Finland Proper (constituency)
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Finland Proper (formerly Turku Province South) is a constituency represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative region of Finland Proper, with a population of 450,968 (as of 2002). Finland Proper currently elects 17 members of the Eduskunta.
The constituency is largely urban, centred around the cities of Turku and Salo. The largest party in the 2003 election was the centre-right National Coalition.
[edit] Current members of parliament
- Olavi Ala-Nissilä (Centre)
- Janina Andersson (Greens)
- Jan-Erik Enestam (Swedish People's Party)
- Sari Essayah (Christian Democrats)
- Pertti Hemmilä (National Coalition)
- Liisa Hyssälä (Centre)
- Mikko Immonen (Left Alliance)
- Ville Itälä (National Coalition)
- Ilkka Kanerva (National Coalition)
- Esko Kiviranta (Centre)
- Marjaana Koskinen (Social Democrats)
- Marjukka Karttunen (National Coalition)
- Annika Lapintie (Left Alliance)
- Heli Paasio (Social Democrats)
- Maija Perho (National Coalition)
- Virpa Puisto (Social Democrats)
- Jukka Roos (Social Democrats)
[edit] Election results
| Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |||
| National Coalition Party | 5 | 0 | 29.4 | 26.1 | 64,823 | -1.0% | |||
| Social Democrats | 4 | 0 | 23.5 | 24.7 | 61,367 | -1.0% | |||
| Centre Party | 3 | 0 | 17.6 | 17.5 | 43,552 | +0.6% | |||
| Left Alliance | 2 | 0 | 11.8 | 10.7 | 26,515 | -1.2% | |||
| Green League | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 8.6 | 21,250 | +0.9% | |||
| Swedish People's Party | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 13,081 | +0.3% | |||
| Christian Democrats | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 9,597 | -1.0% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 8,184 | n/a | |||
