2017 Finnish municipal elections

Municipal elections were held in Finland on 9 April 2017 with advance voting between 29 March and 4 April.[1] The councils in 295 municipalities in Finland (excluding Åland) were elected.[2] Several municipalities altered the size of their councils (mainly because of municipal mergers) before the elections which resulted in reduction of seats available from 9,674 to 8,999.[3]

2017 Finnish municipal elections

9 April 2017
All 295 municipal councils
First party Second party Third party   Leader Petteri Orpo Antti Rinne Juha Sipilä Party National Coalition Social Democratic Centre Leader since 2016 2014 2012 Last election 1,735 seats, 21.9% 1,729 seats, 19.6% 3,077 seats, 18.7% Seats won 1,490 1,697 2,824 Seat change 245 32 253 Popular vote 531,599 498,252 450,529 Percentage 20.7% 19.4% 17.5% Swing 1.2pp 0.2pp 1.1pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ville Niinistö Timo Soini Li Andersson Party Green League Finns Left Alliance Leader since 2011 1997 2016 Last election 323 seats, 8.5% 1,195 seats, 12.3% 640 seats, 8.0% Seats won 534 770 658 Seat change 211 425 18 Popular vote 320,235 227,297 226,626 Percentage 12.5% 8.8% 8.8% Swing 4.0pp 3.5pp 0.8pp   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Anna-Maja Henriksson Sari Essayah Party Swedish People's Christian Democrat Leader since 2016 2015 Last election 480 seats, 4.7% 300 seats, 3.7% Seats won 471 316 Seat change 9 16 Popular vote 125,518 105,551 Percentage 4.9% 4.1% Swing 0.2pp 0.4pp

Opinion polls

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The table uses the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if that date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead. List includes only polls that were made for the municipal election.

Date	Polling Firm	KOK	SDP	KESK	PS	VIHR	VAS	SFP	KD	Others	Lead
29 Mar-4 Apr 2017	Taloustutkimus	18.8	18.4	18.6	9.7	12.9	9.4	5.3	5.1	1.8	0.4
23–30 Mar 2017	TNS Gallup	19.7	19.3	18.9	10.7	11.9	8.1	4.8	3.9	2.7	0.4
6-28 Mar 2017	Taloustutkimus	19.1	18.8	18.4	10.3	13.3	8.3	5.1	3.6	3.1	0.3
Mar 2017	Accuscore[note 1]	19.4	20.6	19.4	8.8	11.5	8.9	5.1	3.7	2.6	1.2
13 Feb–10 Mar 2017	TNS Gallup	19.0	19.9	19.6	9.4	11.4	9.1	4.8	3.9	2.9	0.3
24 Feb–05 Mar 2017	Tietoykkönen	17.8	20.0	18.6	10.2	12.1	9.0	4.6	4.4	3.3	1.4
20–27 Sep 2016	Tietoykkönen	17.6	20.8	19.2	10.0	12.4	8.3	4.5	4.0	3.2	1.6
28 Oct 2012	Election Results	21.9	19.6	18.7	12.3	8.5	8.0	4.7	3.7	2.6	2.3

Results

 Finnish municipal elections 2017 results

Party			Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	National Coalition	Kok.	531,599	20.7	–1.2	1,490	–245
	Social Democratic Party	SDP	498,252	19.4	–0.2	1,697	–32
	Centre Party	Kesk.	450,529	17.5	–1.1	2,824	–253
	Green League	Vihr.	320,235	12.5	+3.9	534	+211
	Finns Party	PS	227,297	8.8	–3.5	770	–425
	Left Alliance	Vas.	226,626	8.8	+0.8	658	+18
	Swedish People's Party	RKP	125,518	4.9	+0.2	471	–9
	Christian Democrats	KD	105,551	4.1	+0.4	316	+16
	Pirate Party	PP	9,119	0.4	+0.1	2	+2
	Communist Party	SKP	7,600	0.3	–0.2	2	–7
	Feminist Party	FP	6,856	0.3	New	1	New
	Liberal Party	Lib.	4,117	0.2	New	5	New
	Independence Party	IPU	1,846	0.1	±0.0	2	+2
	Animal Justice Party	EOP	1,795	0.1	New	0	New
	Communist Workers' Party	KTP	702	0.1	±0.0	0	±0
Total valid votes			2,570,768	100	–	8,999	–675
Invalid votes			14,442	0.6
Total			2,585,210	100
Registered voters & turnout			4,391,558	58.9	+0.6
Source: Yle

Notes

1. Counted by Accuscore, but based on various polls by different polling firms.

References

• Official results

1. "Kuntavaalit: Aikataulut". Ministry of Justice. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
2. "Kuntavaalit". Ministry of Justice. 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
3. "Kolmannes kunnista muuttaa valtuustonsa kokoa – vain kahdessa valtuusto kasvaa". Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.