2019 European Parliament election in Finland

2019 European Parliament election in Finland

26 May 2019
All 14 Finnish seats in the European Parliament
Turnout	40.76%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Petteri Orpo Pekka Haavisto Antti Rinne Party National Coalition Green SDP Alliance EPP European Greens PES Last election 22.59%, 3 seats 9.33%, 1 seat 12.31%, 2 seats Seats won 3 3 2 Seat change 2 Popular vote 380,106 292,512 267,342 Percentage 20.79% 16.00% 14.62% Swing 1.80pp 6.67pp 2.31pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jussi Halla-aho Juha Sipilä Li Andersson Party Finns Centre Left Alliance Alliance EAPN ALDE GUE/NGL Last election 12.87%, 2 seats 19.67%, 3 seats 9.32%, 1 seat Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 252,990 247,416 125,749 Percentage 13.83% 13.52% 6.89% Swing 0.96pp 6.15pp 2.43pp   Seventh party   Leader Anna-Maja Henriksson Party RKP Alliance ALDE Last election 6.76%, 1 seat Seats won 1 Seat change Popular vote 116,033 Percentage 6.34% Swing 0.42pp

An election of the delegation from Finland to the European Parliament took place on 26 May 2019.

A working committee consisting of the party secretaries of all parliamentary parties suggested in May 2017 that the 2019 Finnish parliamentary election, scheduled for April, should be organized simultaneously with the European Parliament election.^[1] The suggestion was considered by the Minister of Justice Antti Häkkänen,^[2] but did not have enough parliamentary support to pass. Ultimately, the Finnish parliamentary election took place on 14 April 2019.

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	KOK	KESK	PS	SDP	VIHR	VAS	SFP	KD	Others	Lead
2019 election	26 May 2019	–	20.8	13.5	13.8	14.6	16.0	6.9	6.3	4.9	3.1	4.8
Taloustutkimus[3]	23 Apr–21 May 2019	2,456	19.7	13.0	17.0	14.3	17.2	7.9	5.2	4.2	1.5	2.5
Kantar TNS[4]	6–18 May 2019	2,005	20.1	13.5	16.3	15.5	13.0	8.3	6.8	5.0	1.5	3.8
2014 election	25 May 2014	–	22.6	19.7	12.9	12.3	9.3	9.3	6.8	5.2	1.9	2.9

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Coalition Party	380,460	20.79	3	0
	Green League	292,892	16.00	3	+2
	Social Democratic Party	267,603	14.62	2	0
	Finns Party	253,176	13.83	2	0
	Centre Party	247,477	13.52	2	–1
	Left Alliance	126,063	6.89	1	0
	Swedish People's Party	115,962	6.34	1	0
	Christian Democrats	89,204	4.87	0	0
	Seven Star Movement	16,065	0.88	0	New
	Pirate Party	12,579	0.69	0	0
	Blue Reform	6,043	0.33	0	New
	Feminist Party	4,442	0.24	0	New
	Communist Party of Finland	3,532	0.19	0	0
	Liberal Party – Freedom to Choose	3,015	0.16	0	New
	Animal Justice Party	2,917	0.16	0	New
	Finnish People First	2,495	0.14	0	New
	Citizens' Party	2,043	0.11	0	New
	Independents	4,077	0.22	0	0
Total		1,830,045	100.00	14	0
Valid votes		1,830,045	99.67
Invalid/blank votes		6,014	0.33
Total votes		1,836,059	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,504,480	40.76
Source: Ministry of Justice

References

1. "Vuoden 2019 vaalien yhdistävistä selvittävän työryhmän raportti" (PDF). Ministry of Justice. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
2. "Vaalien yhdistämisestä ei löytynyt sopua: Kansalaisia uhkaa vaaliähky". Yle. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
3. Matti Koivisto (23 May 2019). "Ylen puoluekannatusmittaus: Kokoomus eurovaaleissa suosituin puolue – vihreät ja perussuomalaiset kisaavat kakkossijasta". Yle. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
4. Teemu Muhonen (21 May 2019). "Kokoomus suosituin puolue eurovaaleissa, vihreät ja perussuomalaiset kamppailevat lisäpaikasta". Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 21 May 2019.