On 14 April, the citizens of Finland went to the polls, as the country held its 38th parliamentary elections. The voter turnout was 72%, which is the highest turnout in 30 years.
The Finnish ALDE member parties the Centre Party and the Swedish People’s Party of Finland (SFP) both presented their candidates for the elections. The Centre Party will have 31 seats in the new parliament, while the SFP maintains its 9 seats.
The lists of newly elected MPs are below in alphabetical order.
The Centre Party
Aittakumpu, Pekka
Heikkinen, Hannakaisa
Honkonen, Petri
Hoskonen, Hannu
Huttunen, Hanna
Kaikkonen, Antti
Kalli, Eeva
Kalmari, Anne
Kemppi, Hilkka
Kinnunen, Mikko
Kiviranta, Esko
Kivisaari, Pasi
Kosonen, Hanna
Kulmuni, Katri
Kurvinen, Antti
Kärnä, Mikko
Könttä, Joonas
Leppä, Jari
Lintilä, Mika
Lohi, Markus
Mattila, Hanna-Leena
Ovaska, Jouni
Pirttilahti, Arto
Pylväs, Juha
Rantakangas, Antti
Saarikko, Annika
Savola, Mikko
Sipilä, Juha
Torniainen, Ari
Vanhanen, Matti
Vehviläinen, Anu
The Swedish People’s Party of Finland
Adlercreutz, Anders
Bergqvist, Sandra
Biaudet, Eva
Blomqvist, Thomas
Henriksson, Anna-Maja
Norrback, Anders
Ollikainen, Mikko
Rehn-Kivi, Veronica
Strand, Joakim
From the Åland Islands, Mats Löfström was elected.