Finland (European Parliament constituency)

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

Finland
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Member state	Finland
Created	1996
MEPs	16 (1996 - 1999) 14 (1999 - 2009) 13 (2009 - present)
Sources

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

2014 election

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

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

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

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
National party		European party	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
← 1999 • 2004 • 2009 →
	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
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The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament.

This was the first European election in Finland.

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Key: ^¤1 Constituency created in 2004; ^¤2 Constituency created in 2007

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