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Parliament · 200 seats · 2023

Finland

CURRENT NATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Petteri Orpo

Prime Minister

Current leadership is separate from the election snapshot selected below.

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Source checked 30 Oct 2026. Current officeholder snapshot; independent of the election year selected below.

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Petteri Orpo portrait (opens in a new tab) · Lauri Heikkinen, valtioneuvoston kanslia · CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Display crop; original colours retained.

As of 30 Oct 2026

2023-04-02 / Local vote reporting units

Party votes by area.

Archived election snapshot

Colours show the largest reported party/list vote total in each reporting unit, not elected seats or government formation. Boundaries follow the source crosswalk; these are not necessarily parliamentary constituencies.

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Map coverage, vote definitions & attribution

These local votes are separate from the IPU national seat archive. Shares use the sum of source-listed party votes, not registered voters. First-preference, list and candidate ballots are distinct. Names and counts are preserved from the published compilation.

309 of 309 reporting units have source-matched displayable boundaries. Non-geographic ballots, unmatched units and excluded overseas geography remain selectable. A missing boundary never becomes a zero vote or fabricated polygon.

Party colours are preserved from source identity records. Ties, independents and unverified identities use neutral grey. Text abbreviations are not official logos. Display simplification does not create legal boundary documents.

Kok artwork (opens in a new tab) · unbekannt · Public domain. Resized to fit.

PS artwork (opens in a new tab) · Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain. Resized to fit.

SDP artwork (opens in a new tab) · SEK (finnish) · Public domain. Resized to fit.

Data: BLUE_DB (Hublet & Chiecchio 2026), CC BY 4.0, modified from official sources. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 and public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence. Geometry licences remain separate: © European Union / EuroGeographics, © OpenStreetMap contributors where applicable and national publishers listed below.

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National seat results · 2023-04-02 · 200 seats

THE NATIONAL PARLIAMENT

Parliament

IPU-reported election snapshot

SEATS AT STAKE200For this election

SOURCE-ITEMISED SEATS200Seat sum reconciles

VOTER TURNOUT71.9%As reported by the source

CHAMBER DESIGNProportional representation · List proportional representationChamber profile · not a historical rules model

COUNTRY GEOGRAPHY

Simplified geographic reference. This is not a constituency or electoral district map.

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SEATS WON AT THIS ELECTION

Parties & coalitions.

10 source-listed groups

Neutral chart colours compare seat counts; they do not represent official party colours.

Party / electoral coalition	Seats won	Share of seats
National Coalition Party (KOK)	48	24.0%
The Finns Party (PS)	46	23.0%
Social Democratic Party (SDP)	43	21.5%
Center Party (KESK)	23	11.5%
The Greens	13	6.5%
Left Alliance (Vas)	11	5.5%
Swedish People’s Party of Finland	9	4.5%
Christian Democrats (KD)	5	2.5%
Movement Now (Liike Nyt)	1	0.5%
Others	1	0.5%

Largest party means most seats in this table; it is not a declaration of who formed the government. Coalitions remain grouped as published.

This national seat summary does not include constituency-level results or a riding map. Electoral boundary verification remains pending for this election.

Chambers, official links & source information

Parliament

200 statutory members

Directly elected

Official chamber website Official member directory

Election figures are dated snapshots. Statutory chamber membership and the current electoral-system description come from the chamber profile; they may differ from seats contested at an earlier election. A largest-party result does not establish the governing coalition.

IPU Parline election record

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Saved source check: 2026-10-29. Collection is manual; no European live feed is active.

National summary data: © Inter-Parliamentary Union, Parline. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Terms of use (opens in a new tab). Download the attributed archive .

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PARTIES

Party leadership.

9 source-reported records

Each leadership record carries its own date and source. Undated records are not verified for the election date. These names do not identify every constituency candidate or establish who governs; member-party leaders are not automatically a coalition’s joint leaders.

Kok

National Coalition Party

Petteri Orpo

Party chair / leadership record · from 2016-06-11Leadership recorded for 2023-04-02Leadership source

True Finns

Riikka Purra

Party chair / leadership record · from 2021-08-14Leadership recorded for 2023-04-02Leadership source

SDP

Social Democratic Party of Finland

Sanna Marin

Party chair / leadership record · from 2020-08-22 · until 2023-09-01Leadership recorded for 2023-04-02Leadership source

More party leadership records

Kesk.

Centre Party of Finland

Annika Saarikko

Party chair / leadership record · from 2020-09-05 · until 2024-06-15Leadership recorded for 2023-04-02Leadership source

Vas

Left Alliance

Li Andersson

Party chair / leadership record · from 2016-06-11 · until 2024-10-19Leadership recorded for 2023-04-02Leadership source

VIHR

Green League

Maria Ohisalo

Party chair / leadership record · from 2019-06-15 · until 2023-06-10Leadership recorded for 2023-04-02Leadership source

SFP

Swedish People's Party of Finland

Anna-Maja Henriksson

Party chair / leadership record · from 2016-06-12 · until 2024-06-16Leadership recorded for 2023-04-02Leadership source

Christian Democrats of Finland

Sari Essayah

Party chair / leadership record · from 2015-08-28Leadership recorded for 2023-04-02Leadership source

Liik

Movement Now

Harry Harkimo

Party chair / leadership record · from 2018Leadership recorded for 2023-04-02Leadership source

Structured leadership source: Wikidata, CC0; primary supplements are linked individually. Missing or ambiguous records stay unassigned. Download leadership records

European Parliament · election archive

A DIFFERENT BALLOT

Europe, through Finland.

European Parliament · historical archive

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2014 European Parliament election13 seats · Constitutive session

National party / coalition	Vote share	Seats	European group allocation
KOKKansallinen Kokoomus/Samlingspartiet	22.60%	3	EPP · 3
KESKSuomen Keskusta/Centern i Finland	19.70%	3	ALDE · 3
PSPerussuomalaiset/Sannfinländarna	12.90%	2	ECR · 2
SDPSuomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti	12.30%	2	S&D · 2
VASVasemmistoliitto/Vänsterförbundet	9.30%	1	GUE/NGL · 1
VIHRVihreä liitto/Gröna förbundet	9.30%	1	Greens/EFA · 1
SFP (RKP)Svenska folkpartiet i Finland/Suomen ruotsalainen kansanpuolue	6.80%	1	ALDE · 1
Other partiesOther parties	7.10%	0	No group seats

A dash means the source supplies no vote share. European Parliament source JSON (opens in a new tab)

These are European Parliament results, not national parliamentary elections or current membership.

Coverage, boundaries and source notes

WHAT IS AVAILABLE

Coverage, clearly labelled.

National election results

6 dated election records since 2000. Party breakdowns appear only when supplied by the source; gaps are labelled.

Constituency boundaries

309 source-matched local reporting boundaries for 2023-04-02. These are not necessarily parliamentary constituencies; unmatched units remain in the list.

Parties & identities

National party and coalition names are preserved from the source. Official party colours and logo verification remain incomplete.

National summaries are separate from regional, local and constituency results. Those detailed records require their own source and boundary checks. No European live feed is active.

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How to read the data

Live: Unofficial counts arriving now.
Official preliminary: Accepted official preliminary counts, subject to verification and final count.
Projection: Model output, not an election result.
Simulated: A rehearsal or what-if scenario, not a result.
Archived: Saved past results; the original source status still applies. Archived does not mean certified.

Methodology