Central Finland (electoral district)
Central Finland (formerly Vaasa Province East) is an electoral district represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). 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 the 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 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[1] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ↑ "Electoral district of Central Finland, Party results". Ministry of Justice Finland. 21 March 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
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