Tavastia (constituency)
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Tavastia (formerly Tavastia South) is a constituency represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative regions of Tavastia Proper and Päijänne Tavastia, with a combined population of about 364,000 (as of 2002). Tavastia currently elects 14 members of the Eduskunta.
The constituency is largely urban, centred around the cities of Hämeenlinna and Lahti. The largest party in the 2003 election was the Social Democratic Party of Finland.
[edit] Current members of parliament
- Sirkka-Liisa Anttila (Centre)
- Tarja Filatov (Social Democrats)
- Matti Kauppila (Left Alliance)
- Jari Koskinen (National Coalition)
- Johannes Koskinen (Social Democrats)
- Maija-Liisa Lindqvist (Centre)
- Minna Lintonen (Social Democrats)
- Tuija Nurmi (National Coalition)
- Juha Rehula (Centre)
- Timo Seppälä (National Coalition)
- Jouko Skinnari (Social Democrats)
- Satu Taiveaho (Social Democrats)
[edit] Election results
| Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |||
| Social Democrats | 5 | +1 | 35.7 | 31.9 | 60,289 | +3.6% | |||
| National Coalition Party | 3 | -1 | 21.4 | 21.8 | 41,137 | -4.5% | |||
| Centre Party | 3 | +1 | 21.4 | 18.4 | 34,759 | +1.6% | |||
| Christian Democrats | 1 | 0 | 7.1 | 9.8 | 18,425 | +1.0% | |||
| Left Alliance | 1 | 0 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 16,760 | +0.0% | |||
| Green League | 1 | 0 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 11,416 | -0.3% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 6,068 | n/a | |||
