European election : Finland

1. Austria 2. Belgium 3. Cyprus 4. Czech Rep. 5. Denmark 6. Estonia 7. Finland 8. France 9. Germany 10. Greece 11. Hungary 12. Italy 13. Ireland

14. Latvia 15. Lithuania 16. L'bourg 17. Malta 18. N'lands 19. Poland 20. Portugal 21. Slovak Rep. 22. Slovenia 23. Spain 24. Sweden 25. UK

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European election result: Finland (Full)

SEATS: 14

ELECTORATE: 4221000

RESULTS

		MEPs
	PARTY	+/-	TOTAL
	Kansallinen Kokoomus	1	4
	Suomen Keskusta	1	4
	Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue	0	3
	Svenska Folkspartiet	0	1
	Vihreät + Independent	-1	1
	Vasemmistoliitto	0	1
	Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue	0	0
	Perussuomalaiset	0	0
	Koyhien Asialla	0	0
	Others (Finland)	0	0
	Liberaaliit	0	0
	Kristillisdemokraatit	-1	0

DESCRIPTION: Finland

The main opposition party, the Conservative National Coalitional Party took the largest share of the vote with 23.7%, although they remained behind the combined results of the two main parties in Finland's centre-left coalition government. The results translate into three of Finland's 14 seats in the European Parliament for the Social Democrats, and four each for the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Turnout, at 41.1% was up from the last elections in 1999, credited in part to a media drive urging Finns to vote.

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Finland's results from the BBC's Vote 1999 website