2024 European Parliament election in Finland

2024 European Parliament election in Finland

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All 15 Finnish seats in the European Parliament
Turnout	42.4%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Petteri Orpo Li Andersson Antti Lindtman Party National Coalition Left Alliance SDP Alliance EPP The Left S&D Last election 20.79%, 3 seats 6.89%, 1 seat 14.62%, 2 seats Seats won 4 3 2 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 453,016 316,758 271,847 Percentage 24.77% 17.32% 14.86% Swing 3.98pp 10.43pp 0.24pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Annika Saarikko Sofia Virta Riikka Purra Party Centre Green Finns Alliance RE Greens/EFA ECR Last election 13.52%, 2 seats 16.00%, 3 seat 13.83%, 2 seats Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 215,064 206,178 139,019 Percentage 11.76% 11.27% 7.60% Swing 1.76pp 4.73pp 6.23pp   Seventh party   Leader Anna-Maja Henriksson Party RKP Alliance RE Last election 6.34%, 1 seat Seats won 1 Seat change Popular vote 112,761 Percentage 6.17% Swing 0.17pp

An election of the delegation from Finland to the European Parliament took place on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election.^[1] This was the seventh European Parliament election held in Finland, and the first to take place after Brexit. Finnish voters elected fifteen members to the European Parliament.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Coalition Party	453,636	24.80	4	+1
	Left Alliance	316,859	17.32	3	+2
	Social Democratic Party of Finland	272,034	14.87	2	0
	Centre Party	215,165	11.76	2	0
	Green League	206,332	11.28	2	–1
	Finns Party	139,160	7.61	1	–1
	Swedish People's Party of Finland	112,245	6.14	1	0
	Christian Democrats	75,426	4.12	0	0
	Freedom Alliance	16,717	0.91	0	New
	Movement Now	9,641	0.53	0	New
	Liberal Party – Freedom to Choose	7,139	0.39	0	0
	Communist Party of Finland	2,815	0.15	0	0
	The Open Party	1,273	0.07	0	New
	Truth Party	807	0.04	0	New
Total		1,829,249	100.00	15	+1
Valid votes		1,829,249	99.65
Invalid/blank votes		6,513	0.35
Total votes		1,835,762	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,546,589	40.38
Source: Ministry of Justice - Information and Result Service

Compared to last election, Finland is entitled to two more MEPs: one already assigned in 2020 in the occasion of the redistribution post Brexit, and one assigned in 2023 after a pre-election assessment of the Parliament composition based on the most recent population figures.^[6]

The 15 members are elected through open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency, with seats allocated through D'Hondt method and no electoral threshold.^[7]

Both Finnish citizens and other non-Finnish EU citizens residing in the country are entitled to vote in the European elections in Finland. No registration is needed for Finnish citizens, while other EU citizens residing in Finland are required to register with the Digital and Population Data Services Agency by 21 March 2024 at the latest. Finnish citizens residing abroad can also vote without any prior registration and can choose to vote by post or in the Finnish embassy of their country of residence. In addition, those eligible to vote must turn 18 years old by election day at the latest.^[8]

In Finland, Yle's European election compass allows users to find the candidates who best matches their convictions through 24 different statements across a range of issues: Values, Security, Trade, People and the EU, Economics and subsidies, The future, and Environment.^[9] It is available in Finnish, Swedish, English, Sámi, Russian, and Arabic. Each election candidate had been able to state how closely they agree or disagree with each statement and offer a rationale for their decision. Candidates also had the chance to upload a video message, offer three election promises, give brief biographical information and place themselves on a chart with left-right and liberal-conservative axes.^[10]

The table shows the detailed composition of the Finnish seats at the European Parliament at the end of the legislature.