Satakunta (electoral district)
Satakunta (formerly Turku Province North) is an electoral district represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative region of Satakunta, with a population of 235,416 (as of 2002). Satakunta currently elects nine members of the Eduskunta.
The constituency is largely rural, and the largest cities are Pori and Rauma. The largest parties in the parliamentary elections are the Social Democratic Party of Finland and the Centre Party.
Current members of parliament 2007–
- Anne Holmlund (Kok.)
- Timo Kalli (Kesk.)
- Reijo Kallio (SDP)
- Oiva Kaltiokumpu (Kesk.)
- Sampsa Kataja (Kok.)
- Krista Kiuru (SDP)
- Juha Korkeaoja (Kesk.)
- Veijo Puhjo (Vas)
- Antti Vuolanne (SDP)
- Kesk. = Centre
- Kok. = National Coalition
- SDP = Social Democrats
- Vas. = Left Alliance
Election results
| Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
| Social Democratic | 3 | 0 | 33.3 | 29.7 | 38,369 | +1.8% | |||
| Centre | 3 | +1 | 33.3 | 28.1 | 36,238 | +4.4% | |||
| National Coalition | 2 | 0 | 22.2 | 28.1 | 21,662 | -5.3% | |||
| Left Alliance | 1 | -1 | 11.1 | 15.0 | 19,330 | -0.4% | |||
| Christian Democrat | 0 | -1 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 5,908 | -0.2% | |||
| Green League | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 4,492 | +0.2% | |||
| Finns | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1,926 | +0.8% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1,162 | n/a | |||
See also
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, March 19, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.