2019 Finnish parliamentary election results

[Jumi]

In order of popularity:

Name, seats(of 200), (+- from last elections), description
Social Democratic Party 40 seats (+6), eurosocialists
Finns Party 39 seats (+1), nationalists
National Coalition Party 38 seats(+1), traditional pro-EU right-wing
Centre Party 31 seats(-18), center-right pro-EU, for strong austerity measures, previous prime minister's party
Green Leage 20(+5), center-left pro-EU green party
Left Alliance 16(+4), traditional left-wing party
Swedish People's Party 9 seats, center-right liberal party with a focus on Swedish language and culture
Christian Democrats 5 seats, center-right party
Blue Reform 0 seats. Was a government party with ministers, strongly pro-austerity right-wing party. lost all seats
Movement Now 1 seat. New kind of party headed by a businessman/sportsclub owner/politician/youtuber
Pirate Party 0 seats. Outside of traditional left-right.
Åland Coalition. 1 seat. Part of Swedish People's Party in parliament
Seven Star Movement 0 seat, inspired by Italy's five star movement?
Citizen's Party 0 seat, no idea who they are
Feminist Party 0 seat
Liberal Party 0 seat, center-right
Communist Party 0 seat, traditional communists, support at 0.1% it's almost gone
Animal Justice Party 0 seat, animal rights
Finnish People First 0 seat, no idea who they are
Independence Party 0 seat, euroskeptic nationalists, should probably give up
Communist Worker's Party, 0 seat, 0% support... why not give up

 

[Stevicus]

I like how they have multiple parties represented, as opposed to just having two parties represented.

 

[Altfish]

What coalition is likely to prevail?

 

[Shad]

I like how they have multiple parties represented, as opposed to just having two parties represented.

Yup. And looking at the numbers posted it looks like a coalition government will be required as there is no majority. So some form of compromise (dirty word!)

 

[Woberts]

That doesn't look good.

 

[Revoltingest]

In order of popularity:

Name, seats(of 200), (+- from last elections), description
Social Democratic Party 40 seats (+6), eurosocialists
Finns Party 39 seats (+1), nationalists
National Coalition Party 38 seats(+1), traditional pro-EU right-wing
Centre Party 31 seats(-18), center-right pro-EU, for strong austerity measures, previous prime minister's party
Green Leage 20(+5), center-left pro-EU green party
Left Alliance 16(+4), traditional left-wing party
Swedish People's Party 9 seats, center-right liberal party with a focus on Swedish language and culture
Christian Democrats 5 seats, center-right party
Blue Reform 0 seats. Was a government party with ministers, strongly pro-austerity right-wing party. lost all seats
Movement Now 1 seat. New kind of party headed by a businessman/sportsclub owner/politician/youtuber
Pirate Party 0 seats. Outside of traditional left-right.
Åland Coalition. 1 seat. Part of Swedish People's Party in parliament
Seven Star Movement 0 seat, inspired by Italy's five star movement?
Citizen's Party 0 seat, no idea who they are
Feminist Party 0 seat
Liberal Party 0 seat, center-right
Communist Party 0 seat, traditional communists, support at 0.1% it's almost gone
Animal Justice Party 0 seat, animal rights
Finnish People First 0 seat, no idea who they are
Independence Party 0 seat, euroskeptic nationalists, should probably give up
Communist Worker's Party, 0 seat, 0% support... why not give up

No Libertarian Party?
I am so disappointed to not see that we are among those getting no seats.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

looks like a heavy majority from both left and right as pro-EU

 

[Jumi]

What coalition is likely to prevail?

I'm guessing Social Democrats, Left and Green... with somebody else to fill the rest of the spots for a left-wing govt. But all bets are still on the table as there are hard to reconcile differences between the lot of them. There are lots of ideological differences, that it will be hard to fit the major parties together. Socialists and right-wingers hate nationalists, but nationalists could work with either as long as they accept immigration limits.

Centre is most hated... no one would want to touch them as it would cost them votes after what Centre did, but they often end up filling the numbers anyway because they can bow down to left or right...

 

[Jumi]

I like how they have multiple parties represented, as opposed to just having two parties represented.

Yup. And looking at the numbers posted it looks like a coalition government will be required as there is no majority. So some form of compromise (dirty word!)

There's always a coalition govt here. It's no problem as it's always worked for us. It would be terrible if no one kept the others in check.

 

[Jumi]

That doesn't look good.

You mean with the communists? After Stalin's unprovoked attack and the genocide by communists we are probably least likely to go communist. Even the socialists traditionally said "never trust a commie or anyone who used to be one"

 

[Jumi]

looks like a heavy majority from both left and right as pro-EU

Yeah, the EU used to be more of a center and right-wing project. They want more power than they can have in a little country and would rather sell our resources and system if they could get to higher positions in EU. The first euroskeptics were of course on the left.

 

[Jumi]

No Libertarian Party?
I am so disappointed to not see that we are among those getting no seats.

