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Number and percentage of votes cast for the parties in the Municipal elections in 1968 - 2008

Number and percentage of votes cast for the parties in the Municipal elections in 1968 - 2008

Party 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008

Coalition Pty

364 428

451 484

561 121

628 950

619 264

601 468

507 574

514 432

463 493

521 412

597 727

%

16,1

18,1

20,9

22,9

23,0

22,9

19,1

21,6

20,8

21,8

23,4

Soc.Dem. Pty

540 450

676 387

665 632

699 280

666 218

663 692

721 310

583 623

511 370

575 822

541 187

%

23,9

27,1

24,8

25,5

24,7

25,2

27,1

24,5

23,0

24,1

21,2

Centre Pty 1)

428 841

449 908

494 423

513 362

545 034

554 924

511 954

518 682

528 319

543 885

512 220

%

18,9

18,0

18,4

18,7

20,2

21,1

19,2

21,8

23,8

22,8

20,1

Greens 2) 3)

-

-

-

-

76 441

61 581

184 787

149 334

171 707

175 933

227 999

%

-

-

-

-

2,8

2,3

6,9

6,3

7,7

7,4

8,9

Left Alliance 4)

382 882

437 130

494 920

456 177

354 582

332 686

310 757

246 597

219 671

228 358

223 673

%

16,9

17,5

18,5

16,6

13,1

12,6

11,7

10,4

9,9

9,6

8,8

True Finns 5)

165 139

125 061

56 091

83 265

142 474

95 258

64 880

21 999

14 712

21 417

137 497

%

7,3

5,0

2,1

3,0

5,3

3,6

2,4

0,9

0,7

0,9

5,4
Swedish People's Pty
126 902

130 136

126 189

128 308

137 837

139 209

133 633

129 518

113 170

124 011

119 896

%

5,6

5,2

4,7

4,7

5,1

5,3

5,0

5,4

5,1

5,2

4,7
Christian Democrats 6)
-

49 877

85 792

100 800

80 455

71 614

84 481

75 494

95 009

94 666

106 639

%

-

2,0

3,2

3,7

3,0

2,7

3,2

3,2

4,3

4,0

4,2

Communist Pty

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10 460

12 844

13 986

%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0,5

0,5

0,5
Finnish Senior Citizens' Pty 7)
-

-

-

-

-

-

4 903

2 033

1 428

1 242

2 618

%

-

-

-

-

-

-

0,2

0,1

0,1

0,1

0,1
Independence Pty 8)
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1 364

665

1 228

1 482

%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0,1

0,0

0,1

0,1
Communist Worker's Pty
-

-

-

-

-

-

4 828

4 483

2 314

1 248

1 063

%

-

-

-

-

-

-

0,2

0,2

0,1

0,1

0,0

For the Poor

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

799

1 059

%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0,0

0,0
Finnish Workers' Pty 9)
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

400

2 257

711

%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0,0

0,1

0,0

Liberals 10) 11)

123 793

129 736

127 750

88 086

..

29 339

26 334

8 766

-

1 016

-

%

5,5

5,2

4,8

3,2

..

1,1

1,0

0,4

-

0,0

-
Finnish People's Blue-whites
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3 173
-

%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0,1
-
Finland-Fatherland
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

337
-

%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0,0
-
Joint Responsibility Pty
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

45
-

%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0,0
-

SEP

-

-

-

-

-

7 295

2 679

2 417

-

-

-

%

-

-

-

-

-

0,3

0,1

0,1

-

-

-

KIPU 12)

-

-

-

-

-

1 494

677

874

11

-

-

%

-

-

-

-

-

0,1

0,0

0,0

0,0

-

-

REM

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2 119

-

-

%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0,1

-

-

NUORS

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

31 429

-

-

-

%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,3

-

-

-

LLP

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1 217

-

-

-

%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0,1

-

-

-

Others

132 419

50 721

70 326

43 657

74 977

71 555

105 058

85 490

89 276

78 437

61 478

%

5,9

2,0

2,7

1,6

2,8

2,7

3,9

3,6

4,0

3,3

2,4

Total

2 264 854

2 500 440

2 682 244

2 741 885

2 697 282

2 630 115

2 663 855

2 377 752

2 224 124

2 388 130

2 549 235

%

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

1) In 1984 with the Liberal Party
2) Year 1984 The Green Voter's Associations
3) Year 1988 The Green League and the Green Voter's Associations
4) Years 1968-1988 The Finnish People's Democratic League and incl. The Democratic Alternative in 1988
5) until 1992 the Finnish Rural Party
6) up 2000 SKL (Christian League of Finland)
7) up 2004 EKA (Pensioners for the People)
8) up 2004 VSL (Independence Party League for Free Finland)
9) up 2004 VEV (Alternative Union)
10) 1968-1996 Liberal Party
11) In 1984 with the Centre Party
12) In 1988 GREENS and in 1992-1996 EKO (the Ecological Party)

Election result updated with the result of the re-elections held in Karkkila, Kauniainen and Vihti on 6 September 2009.

Until 1988 the results of the municipal elections of Åland Islands are also included. Updated 30.7.2010.


Last updated 30.7.2010

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Municipal elections [e-publication].
ISSN=2323-1114. 2008, Number and percentage of votes cast for the parties in the Municipal elections in 1968 - 2008 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/kvaa/2008/kvaa_2008_2010-07-30_tau_002_en.html