Uusimaa (constituency)

Uusimaa is a Finnish constituency represented in eduskunta. It covers the administrative region of Uusimaa, excluding the capital city of Helsinki, which forms its own constituency. Uusimaa elects 35 members to eduskunta, which makes it the largest electoral district in the country.^[1]

Even though the city proper is not part of the constituency, much of the area falls under the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area. The suburban cities Espoo and Vantaa account for half of its population of 1 million. The largest party in the 2011 election was the National Coalition Party, with the Social Democratic Party second. The Green League and Swedish People's Party gained vote share in excess of their national average.^[2]

2003–2007 members of parliament

• Eero Akaan-Penttilä (National Coalition)
• Arja Alho (Social Democrats)
• Ulla Anttila (Greens)
• Kaarina Dromberg (National Coalition)
• Merikukka Forsius (Greens)
• Heidi Hautala (Greens)
• Klaus Hellberg (Social Democrats)
• Eero Heinäluoma (Social Democrats)
• Hanna-Leena Hemming (National Coalition)
• Antti Kalliomäki (Social Democrats)
• Antti Kaikkonen (Centre)
• Tanja Karpela (Centre)
• Jyrki Kasvi (Greens)
• Kimmo Kiljunen (Social Democrats)
• Risto Kuisma (Social Democrats)
• Jaakko Laakso (Left Alliance)
• Eero Lankia (Centre)
• Henrik Lax (Swedish People's Party)
• Leena Luhtanen (Social Democrats)
• Marjo Matikainen-Kallström (National Coalition)
• Mikaela Nylander (Swedish People's Party)
• Susanna Rahkonen (Social Democrats)
• Martin Saarikangas (National Coalition)
• Matti Saarinen (Social Democrats)
• Suvi-Anne Siimes (Left Alliance)
• Juhani Sjöblom (National Coalition)
• Timo Soini (True Finns)
• Seppo Särkiniemi (Centre)
• Astrid Thors (Swedish People's Party)
• Kari Uotila (Left Alliance)
• Raija Vahasalo (National Coalition)
• Matti Vanhanen (Centre)
• Lasse Virén (National Coalition)

References

See also

• Constituencies of Finland