Helsinki (constituency)
Helsinki is a Finnish constituency represented in eduskunta. It covers the administrative area of the city of Helsinki, with a population of 591,306 (as of 2011). Helsinki elects 22 members to eduskunta.
The constituency has an urban profile, as it includes the city center of Helsinki and its eastern, mainly working-class suburbs. It does not include most of the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area, which falls instead under the constituency of Uusimaa. The largest party in the 2015 election was the centre-right National Coalition Party. In the 2015 election, The Green League had its best result in Helsinki out of all of the constituencies; the Centre Party its worst.
Members of parliament
2015–2019
National Coalition Party
- Janna Pelkonen
- Ben Zyskowicz
- Juhana Vartiainen
- Sari Sarkomaa
- Wille Rydman
- Pertti Salolainen
Green League
Social Democratic Party of Finland
- Erkki Tuomioja
- Eero Heinäluoma
- Tuula Haatainen
- Nasima Razmyar (2015-2017)
- Pilvi Torsti (2017- )
Finns
- Sampo Terho (2015-2017)
- Tom Packalén
- Mika Raatikainen
Left Alliance
Centre Party
- Olli Rehn (2015-2017)
- Paula Lehtomäki (2017- )
- Pekka Puska (2017- )
Swedish People's Party
Blue Reform
- Sampo Terho (2017- )
Electoral results
Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 | |||||||||
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Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
National Coalition | 6 | -2 | 28.6 | 27.3 | 94 957 | -2.7% | |||
Social Democratic | 4 | -1 | 19.0 | 17.5 | 60 921 | -3.8% | |||
Green League | 4 | -1 | 19.0 | 16.7 | 58 032 | -3.4% | |||
Finns | 3 | +3 | 14.3 | 13.0 | 45 266 | +10.1% | |||
Left Alliance | 2 | +1 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 36 332 | +3.6% | |||
Swedish People's | 1 | 0 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 20 007 | -0.2% | |||
Centre | 1 | 0 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 15 672 | -2.4% | |||
other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 16 698 | n/a |
See also
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