Central Finland (constituency)
Central Finland (formerly Vaasa Province East) is a Finnish constituency represented in Eduskunta. It covers the administrative region of Central Finland, with a population of about 265,000 (as of 2002). Central Finland currently elects ten members of Eduskunta.
The constituency is largely rural, and the only major city in the area is Jyväskylä. The largest party in the 2011 election was the Centre Party.
Members of Parliament 2015-2019 [1]
Members of Parliament 2011-2015 [2]
- Anne Kalmari (Centre Party)
- Susanna Huovinen (Social Democratic Party)
- Henna Virkkunen (National Coalition Party)
- Mauri Pekkarinen (Centre Party)
- Kauko Tuupainen (True Finns)
- Sinuhe Wallinheimo (National Coalition Party)
- Aila Paloniemi (Centre Party)
- Eila Tiainen (Left Alliance)
- Tuula Peltonen (Social Democratic Party)
- Teuvo Hakkarainen (True Finns)
Members of Parliament 2007–2011
- Susanna Huovinen (SDP)
- Anne Kalmari (Kesk.)
- Matti Kangas (Left Alliance)
- Toimi Kankaanniemi (KD)
- Reijo Laitinen (SDP)
- Lauri Oinonen (Kesk.)
- Aila Paloniemi (Kesk.)
- Mauri Pekkarinen (Kesk.), Minister of Trade and Industry in Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet
- Tuula Peltonen (SDP)
- Henna Virkkunen (Kok.)
Old election results
Finnish parliamentary election, 2007[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
Centre | 4 | 0 | 40.0 | 33.2 | 47,058 | -1.7% | |||
Social Democratic | 3 | 0 | 30.0 | 24.5 | 34,710 | -1.0% | |||
National Coalition | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 14.8 | 21,008 | +0.6% | |||
Left Alliance | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 7.4 | 10,561 | -2.1% | |||
Christian Democrat | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 7.9 | 11,142 | +0.5% | |||
Green League | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 9,859 | +0.5% | |||
Finns | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 3,616 | +2.2% | |||
other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 3,849 | n/a |
Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 | |||||||||
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Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
Centre | 4 | 0 | 40.0 | 34.9 | 48,532 | +4.3% | |||
Social Democratic | 3 | 0 | 30.0 | 25.5 | 35,480 | +0.7% | |||
National Coalition | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 14.2 | 19,730 | -0.7% | |||
Left Alliance | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 13,199 | -3.0% | |||
Christian Democrat | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 7.4 | 10,278 | -0.6% | |||
Green League | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 9,027 | +1.2% | |||
other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2,778 | n/a |
See also
References
- ↑ "Candidates elected". tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
- ↑ "Candidates elected Electoral district of Central Finland". tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
- ↑ "Electoral district of Central Finland, Party results". Ministry of Justice Finland. 21 March 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
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