Finnish parliamentary election 2011 - Page 3

On April 18 2011 03:00 Jh wrote:
swedish is like the easiest language to learn (i speak 6). whats with the hate?

On April 18 2011 03:45 Hirmu wrote:

that is true but i hope you realise that i was exaggerating %

On April 18 2011 03:56 Too_MuchZerg wrote:
Seems like Finland gets first black member to parliament. Another record is that we might get first immigrant member too.

On April 18 2011 04:18 Rflcrx wrote:
What exactly is a "real politician" and where does one learn how to become one?

On April 18 2011 04:01 Shagg wrote:

Who is known from tv shows *sigh* not a real politician /facepalm

The populist True Finns saw their vote rise by 15 percentage points compared with the last election in 2007 to become the biggest party with 75 percent of the vote counted in Finland's parliamentary election. Turnout was high as Finns delivered what will be seen as a large protest vote against the established parties and the bailout of eurozone economies.

Results

Results with 95% of vote counted:

National Coalition Party: 19.8%

Social Democratic Party: 19.2%

True Finns: 19.1%

Centre Party: 16.2%

Left Alliance: 8.1%

Green League: 7.0%

Swedish People’s Party: 4.3%

Christian Democrats: 4.1%

Pirate Party: 0.4%

Others: 1.6%

The country basked in warm weather, further lifting participation in what has been a keenly-contested election campaign. Many Finns had cast their ballots before Sunday at 901 advance polling stations across the country, and 241 out-of-country polling stations at consulates and embassies.

The number of advance votes hit one and a quarter million, 31.2% of the electorate.

In the last parliamentary election in 2007, the Centre party won the most votes followed by the National Coalition Party and the Social Democrats. Recent polling has shown a surge in support for the True Finns, a populist Eurosceptic party that was the eighth largest in 2007. Total voter turnout in 2007 was 67.9%.

Most observers believe that indications are that there will be a higher voter turnout recorded in these elections.

YLE Pundit: Biggest Post-War Defeat for Centre

YLE election pundit Sami Borg said that based on early election returns, the loss suffered by the Centre Party may be the biggest post-war election slide. Votes in favour of the Centre have traditionally slumped by 2 -3 percentage points after the advance voting count.

Early returns of advance voting results showed that the Centre trailed the National Coalition, Social Democrat and True Finns with just 17.3 percent of the vote.

Borg estimated that the final results of the new “big three” would be difficult to predict. The National Coalition Party has generally improved on its vote count after the advance vote results, while the Social Democrats and Centre parties have traditionally lost ground.

On April 18 2011 09:31 Mangemongen wrote:
The number of votes the "True Finns" got is just saddening. I fucking love finnish people, and to all of you finns with half a brain: stand tall and get those ignorant fuckers out of your parliament asap.