Varsinais-Suomi (parliamentary electoral district)

Varsinais-Suomi
Egentliga Finland
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Finland
Outline map
Location of Varsinais-Suomi within Finland
Municipality
List
RegionSouthwest Finland
Population485,679 (2022)[1]
Electorate398,903 (2023)
Area10,914 km2 (2022)[2]
Current Electoral District
Created1907
Seats
List
  • 17 (1979–present)
  • 16 (1954–1979)
  • 17 (1951–1954)
  • 14 (1948–1951)
  • 15 (1939–1948)
  • 16 (1917–1939)
  • 17 (1907–1917)
Members of Parliament[3]
List

Varsinais-Suomi (Swedish: Egentliga Finland; also known as Finland Proper or Southwest Finland) is one of the 13 electoral districts of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. The district was established as Turku Province South (Finnish: Turun läänin eteläinen vaalipiiri; Swedish: Åbo läns södra valkrets)[4] in 1907 when the Diet of Finland was replaced by the Parliament of Finland. It was renamed Varsinais-Suomi in 1997. It is conterminous with the region of Southwest Finland. The district currently elects 17 of the 200 members of the Parliament of Finland using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2023 parliamentary election it had 398,903 registered electors.

  1. ^ "11lj -- Preliminary population structure by area, 2022M01*-2022M12*". Helsinki, Finland: Statistics Finland. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Suomen pinta-ala kunnittain 1.1.2022" (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Current Members of Parliament". Helsinki, Finland: Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  4. ^ "HE 55/2014". EDILEX (in Finnish and Swedish). Retrieved 17 October 2024.