Finnish parliamentary elections

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Finnish parliamentary elections are nationwide democratic contests held every four years to choose members of Finland’s unicameral Parliament (Eduskunta), shaping the country’s government and legislative agenda.

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instanceOf national election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
administeredBy Ministry of Justice of Finland ⓘ
ballotStructure party lists with individual candidate numbers ⓘ
campaignFinanceRegulation regulated by Finnish law with disclosure requirements ⓘ
candidacyRequirement Finnish citizenship ⓘ
minimum age 18 on election day ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
electionCycle every four years ⓘ
electoralDistrictExample Helsinki constituency ⓘ
Lapland constituency ⓘ
Uusimaa constituency ⓘ
electoralDistrictType multi-member constituencies ⓘ
electoralSystemFamily list PR system ⓘ
elects Eduskunta ⓘ
Parliament of Finland ⓘ
firstHeldAsModernForm 1907 Finnish parliamentary election ⓘ
governingLaw Constitution of Finland ⓘ
Finnish Election Act ⓘ
headOfStateRole President of Finland formally appoints government based on election results ⓘ
historicalSignificance among the first elections in Europe with universal suffrage including women ⓘ
internationalObservation considered free and fair by international observers ⓘ
language Finnish ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
legislatureType unicameral parliament ⓘ
mainOutcome determination of legislative majority in Eduskunta ⓘ
formation of Government of Finland ⓘ
selection of Prime Minister of Finland (indirectly) ⓘ
mainParticipants Finnish political parties ⓘ
independent candidates (via electoral associations) ⓘ
numberOfSeatsElected 200 ⓘ
politicalSystemContext parliamentary republic ⓘ
seatAllocationMethod D’Hondt method ⓘ
linked to: d’Hondt method
suffrageType universal suffrage ⓘ
supervisedBy central election authorities of Finland ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
turnoutCharacteristic generally high voter turnout by international standards ⓘ
typicalGovernmentOutcome coalition governments ⓘ
usesElectoralThreshold no formal national threshold ⓘ
voterRegistration automatic voter registration ⓘ
voteType single candidate vote within chosen list ⓘ
votingAge 18 ⓘ
votingMethod advance voting ⓘ
in-person voting ⓘ
postal advance voting for some voters abroad ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystemDetail open list proportional representation ⓘ
womenSuffrage women have had full voting rights since 1906 reforms ⓘ

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Finnish Social Democratic Party → participatesIn → Finnish parliamentary elections ⓘ
Agrarian League → participatedIn → Finnish parliamentary elections ⓘ
National Progressive Party (Finland) → participatedIn → Finnish parliamentary elections ⓘ
National Coalition Party → participatesIn → Finnish parliamentary elections ⓘ
Finns Party → participatesIn → Finnish parliamentary elections ⓘ
Social Democratic Party of Finland → participatesIn → Finnish parliamentary elections ⓘ
subject linked to: SDP
Finnish parliamentary elections → firstHeldAsModernForm → 1907 Finnish parliamentary election ⓘ
linked to: Finnish parliamentary elections
Jussi Halla-aho → electedIn → 2019 Finnish parliamentary election ⓘ
linked to: Finnish parliamentary elections
Mari Kiviniemi → participatedIn → Finnish parliamentary elections ⓘ
KOK → participatesIn → Finnish parliamentary elections ⓘ
Petteri Orpo → electedIn → Finnish parliamentary election 2007 ⓘ
linked to: Finnish parliamentary elections
Green League → participatesIn → Finnish parliamentary elections ⓘ
Uusimaa electoral district → appliesToElection → Finnish parliamentary elections ⓘ