Northern Savonia (constituency)
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Northern Savonia (formerly Kuopio) is a constituency represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative region of Northern Savonia, with a population of about 251,000 (as of 2002). Northern Savonia currently elects ten members of the Eduskunta.
The constituency is largely rural, and the only major city in the area is Kuopio. The largest party in the 2003 election was the Centre Party.
[edit] Current members of parliament
- Jyrki Katainen (National Coalition)
- Rauno Kettunen (Centre)
- Kari Kärkkäinen (Christian Democrats)
- Seppo Kääriäinen (Centre)
- Eero Lämsä (Centre)
- Iivo Polvi (Left Alliance)
- Kari Rajamäki (Social Democrats)
- Markku Rossi (Centre)
- Erkki Virtanen (Left Alliance)
- Tuula Väätäinen (Social Democrats)
[edit] Election results
| Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |||
| Centre Party | 4 | 0 | 40.0 | 38.2 | 49,301 | +2.5% | |||
| Social Democrats | 2 | 0 | 20.0 | 20.8 | 26,906 | +1.2% | |||
| Left Alliance | 2 | +1 | 20.0 | 12.0 | 15,429 | -2.1% | |||
| National Coalition Party | 1 | -1 | 10.0 | 11.9 | 15,425 | -4.1% | |||
| Christian Democrats | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 12,093 | +4.9% | |||
| Green League | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 7,399 | +1.1% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2,528 | n/a | |||
