Kansallinen Kokoomus (National Coalition Party) obtained a slight majority in the parliament with 48 seats, followed closely behind by Perussuomalaiset (Finns Party) with 46 seats. Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue (Social Democratic Party) came third with 43 seats. The official parliamentary election day took place on April 2, 2023.
Results in the Finnish parliamentary elections of April 2, 2023, by seats won by party
Characteristic
Number of seats
Kansallinen Kokoomus (National Coalition Party)
48
Perussuomalaiset (Finns Party)
46
Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue (Social Democratic Party)
43
Suomen Keskusta (Centre Party)
23
Vihreä liitto (Green League)
13
Vasemmistoliitto (Left Alliance)
11
Suomen ruotsalainen kansanpuolue (Swedish People's Party)
9
Suomen Kristillisdemokraatit (Christian Democrats)
The Finnish parliament (Eduskunta) consists of 200 representatives that are elected proportionally by ballot. Finland is divided into 13 electoral districts and the number of representatives are proportional, dependent on the amount of population in each district. Åland, as an autonumous region, makes and exception in that it always elects one representative. The electoral period for the Finnish parliament is four years.
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