland)199,6158.0% −0.8pp −0.1pp 640 −193 Swedish People's Party of Finland117,8654.7% ±0.0pp +0.4pp480 −30 Christian Democrats (Finland)93,2573.7% −0.4pp −0.3pp300 −51Communist Party11,1740.4% −0.1pp +0.1pp9 ±0 Pirate Party (Finland)5,9860.2% New −0.3pp0 ±0Independence Party1,3030.1%±0.0pp −0.1pp0 −2Change 20111,2580.1% New −0.2pp1 +1Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism704<0.1%<0.1pp<0.1pp0 ±0For the Poor572<0.1%<0.1pp<0.1pp0±0Workers Party538<0.1%<0.1pp<0.1pp0±0Freedom Party15<0.1%New<0.1pp0±0Others41,3581.7% −0.8pp +1.3pp185 −102Total2,493,5219,674 −738 Turnout was 58.3%,Ministry of Justice Party results http://192.49.229.35/K2012/e/tulos/tulos_kokomaa.html 2 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130106175544/http://192.49.229.35/K2012/e/tulos/tulos_kokomaa.html 6 January 2013 dead dmy-all lower than in the previous municipal election. References External links The Elections website of the Ministry of Justice Category:Municipal elections in Finland Category:2012 elections in Finland Category:October 2012 in Finland