Kymi (electoral district)
Kymi is an electoral district represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative regions of South Karelia and Kymenlaakso in south-eastern Finland, with a combined population of about 322,000 (as of 2002). Kymi currently elects 12 members of the Eduskunta.
The constituency is largely urban and traditionally working-class. The largest party in the 2003 election was the Social Democratic Party of Finland.
Current members of parliament 2007–
- Sinikka Hurskainen (SDP)
- Jyri Häkämies (Kok.)
- Anneli Kiljunen (SDP)
- Valto Koski (SDP)
- Jari Larikka (Kok.)
- Markku Laukkanen (Kesk.)
- Reijo Paajanen (Kok.)
- Sirpa Paatero (SDP)
- Markku Pakkanen (Kesk.)
- Sari Palm (KD)
- Kimmo Tiilikainen (Kesk.)
- Pentti Tiusanen (Vas)
- KD = Christian Democrats
- Kesk. = Centre
- Kok. = National Coalition
- SDP = Social Democrats
- Vas. = Left Alliance
- Vihr. = Greens
Old election results
| Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
| Social Democratic | 5 | 0 | 41.7 | 34.8 | 59,567 | +1.6% | |||
| Centre | 3 | 0 | 25.0 | 25.8 | 44,127 | +3.2% | |||
| National Coalition | 3 | 0 | 25.0 | 20.4 | 34,912 | -4.4% | |||
| Left Alliance | 1 | 0 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 11,954 | +0.7% | |||
| Christian Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 9,438 | +0.1% | |||
| Green League | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 7,767 | -0.9% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 3,568 | n/a | |||
See also
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