Tavastia (constituency)

Tavastia (formerly Tavastia South) is a Finnish constituency represented in eduskunta. It covers the administrative regions of Kanta-Häme and Päijät-Häme, with a combined population of about 364,000 (as of 2002). Tavastia currently 14 members to eduskunta.

The constituency is largely urban, centred on the cities of Hämeenlinna and Lahti. The largest party in the 2011 election was the Social Democratic Party of Finland.

Members of parliament

2011

MunicipalityRegionMost popularNational Coalition PartySocial Democratic Party of FinlandTrue FinnsCentre PartyLeft AllianceGreensChristian Democrats
Seats 2011 (2007) Päijät-Häme and Proper Social Democratic Party of Finland 3 (-1) 4 (+-0) 3 (+3) 2 (-1) 1 (0) 0 (-1) 1 (1)
Asikkala Päijät-Häme True Finns [1] James Hirvisaari
Forssa Kanta-Häme Centre Party [2] Sanni Grahn-Laasonen Sirkka-Liisa Anttila
Hartola Päijät-Häme Centre Party [3]
Hattula Kanta-Häme Social Democratic Party of Finland [3]
Hausjärvi Kanta-Häme Social Democratic Party of Finland [4]
Heinola Päijät-Häme Social Democratic Party of Finland [5]
Hollola Päijät-Häme True Finns [6] Anne Loukola Juha Rehula
Humppila Kanta-Häme Centre Party [7]
Hämeenkoski Päijät-Häme Centre Party [8]
Hämeenlinna Kanta-Häme Social Democratic Party of Finland [9] Tarja Filatov
Johannes Koskinen		 Ismo Soukola
Janakkala Kanta-Häme Social Democratic Party of Finland [10]
Jokioinen Kanta-Häme Centre Party [11]
Kärkölä Päijät-Häme True Finns [12]
Lahti Päijät-Häme National Coalition Party [13] Mika Kari
Jouko Skinnari
Loppi Kanta-Häme National Coalition Party[14] Timo Heinonen
Nastola Päijät-Häme True Finns [15]
Orimattila Päijät-Häme True Finns [16] Kalle Jokinen
Padasjoki Päijät-Häme True Finns [17]
Riihimäki Kanta-Häme Social Democratic Party of Finland [18] Aino-Kaisa Pekonen Päivi Räsänen
Sysmä Päijät-Häme Centre Party [19]
Tammela Kanta-Häme Centre Party [20]
Ypäjä Kanta-Häme Centre Party [21]

In official statistics of Finland the parliamentary elections are always compared with both the previous parliamentary elections and municipal elections. The municipal elections will be held in 2012. In Tavastia electoral district Kanta-Häme wins more parliamentary seats than Päijät-Häme as 1/4 of the votes for the candidates from Kanta-Häme is achieved from Päijät-Häme. As for the Centre Party this has been due to the expertise of the agricultural policies affecting the agrarian surroundings of the city of Lahti and as for the Social Democratic Party of Finland hard campaigning in Lahti and on its surroundings from Kanta-Häme. Both of the regions compete with each other's in the front of the state.

National Coalition Party

Social Democratic Party of Finland

Centre Party

Left Alliance

Christian Democrats

True Finns

Percentage of the electorate in municipalities (votes)

Current members of parliament 2007–2011

Old election results

Finnish parliamentary election, 2003
Party Seats Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Social Democratic 5 +1 35.7 31.9 60,289 +3.6%
  National Coalition 3 -1 21.4 21.8 41,137 -4.5%
  Centre 3 +1 21.4 18.4 34,759 +1.6%
  Christian Democrat 1 0 7.1 9.8 18,425 +1.0%
  Left Alliance 1 0 7.1 8.9 16,760 +0.0%
  Green League 1 0 7.1 6.0 11,416 -0.3%
  other groups 0 0 0.0 3.2 6,068 n/a

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2011-04-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. 1 2 Tulos puolueittain Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2012-07-18 at Archive.is
  8. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2012-07-01 at Archive.is
  12. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  16. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  17. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2012-07-01 at Archive.is
  18. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  19. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2011-04-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  20. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2012-07-01 at Archive.is
  21. ↑ Tulos puolueittain Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine.

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