An election for the election of the delegation from Finland to the European Parliament took place on 25 May 2014 with advance voting from 14 to 20 May. Finnish voters elected thirteen members to the European Parliament.
Opinion polls
Date Polling Firm Others 22 May 2014 Taloustutkimus 22.7% 17.6% 13.8% 10.0% 17.1% 4.3% 8.4% 4.4% 1.7% 17 May 2014 TietoykkönenIltalehti 17–18 May 2014, p. 2–3. 23.7% 18.9% 15.2% 8.1% 16.0% 4.1% 7.7% 4.4% 1.9% 20 March 2014 Taloustutkimus 23.8% 18.1% 16.3% 9.7% 17.8% 3.6% 6.5% 2.6% 1.6% 17 January 2014 Tietoykkönen 21.1% 20.8% 17.5% 8.9% 15.9% 4.1% 7.2% 3.3% 1.2% 19 November 2013 Taloustutkimus 22.7% 21.7% 15.4% 8.1% 17.0% 3.5% 7.1% 3.6% 0.9% 7 June 2009 2009 elections 23.21% 19.03% 17.54% 12.40% 9.79% 6.09% 5.93% 4.17% 1.84%
Results
MEPs elected
National Coalition Party Alexander Stubb* – 148,190 votes Sirpa Pietikäinen – 49,842 votes Henna Virkkunen – 43,829 votes
Centre Party Olli Rehn – 70,398 votes Paavo Väyrynen – 69,360 votes Anneli Jäätteenmäki – 59,538 votes
Finns Party Jussi Halla-aho – 80,772 votes Sampo Terho – 33,833 votes
Social Democratic Party Liisa Jaakonsaari – 44,061 votes Miapetra Kumpula-Natri – 40,734 votes
Green League Heidi Hautala – 31,725 votes
Left Alliance Merja Kyllönen – 58,611 votes
Swedish People's Party Nils Torvalds – 29,355 votes
* Note: Alexander Stubb was chosen to be National Coalition Party chairman in June, and was subsequently appointed Prime Minister. Stubb did not take his seat in the European Parliament. The seat went to Petri Sarvamaa, who had the fourth most votes (37,862) on the NCP list.
Most voted-for candidates CandidatePartyVotesChangeMunicipality Alexander StubbNational Coalition Party 148190 148,190 0 Espoo Jussi Halla-ahoTrue Finns &8077280,772 0 Helsinki Olli RehnCentre Party&7039870,398 0 Helsinki Paavo VäyrynenCentre Party&6936069,360 0 Keminmaa Sari EssayahChristian Democrats&6126461,264 7461+7,461Lapinlahti Anneli JäätteenmäkiCentre Party&5953859,538 -20618−20,618Helsinki Merja KyllönenLeft Alliance&5861158,611 0 Suomussalmi Sirpa PietikäinenNational Coalition Party&4984249,842 -1651−1,651Hämeenlinna Li AnderssonLeft Alliance&4759947,599 0 Turku Liisa JaakonsaariSocial Democratic Party&4406144,061 -1264−1,264Oulu Henna VirkkunenNational Coalition Party&4382943,829 0 Jyväskylä Miapetra Kumpula-NatriSocial Democratic Party&4073440,734 0 Vaasa Hannu TakkulaCentre Party&3980939,809 365+365Oulu Petri Sarvamaa National Coalition Party&3786237,862 10471+10,471Helsinki Sampo TerhoTrue Finns&3383333,833 24459+24,459Helsinki Heidi Hautala Green League&3172531,725 -27201−27,201Helsinki Nils TorvaldsSwedish People's Party&2935529,355 15311+15,311Helsinki Eija-Riitta KorholaNational Coalition Party&2745327,453 -24055−24,055Helsinki Oras TynkkynenGreen League&2480524,805 0 Tampere Timo HarakkaSocial Democratic Party&2283922,839 0 Helsinki Pirkko Ruohonen-LernerTrue Finns&2094220,942 0 Porvoo
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