Pirate Party and Liberals are closest to libertarians. They were in a "voting alliance" of smaller parties where I live and were close to getting a seat. They'll do better in local elections. The large parties mostly get TV debate time all to themselves so the smaller ones have an uphill battle until someone gets elected. Movement Now is also something that could possible be libertarian, they're economic liberals.

 

[Stevicus]

There's always a coalition govt here. It's no problem as it's always worked for us. It would be terrible if no one kept the others in check.

It looks like you have 3 or 4 strong parties, with a couple others not quite as strong but still with enough of a voice to be heard.

If we had 3 or 4 parties of relatively equal strength, things would probably be a lot different in America today.

Third parties generally don't get a lot of positive coverage in the media, since it also is often portrayed as a kind of lunatic fringe. Either that, or they might be disdained as spoilers, especially if a well-known candidate runs as an independent or third party.

Another difference I noticed. You have 200 seats in your parliament, and your country has a population of about 5.5 million. That's 1 seat per 27,500 people.

In contrast, the US House of Representatives has 435 seats in a country of 327 million. That's one seat per 751,724 people. If we had representation at the same ratio as that of Finland, we'd have 11,890 seats in the House of Representatives. That might be a bit too many, although the idea of having a Congress that large does appeal to me on a certain level.

 

[Altfish]

It looks like you have 3 or 4 strong parties, with a couple others not quite as strong but still with enough of a voice to be heard.

If we had 3 or 4 parties of relatively equal strength, things would probably be a lot different in America today.

Third parties generally don't get a lot of positive coverage in the media, since it also is often portrayed as a kind of lunatic fringe. Either that, or they might be disdained as spoilers, especially if a well-known candidate runs as an independent or third party.

Another difference I noticed. You have 200 seats in your parliament, and your country has a population of about 5.5 million. That's 1 seat per 27,500 people.

In contrast, the US House of Representatives has 435 seats in a country of 327 million. That's one seat per 751,724 people. If we had representation at the same ratio as that of Finland, we'd have 11,890 seats in the House of Representatives. That might be a bit too many, although the idea of having a Congress that large does appeal to me on a certain level.

The problem with 3rd/4th parties is when they hold the balance of power and can wield a lot more power than justified.
The DUP are in that position currently in the UK; 10 MPs running the show in many ways

 

[Woberts]

You mean with the communists? After Stalin's unprovoked attack and the genocide by communists we are probably least likely to go communist. Even the socialists traditionally said "never trust a commie or anyone who used to be one"

No I mean there's quite a few right leaning parties up at the top there. Plus, nationalism.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

No I mean there's quite a few right leaning parties up at the top there. Plus, nationalism.

You do realize the Left parties won more seats don't you? That a center right party lost 18 seats?

 

[Jumi]

It looks like you have 3 or 4 strong parties, with a couple others not quite as strong but still with enough of a voice to be heard.

If we had 3 or 4 parties of relatively equal strength, things would probably be a lot different in America today.

Third parties generally don't get a lot of positive coverage in the media, since it also is often portrayed as a kind of lunatic fringe. Either that, or they might be disdained as spoilers, especially if a well-known candidate runs as an independent or third party.

That's why I strongly dislike the one-party and two-party systems, they end up conformist and often if the two parties both hold an insane idea any voice of reason will not be heard.

Another difference I noticed. You have 200 seats in your parliament, and your country has a population of about 5.5 million. That's 1 seat per 27,500 people.

I think we should have a bit less seats.

In contrast, the US House of Representatives has 435 seats in a country of 327 million. That's one seat per 751,724 people. If we had representation at the same ratio as that of Finland, we'd have 11,890 seats in the House of Representatives. That might be a bit too many, although the idea of having a Congress that large does appeal to me on a certain level.

I think that having more than a 1,000 seats might not be workable outside of a one-party system.

 

[Jumi]

No I mean there's quite a few right leaning parties up at the top there. Plus, nationalism.

That's normal because mostly EU is right-wing dominated...

Nationalists did see a large rise (not seen from the +1, because they were in trouble a couple of years ago), because the media was so biased against them that even a blind man saw it. They also got a boost from a number of scandals just before the election. I actually expected them and others like them to win a lot more seats with how angry people were. I don't think people would vote for them if border security was handled better. A lot of traditional parties started "caring" for that more when the nationalists were rising in the polls, well at least in rhetoric...

 

[Jumi]

You do realize the Left parties won more seats don't you? That a center right party lost 18 seats?

It's a bit curious perhaps, since it's a win for both left and nationalists. The nationalists are also quite close to center (although media both home and abroad calls them "far right"), some of them are also left-leaning unlike many nationalists... so except a more left-leaning gov't than we had for the last term.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

It's a bit curious perhaps, since it's a win for both left and nationalists. The nationalists are also quite close to center (although media both home and abroad calls them "far right"), some of them are also left-leaning unlike many nationalists... so except a more left-leaning gov't than we had for the last term.

Really I don't get this sudden and upfront fear of and disliking of nationalism. It is today so obsolete it's foolish to promote it in an age of global connectedness and interdependence, but it certainly wasn't automatically hated and feared like this when I was younger (and that being during the later years of the Cold War and after, America promoted the hell out of nationalism then).