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2017 Finnish municipal elections
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Petteri Orpo
Antti Rinne
Juha Sipilä
Party
National Coalition
SDP
Centre
Leader since
2016
2014
2012
Last election
1,735 seats, 21.9%
1,729 seats, 19.6%
3,077 seats, 18.7%
Seats won
1,490
1,697
2,824
Seat change
245
32
253
Popular vote
531,599
498,252
450,529
Percentage
20.7%
19.4%
17.5%
Swing
1.2pp
0.2pp
1.1pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Ville Niinistö
Timo Soini
Li Andersson
Party
Green
Finns
Left Alliance
Leader since
2011
1997
2016
Last election
323 seats, 8.5%
1,195 seats, 12.3%
640 seats, 8.0%
Seats won
534
770
658
Seat change
211
425
18
Popular vote
320,235
227,297
226,626
Percentage
12.5%
8.8%
8.8%
Swing
4.0pp
3.5pp
0.8pp
Seventh party
Eighth party
Leader
Anna-Maja Henriksson
Sari Essayah
Party
RKP
KD
Leader since
2016
2015
Last election
480 seats, 4.7%
300 seats, 3.7%
Seats won
471
316
Seat change
9
16
Popular vote
125,518
105,551
Percentage
4.9%
4.1%
Swing
0.2pp
0.4pp
Municipal elections were held in Finland on 9 April 2017 with advance voting between 29 March and 4 April.[1] The councils in 295 municipalities in Finland (excluding Åland ) were elected.[2] Several municipalities altered the size of their councils (mainly because of municipal mergers) before the elections which resulted in reduction of seats available from 9,674 to 8,999.[3]
Opinion polls [ edit ]
Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The table uses the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if that date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead. List includes only polls that were made for the municipal election.
Date
Polling Firm
KOK
SDP
KESK
PS
VIHR
VAS
SFP
KD
Others
Lead
29 Mar-4 Apr 2017
Taloustutkimus
18.8
18.4
18.6
9.7
12.9
9.4
5.3
5.1
1.8
0.4
23–30 Mar 2017
TNS Gallup
19.7
19.3
18.9
10.7
11.9
8.1
4.8
3.9
2.7
0.4
6-28 Mar 2017
Taloustutkimus
19.1
18.8
18.4
10.3
13.3
8.3
5.1
3.6
3.1
0.3
Mar 2017
Accuscore [note 1]
19.4
20.6
19.4
8.8
11.5
8.9
5.1
3.7
2.6
1.2
13 Feb–10 Mar 2017
TNS Gallup
19.0
19.9
19.6
9.4
11.4
9.1
4.8
3.9
2.9
0.3
24 Feb–05 Mar 2017
Tietoykkönen
17.8
20.0
18.6
10.2
12.1
9.0
4.6
4.4
3.3
1.4
20–27 Sep 2016
Tietoykkönen
17.6
20.8
19.2
10.0
12.4
8.3
4.5
4.0
3.2
1.6
28 Oct 2012
Election Results
21.9
19.6
18.7
12.3
8.5
8.0
4.7
3.7
2.6
2.3
Results [ edit ]
The biggest party in the municipalities after the elections
Finnish municipal elections 2017 results
Party
Votes
%
+/–
Seats
+/–
National Coalition
Kok.
531,599
20.7
–1.2
1,490
–245
Social Democratic Party
SDP
498,252
19.4
–0.2
1,697
–32
Centre Party
Kesk.
450,529
17.5
–1.1
2,824
–253
Green League
Vihr.
320,235
12.5
+3.9
534
+211
Finns Party
PS
227,297
8.8
–3.5
770
–425
Left Alliance
Vas.
226,626
8.8
+0.8
658
+18
Swedish People's Party
RKP
125,518
4.9
+0.2
471
–9
Christian Democrats
KD
105,551
4.1
+0.4
316
+16
Pirate Party
PP
9,119
0.4
+0.1
2
+2
Communist Party
SKP
7,600
0.3
–0.2
2
–7
Feminist Party
FP
6,856
0.3
New
1
New
Liberal Party
Lib.
4,117
0.2
New
5
New
Independence Party
IPU
1,846
0.1
±0.0
2
+2
Animal Justice Party
EOP
1,795
0.1
New
0
New
Communist Workers' Party
KTP
702
0.1
±0.0
0
±0
Total valid votes
2,570,768
100
–
8,999
–675
Invalid votes
14,442
0.6
Total
2,585,210
100
Registered voters & turnout
4,391,558
58.9
+0.6
Source: Yle
^ Counted by Accuscore, but based on various polls by different polling firms.
References [ edit ]