2017 Finnish municipal elections

2017 Finnish municipal elections
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All 295 municipal councils
  First party Second party Third party
  Petteri Orpo Antti Rinne Juha Sipilä
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 Decrease 245 Decrease 32 Decrease 253
Popular vote 531,599 498,252 450,529
Percentage 20.7% 19.4% 17.5%
Swing Decrease 1.2pp Decrease 0.2pp Decrease 1.1pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Ville Niinistö Timo Soini Li Andersson
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 Increase 211 Decrease 425 Increase 18
Popular vote 320,235 227,297 226,626
Percentage 12.5% 8.8% 8.8%
Swing Increase 4.0pp Decrease 3.5pp Increase 0.8pp
  Seventh party Eighth party
  Anna-Maja Henriksson Sari Essayah
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 Decrease 9 Increase 16
Popular vote 125,518 105,551
Percentage 4.9% 4.1%
Swing Increase 0.2pp Increase 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]

  1. ^ "Kuntavaalit: Aikataulut". Ministry of Justice. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Kuntavaalit". Ministry of Justice. 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Kolmannes kunnista muuttaa valtuustonsa kokoa – vain kahdessa valtuusto kasvaa". Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.