An election of the delegation from Finland to the European Parliament was held in 2009.Sundberg, Jan (2010). "Finland", European Journal of Political Research, 49(7–8), p. 964–969.
Finland uses the open list D'Hondt method, where voters vote for an individual, but the individual's vote is counted primarily for the party and secondarily for the candidate. Parties receive seats in proportion to their share of the vote, and candidates from those parties are selected based on the votes they received individually. In European Parliament elections, the whole country forms a single constituency.
Result Compared to the 2004 European Parliament election in Finland, the three major parties National Coalition Party, Centre Party, and Social Democrats (SDP) each lost a seat. Moreover, the most popular candidate on the SDP list was the independent Mitro Repo. The Left Alliance lost their only seat. The Greens gained a seat, the Christian Democrats regained the seat they had lost in the previous period, and the True Finns achieved their first entry to the European Parliament with one seat. The Swedish People's Party kept their single seat.Party results (Ministry of Justice Finland 10 June 2009) No extraparliamentary party gained any seats.
Elected MEPs Ville Itälä (National Coalition Party) Sirpa Pietikäinen (National Coalition Party) Eija-Riitta Korhola (National Coalition Party) Anneli Jäätteenmäki (Centre Party) Hannu Takkula (Centre Party) Riikka Manner (Centre Party) Mitro Repo (Social Democratic Party, independent) Liisa Jaakonsaari (Social Democratic Party) Heidi Hautala (Green League) Satu Hassi (Green League) Timo Soini (Finns Party) Sari Essayah (Christian Democrats) Carl Haglund (Swedish People's Party) Valitut ehdokkaat Oikeusministeriö 7 June 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.Suomen europarlamentaarikot seuraavalle kaudelle Helsingin Sanomat 7 June 2009
Most voted-for candidates CandidateResult per candidate (Ministry of Justice Finland 10 June 2009) YleisradioEhdokkaat äänimääräjärjestyksessä ( PartyVotesChangeQuotientMunicipality Timo SoiniTrue Finns130,715232 388,000Espoo Anneli JäätteenmäkiCenter Party80,156−69,490316 798,000Helsinki Mitro RepoSocial Democratic Party71,829292 051,000Helsinki Ville ItäläNational Coalition Party66,033 +594386 416,000Turku Heidi HautalaGreen League58,926206 439,000Helsinki Satu HassiGreen League57,032−17,682103 219,500Tampere Sari EssayahChristian Democrats53,803116 194,000Paimio Eija-Riitta KorholaNational Coalition Party51,508 +16,223193 208,000Helsinki Sirpa PietikäinenNational Coalition Party51,493 +21,451128 805,333Hämeenlinna Risto E. J. PenttiläNational Coalition Party50,88196 604,000Helsinki Liisa JaakonsaariSocial Democratic Party45,325146 025,500Oulu Hannu TakkulaCenter Party39,444 +6,705158 399,000Rovaniemi Riikka MannerCenter Party37,330105 599,333Varkaus Lasse HautalaCenter Party31,77379 199,500Kauhajoki Kyösti KarjulaCenter Party29,38763 359,600Lumijoki Annika LapintieLeft Alliance29,11298 690,000Turku Petri SarvamaaNational Coalition Party27,39177 283,200Helsinki Kimmo KiljunenSocial Democratic Party26,936 +14,28597 350,333Vantaa Satu TaiveahoSocial Democratic Party25,91673 012,750Hämeenlinna Tarja CronbergGreen League22,20568 813,000Polvijärvi
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