Published: 12 June 2009
Confirmed result. True Finns and Greens successful in the European Parliament elections 2009
The True Finns won one seat in the European Parliament and the party’s leader Timo Soini was the biggest winner with 130,715 votes cast. The next highest numbers of votes were cast for Anneli Jäätteenmäki of the Centre Party (80,156) and Mitro Repo of the Social Democratic Party (71,829). This time Finland elected 13 representatives to the European Parliament instead of the earlier 14. Six of the elected representatives have no prior experience of the European Parliament.
Finnish Members of the European Parliament elected in the European Parliament elections 2009, votes cast for them, their party as well as their political group in the European Parliament
Menber | Votes cast for the elected Member |
Elected member's party in Finland |
Poltical Group in the European Parliament |
Soini Timo | 130,715 | True Finns | .. |
Jäätteenmäki Anneli | 80,156 | Centre Pty of Finland | ALDE (ELDR) |
Repo Mitro | 71,829 | Social Democratic Pty | PES (PSE) |
Itälä Ville | 66,033 | Coalition Pty | EPP/ED (PPE–DE) |
Hautala Heidi | 58,926 | Greens | Greens/EFA (Verts/ALE) |
Hassi Satu | 57,032 | Greens | Greens/EFA (Verts/ALE) |
Essayah Sari | 53,803 | Christian Democrats | EPP/ED (PPE–DE) |
Korhola Eija-Riitta | 51,508 | Coalition Pty | EPP/ED (PPE–DE) |
Pietikäinen Sirpa | 51,493 | Coalition Pty | EPP/ED (PPE–DE) |
Jaakonsaari Liisa | 45,325 | Social Democratic Pty | PES (PSE) |
Takkula Hannu | 39,444 | Centre Pty of Finland | ALDE (ELDR) |
Manner Riikka | 37,330 | Centre Pty of Finland | ALDE (ELDR) |
Haglund Carl | 16,887 | Swedish People's Pty | ALDE (ELDR) |
Votes cast for the largest parties and seats as well as change in the European Parliament elections 2009 and 2004
Party | European Parliament elec. 2009 votes |
European Parliament elec. 2004 votes |
change | European Parliament elec. 2009 places |
European Parliament elec. 2004 places |
change |
Coaltion Pty | 386,416 | 392,771 | -6,355 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
Centre Pty | 316,798 | 387,217 | -70,419 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
Social Democr. Pty | 292,051 | 350,525 | -58,474 | 2 | 3 | -1 |
Greens | 206,439 | 172,844 | +33,595 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
True Finns | 162,930 | 8,900 | +154,030 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
Swedish People's Pty | 101,453 | 94,421 | +7,032 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Left Alliance | 98,690 | 151,291 | -52,601 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
Christian Democrats | 69,458 | 70,845 | -1,387 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
Support for the True Finns rose to 9.8 per cent, which is 9.2 percentage points higher than in the previous European Parliament elections. Compared with the previous European Parliament elections, support for the True Finns increased nearly in the whole country. The party won support especially in the strong support areas of the Social Democratic Party and in voting districts with high unemployment. Because of the electoral alliance of the two parties, the success of the True Finns yielded a seat in the European Parliament also for the Christian Democrats, even though their share of votes cast remained at 4.2 per cent. The Greens were the other winner of these elections, alongside the True Finns. Support for the Green League rose to 12.4 per cent, which is 2.0 percentage points higher than in the previous European Parliament elections. The party got two seats in the European Parliament.
The three major parties each lost one seat in the European Parliament. The National Coalition Party and the Centre Party both secured three seats. The Social Democrats were left with two seats. The National Coalition Party got the largest share of all votes cast, namely 23.2 per cent. Its share of votes cast fell by 0.5 percentage points from the previous European Parliament elections. The Centre Party got 19.0 per cent and the Social Democrats 17.5 per cent of all votes cast. Compared to the previous European Parliament elections, the Centre Party’s share of all votes cast fell by 4.3 percentage points and that of the Social Democrats by 3.6 percentage points. The Centre Party and the Social Democrats lost support especially in their own strong support areas. The Left Alliance got a 5.9 per cent share of the votes cast in the elections and its support fell by 3.2 percentage points from the previous European Parliament elections. The Left Alliance lost their one seat. Support for the Left Alliance decreased especially in the party's strong support areas. The Swedish People’s Party got a 6.1 per cent share of all the votes cast and managed to keep its one seat.
