Finland is a

European Parliament constituency Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union (EU). The European Electoral Act 2002 allows member states the choice to allocate electoral subdivisions or constituencies (, ...

for

elections in the European Union Elections to the European Parliament take place every five years by universal adult suffrage; with more than 400 million people eligible to vote, they are considered the second largest democratic elections in the world after India's. Unti ...

covering the

member state A member state is a state that is a member of an international organization or of a federation or confederation. Since the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) include some members that are not sovereign state ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...

. It is currently represented by thirteen Members of the European Parliament.

Elections

1996

The 1996 election was the first European election for Finland.

1999

The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament and the second for Finland.

2004

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament and the third for Finland. Both the

Finnish Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP, fi, Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue ; sv, Finlands socialdemokratiska parti), shortened to the Social Democrats ( fi, link=no, Sosiaalidemokraatit; sv, link=no, Socialdemokrater) and commonly kno ...

and the Finnish Centre Party improved their vote at the expense of the conservative

National Coalition Party sv, Samlingspartiet , leader1_title = Chairman , leader1_name = Petteri Orpo , leader2_title = Deputy chairs , leader2_name = Antti HäkkänenElina ValtonenAnna-Kaisa Ikonen , merger = Finnish Party, Young Finn ...

and the Greens.

2009

The 2009 European election was the seventh election to the European Parliament and the fourth for Finland. The number of seats was decreased to thirteen.

2014

The 2014 European election was the eighth election to the European Parliament and the fifth for Finland. Finland's representation remained at 13 MEPs.

2019

The

2019 European election The 2019 European Parliament election was held between 23 and 26 May 2019, the ninth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979. A total of 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) represent more than 512 million peopl ...

was the ninth election to the European Parliament and the sixth for Finland.

References

External links

European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)

List of MEPs
europarl.europa.eu

Statistics Finland {{European Parliament constituencies 2020–2024 European Parliament elections in Finland European Parliament constituencies 1996 establishments in Finland Constituencies established in 1996