Finland Finland's Parliamentary Election: Results, Seat Distribution, and Coalition Options
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Final Official Results of Finland's Parliamentary Election
The bars show each party's vote share. Results of Finland's Parliamentary Election Held on 17 April 2011
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The incumbent governing parties achieved 49.0% of the seats.
The exit poll is based on surveys of voters immediately after they cast their ballot and is published the moment polling stations close. A projection extrapolates the votes already counted to the country as a whole and becomes more accurate as counting proceeds. The final official result is only confirmed once every vote has been counted and certified by the electoral authority.
Votes are converted into seats under the rules of the electoral system. Electoral thresholds leave small parties without a mandate, while constituencies, rounding methods or additional seats shift the distribution further. That is why a party with less than half of the votes can end up with more than half of the seats.
How the electoral system in Finland worksA government needs a majority of the seats in parliament behind it – either a single party or several together in a coalition. The election only distributes the seats; which alliance emerges from them is negotiated afterwards.
Run the numbers on possible coalitionsSeat Distribution After Finland's Parliamentary Election
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Finland's Post-Election Coalitions: Mapping Paths to a Parliamentary Majority
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Election Day
17/04/2011
Government formation
66 days
Katainen I
22/06/2011 – 25/03/2014
Katainen II
25/03/2014 – 24/06/2014
Stubb I
24/06/2014 – 20/09/2014
Stubb II
20/09/2014 – 29/05/2015
Katainen II
25 March 2014 – 24 June 2014 · 2 months 30 daysStubb I
24 June 2014 – 20 September 2014 · 2 months 27 daysStubb II
20 September 2014 – 29 May 2015 · 8 months 9 daysEvery party in detail: votes, gains and losses
| Orientation | Party | Votes | Seats | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre-Right | Kokoomus | 20.4 % – | 44 – | |
| Centre-Left | SDP | 19.1 % – | 42 – | |
| Right | Perussuomalaiset | 19.1 % – | 39 – | |
| Center | Suomen Keskusta | 15.8 % – | 35 – | |
| Far-Left | Suomen Kansan Demokraattinen Liitto | 8.1 % – | 14 – | |
| Environment & Climate | Vihreä liitto | 7.3 % – | 10 – | |
| Liberal | Svenska folkpartiet | 4.3 % – | 9 – | |
| Centre-Right | Kristillisdemokraatit | 4.0 % – | 6 – | |
| Regional | Åländsk Samling | 0.2 % – | 1 – | |
| Unknown | Other Parties | 1.7 % – | 0 – |
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