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The 2019 Finnish parliamentary elections saw the Social Democrats emerge as the narrow winners by a margin of 0.2 percent. Led by former Finance Minister Antti Rinne, they received 17.7 percent of the popular vote, or 545,544 votes. Their opponents, the Finns Party, led by Jussi Kristian Halla-aho (a member of the European Parliament), received 17.5 percent of the votes, or 538,731 votes. This translated into 39 seats for the Finns and 40 seats for the Social Democrats. The center-right National Coalition Party, chaired by Petteri Orpo, came in third place with 17.0 percent or 523,446 votes (38 seats). The Centre Party, incumbent Prime Minister Juha Sipilä’s party, came in fourth place with only 13.8 percent of the vote and a loss of 18 seats, now down to 31 seats.
Results in percentage of the vote and seats in parliament.
The 2019 Finnish parliamentary elections saw the Social Democrats emerge as the narrow winners by a margin of 0.2 percent. Led by former Finance Minister Antti Rinne$they received 17.7 percent of the popular vote$or 545,544 votes.
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