Central Finland (constituency)
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Central Finland (formerly Vaasa Province East) is a constituency represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative region of Central Finland, with a population of about 265,000 (as of 2002). Central Finland currently elects ten members of the Eduskunta.
The constituency is largely rural, and the only major city in the area is Jyväskylä. The largest party in the 2003 election was the Centre Party.
[edit] Current members of parliament
- Susanna Huovinen (Social Democrats)
- Matti Kangas (Left Alliance)
- Toimi Kankaanniemi (Christian Democrats)
- Reijo Laitinen (Social Democrats)
- Mauri Pekkarinen (Centre)
- Petri Neittaanmäki (Centre)
- Lauri Oinonen (Centre)
- Kalevi Olin (Social Democrats)
- Aila Paloniemi (Centre)
- Ahti Vielma (National Coalition)
[edit] Election results
| Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |||
| Centre Party | 4 | 0 | 40.0 | 34.9 | 48,532 | +4.3% | |||
| Social Democrats | 3 | 0 | 30.0 | 25.5 | 35,480 | +0.7% | |||
| National Coalition Party | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 14.2 | 19,730 | -0.7% | |||
| Left Alliance | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 13,199 | -3.0% | |||
| Christian Democrats | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 7.4 | 10,278 | -0.6% | |||
| Green League | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 9,027 | +1.2% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2,778 | n/a | |||
