Oulu (constituency)
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Oulu is a constituency represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative regions of Northern Ostrobothnia and Kainuu, with a combined population of about 459,000 (as of 2002). Oulu currently elects 18 members of the Eduskunta.
The constituency is largely rural, and the major cities are Oulu and Kajaani. The dominant party in the 2003 election was the Centre, which won half of the available seats.
[edit] Current members of parliament
- Matti Ahde (Social Democrats)
- Anne Huotari (Left Alliance)
- Tuomo Hänninen (Centre)
- Liisa Jaakonsaari (Social Democrats)
- Kyösti Karjula (Centre)
- Inkeri Kerola (Centre)
- Martti Korhonen (Left Alliance)
- Markku Koski (Centre)
- Esko Kurvinen (National Coalition)
- Paula Lehtomäki (Centre)
- Suvi Lindén (National Coalition)
- Riikka Moilanen-Savolainen (Centre)
- Erkki Pulliainen (Greens)
- Lyly Rajala (Christian Democrats)
- Antti Rantakangas (Centre)
- Tapani Tölli (Centre)
- Unto Valpas (Left Alliance)
- Pekka Vilkuna (Centre)
[edit] Election results
| Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |||
| Centre Party | 9 | 0 | 50.0 | 46.6 | 108,336 | +3.1% | |||
| Left Alliance | 3 | 0 | 16.7 | 15.3 | 35,604 | -1.5% | |||
| Social Democrats | 2 | 0 | 11.1 | 14.0 | 32,601 | +1.0% | |||
| National Coalition Party | 2 | 0 | 11.1 | 9.6 | 22,349 | -1.5% | |||
| Green League | 1 | 0 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 14,077 | +0.2% | |||
| Christian Democrats | 1 | 0 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 12,332 | +3.5% | |||
| style="background-color: Template:Forces for Change in Finland/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Forces for Change | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2,327 | +1.0% | ||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4,629 | n/a | |||
