Finland (European Parliament constituency)

For elections in the European Union, Finland is a European Parliament constituency, currently represented by thirteen MEPs. It covers the member state of Finland.

This article is about the constituency in the European Parliament. For the country, see Finland.

Finland
European Parliament constituency
Location among the current constituencies
Member state	Finland
Created	1996
MEPs	16 (1996–1999) 14 (1999–2009) 13 (2009–present)
Sources

2014 election

Further information: 2014 European Parliament election in Finland

The 2014 European election was the eight election to the European Parliament. Finland's representation remained at 13 MEPs.

2009 election

Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in Finland

The 2009 European election was the seventh election to the European Parliament. The number of seats was decreased to thirteen.

MEPs 2009–2014

At the end of the Seventh European Parliament:

Name	National party	EP group
Tarja Cronberg	Vihreä liitto	Greens/EFA
Sari Essayah	Suomen Kristillisdemokraatit	EPP
Satu Hassi	Vihreä liitto	Greens/EFA
Liisa Jaakonsaari	Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue	S&D
Anneli Jäätteenmäki	Suomen Keskusta	ALDE
Eija-Riitta Korhola	Kansallinen Kokoomus	EPP
Riikka Pakarinen	Suomen Keskusta	ALDE
Sirpa Pietikäinen	Kansallinen Kokoomus	EPP
Mitro Repo	Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue	S&D
Petri Sarvamaa	Kansallinen Kokoomus	EPP
Hannu Takkula	Suomen Keskusta	ALDE
Sampo Terho	Perussuomalaiset	EFD
Nils Torvalds	Svenska folkpartiet	ALDE

2004 election

Further information: 2004 European Parliament election in Finland

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament.

Both the Finnish Social Democratic Party and the Finnish Centre Party improved their vote at the expense of the conservative National Coalition Party and the Greens.

 Summary of the results of Finland's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament

← 1999 • 2004 • 2009 →
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	National Coalition Party (KOK)	EPP		393,084	23.71	1.56	4 / 14	0
	Centre Party (KESK)	ELDR		386,174	23.37	2.07	4 / 14	0
	Social Democratic Party (SDP)	PES		350,057	21.16	3.30	3 / 14	0
	Green League (VIHR) + Independents	EGP		172,668	10.43	3.00	1 / 14	1
	Left Alliance (V)	NGLA / PEL		151,316	9.13	0.05	1 / 14	0
	Swedish People's Party (SFP)	ELDR		94,326	5.70	1.07	1 / 14	0
	Christian Democrats (KD)	None		70,845	4.28	1.89	0 / 14	1
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			37,151	2.21	—	0 / 14	0
Valid votes				1,656,584	99.38
Blank and invalid votes				10,348	0.62
Totals				1,666,932	100.00	—	14 / 14	2
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				4,227,987	39.43	9.29
Source:

1999 election

Further information: 1999 European Parliament election in Finland

The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament.

1996 election

Further information: 1996 European Parliament election in Finland

This was the first European election in Finland.

References

External links

• European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
• List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu
• European Parliament elections Statistics Finland