Share of votes cast for the major parties in elections for the European Parliament in 2009, 2004, 1999 and 1996
Party | European Parliament elec. 2009 |
European Parliament elec. 2004 |
European Parliament elec. 1999 |
European Parliament elec. 1996 |
National Coalition Pty | 23.2 | 23.7 | 25.3 | 20.2 |
Centre Pty of Finland | 19.0 | 23.4 | 21.3 | 24.4 |
Social Democr. Pty | 17.5 | 21.2 | 17.9 | 21.5 |
GREENS | 12.4 | 10.4 | 13.4 | 7.6 |
True Finns | 9.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
Swedish People's Pty | 6.1 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 5.8 |
LEFT | 5.9 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 10.5 |
Christian Democrats | 4.2 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
Voting turnout in these European Parliament elections was 40.3 per cent, which is 0.8 percentage points down from the 2004 European Parliament elections. Voting was liveliest in the Helsinki electoral district, where voting turnout rose to 50.7 per cent. Voting was least active in the North Karelia electoral district (33.7 per cent). Of individual municipalities, the country's highest voting turnout was in Kauniainen (68.4 per cent) and the lowest in Hyrynsalmi (25.5 per cent).
Parties who nominated candidates in the European Parliament elections and political groups in the European Parliament 2009
Abbreviation of Finnish name of party |
Name of party | Abbreviation of the political group* |
Name of the political group |
KOK | National Coalition Party | EPP/ED (PPE-DE) | Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats |
KESK | Centre Party of Finland | ALDE (ELDR) | Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2004 Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party) |
SDP | Social Democratic Party of Finland | PES (PSE) | Socialist Group in the European Parliament (2004 Group of the Party of European Socialists) |
GREENS | Green League | Greens/EFA (Verts/ALE) | Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance |
RKP | Swedish People's Party in Finland | ALDE (ELDR) | Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2004 Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party) |
PS | True Finns | .. | .. |
KD | Christian Democrats in Finland | EPP/ED (PPE-DE) | Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats |
LEFT | - | - | - |
SKP | The Communist Party Of Finland | - | - |
SSP | Finnish Senior Citizens' Party (2004 EKA, Pensioners for the People) | - | - |
IP | Independence Party (2004 VSL, Independence Party League for Free Finland) | - | - |
KA | For the Poor | - | - |
STP | The Finnish Workers' Party (2004 VEV, Alternative Union) | - | - |
- | - | UEN | Union for Europe of the Nations Group |
- | - | GUE/NGL | Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left |
- | - | IND/DEM Group | Independence/Democracy Group |
* The abbreviation of the name of the political group is derived of its English or French name (in 2004 abbreviation from the French name).
The new European Parliament convenes for the first time on 14 July 2009. The Members of the European Parliament elected in Finland will join the political groups of the European Parliament.
Source: European Parliament Elections 2009, Statistics Finland
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- 001. Party with most votes in European Parliament elections 2009 (pdf) (12.6.2009)
- 002. Voting turnout by municipality in European Parliament elections 2009 (pdf) (12.6.2009)
- 003. Change in voting turnout by municipality in European Parliament elections 2004-2009 (pdf) (12.6.2009)
- 004. Votes cast for Timo Soini (True Finns) by municipality in European Parliament elections 2009 (pdf) (12.6.2009)
- 005. Votes cast for Anneli Jäätteenmäki (Centre Pty) by municipality in European Parliament elections 2009 (pdf) (12.6.2009)
- 006. Votes cast for Mitro Repo (Social Democr. Pty) by municipality in European Parliament elections 2009 (pdf) (12.6.2009)
- 007. Votes cast for Ville Itälä (National Coalition Pty) by municipality in European Parliament elections 2009 (pdf) (12.6.2009)
- 008. Votes cast for Heidi Hautala (Greens) by municipality in European Parliament elections 2009 (pdf) (12.6.2009)
- 009. Votes cast for Satu Hassi (Greens) by municipality in European Parliament elections 2009 (pdf) (12.6.2009)
- 010. Votes cast for Sari Essayah (Christian Democrats) by municipality in European Parliament elections 2009 (pdf) (12.6.2009)
- 011. Votes cast for Eija-Riitta Korhola (National Coalition Pty) by municipality in European Parliament elections 2009 (pdf) (12.6.2009)
- 012. Votes cast for Sirpa Pietikäinen (National Coalition Pty) by municipality in European Parliament elections 2009 (pdf) (12.6.2009)
- 013. Votes cast for Liisa Jaakonsaari (Social Democr. Pty) by municipality in European Parliament elections 2009 (pdf) (12.6.2009)
- 014. Votes cast for Hannu Takkula (Centre Pty) by municpality in European Parliament elections 2009 (pdf) (12.6.2009)
- 015. Votes cast for Riikka Manner (Centre Pty) by municipality in European Parliament elections 2009 (pdf) (12.6.2009)
- 016. Votes cast for Carl Haglund (Swedish People's Pty) by municipality in European Parliament elections 2009 (pdf) (12.6.2009)
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
European Parliament elections [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-291X. 2009. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 25.12.2024].
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