Satakunta (constituency)
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Satakunta (formerly Turku Province North) is a constituency represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative region of Satakunta, with a population of 235,416 (as of 2002). Satakunta currently elects nine members of the Eduskunta.
The constituency is largely rural, and the largest cities are Pori and Rauma. The largest party in the 2003 election was the Social Democratic Party of Finland.
[edit] Current members of parliament
- Mikko Elo (Social Democrats)
- Anne Holmlund (National Coalition)
- Kauko Juhantalo (Centre)
- Timo Kalli (Centre)
- Reijo Kallio (Social Democrats)
- Juha Korkeaoja (Centre)
- Kalevi Lamminen (National Coalition)
- Pirkko Peltomo (Social Democrats)
- Veijo Puhjo (Left Alliance)
[edit] Election results
| Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |||
| Social Democrats | 3 | 0 | 33.3 | 29.7 | 38,369 | +1.8% | |||
| Centre Party | 3 | +1 | 33.3 | 28.1 | 36,238 | +4.4% | |||
| National Coalition Party | 2 | 0 | 22.2 | 28.1 | 21,662 | -5.3% | |||
| Left Alliance | 1 | -1 | 11.1 | 15.0 | 19,330 | -0.4% | |||
| Christian Democrats | 0 | -1 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 5,908 | -0.2% | |||
| Green League | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 4,492 | +0.2% | |||
| True Finns | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1,926 | +0.8% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1,162 | n/a | |||
