In European elections

Elections in the European Union

Elections to the Parliament of the European Union take place every five years by universal adult suffrage. 736 MEPs are elected to the European Parliament which has been directly elected since 1979. No other body is directly elected although the Council of the European Union and European Council is...

, Finland is a constituency of the

European Parliament constituency

Members of the European Parliament are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union , divided into constituencies....

 European Parliament

European Parliament

The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...

, currently represented by fourteen MEPs. It covers the member state of Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

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Current MEPs

As of October 2007

Name	National Party	EP group
Satu Hassi Satu Hassi Satu Maijastiina Hassi is a Finnish politician, and Member of the European Parliament for the Green League. She served as the Minister of Environment and Development Co-Operation in Paavo Lipponen's second cabinet between 15 April 1999 and 31 May 2002; in accordance with her party's position on...	Vihreä liitto Green League The Green League is a centrist green liberal political party in Finland. It has ten seats in the Finnish Parliament and two in the European Parliament. The current chairperson is Ville Niinistö....	G–EFA European Greens–European Free Alliance The Greens European Free Alliance is one of the parliamentary groups in the European Parliament....
Ville Itälä Ville Itälä Ville Heimo Antero Itälä is a Finnish politician. He was elected member of the Finnish Parliament from the district of Finland Proper in 1995. Itälä served as the Minister of Interior under Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen in 2000–2003. He was elected chairman of the National Coalition Party ...	Kansallinen Kokoomus, Kok National Coalition Party (Finland) The National Coalition Party is a liberal conservative political party in Finland founded in 1918.The National Coalition Party is one of the four largest parties in Finland, along with the Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the True Finns...	EPP–ED European People's Party–European Democrats The Group of the European People's Party , abbreviated to EPP Group, is a centre-right political group of the European Parliament...
Anneli Jäätteenmäki Anneli Jäätteenmäki Anneli Tuulikki Jäätteenmäki, Master of Laws was the first female Prime Minister of Finland, in office from 17 April 2003 to 24 June 2003....	Suomen Keskusta, Kesk Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament...	ALDE Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is a transnational alliance between two European political parties: the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and the European Democratic Party. It has political groups in the European Parliament, the EU Committee of the Regions, the...
Piia-Noora Kauppi Piia-Noora Kauppi Piia-Noora Kauppi is a Finnish politician representing the National Coalition Party and the managing director of the Federation of Finnish Financial Services. She was a Member of the European Parliament for the term from 2004 to 2009, her second time at that office. She was first elected as MEP in...	Kansallinen Kokoomus, Kok	EPP–ED
Eija-Riitta Korhola Eija-Riitta Korhola Eija-Riitta Korhola is a Finnish politician andMember of the European Parliamentwith the National Coalition Party,part of the European People's Party and sits on...	Kansallinen Kokoomus, Kok	EPP–ED
Henrik Lax Henrik Lax Henrik Lax is a Finnish politician and formerMember of the European Parliament with the Swedish People's Party, Member of the Bureau of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.Lax was a substitute...	Svenska folkpartiet	ALDE
Lasse Lehtinen Lasse Lehtinen Lasse Lehtinen is a Finnish politician, former Member of the Finnish Parliament and former Member of the European Parliament...	Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...	PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...
Riitta Myller Riitta Myller Riitta Myller is a Finnish politician and former Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.She was...	Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue	PES
Reino Paasilinna Reino Paasilinna Reino Paasilinna is a Finnish politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, which is part of the Party of European Socialdemocrats, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.Reino Paasilinna was...	Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue	PES
Samuli Pohjamo Samuli Pohjamo Samuli Pohjamo is a Finnish Centre Party politician and journalist. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004, and again from 19 April 2007....	Suomen Keskusta, Kesk	ALDE
Esko Seppänen Esko Seppänen Esko Olavi Seppänen is a Finnish politician representing Left Alliance. He is a former Member of the European Parliament and Finnish parliament ....	Vasemmistoliitto Left Alliance (Finland) The Left Alliance is a left-wing political party in Finland. It was founded on the basis of the Finnish People's Democratic League and the Communist Party of Finland in 1990....	GUE–NGL European United Left–Nordic Green Left European United Left/Nordic Green Left is a left-wing political group with seats in the European Parliament since 1995.-Position:According to its 1994 constituent declaration, the group is opposed to the present European political structure, but committed to integration...
Alexander Stubb Alexander Stubb Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb is a Finnish politician and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 4 April 2008 to 22 June 2011...	Kansallinen Kokoomus, Kok	EPP–ED
Hannu Takkula Hannu Takkula Hannu Takkula is a Finnish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Centre Party of Finland....	Suomen Keskusta, Kesk	ALDE
Kyösti Virrankoski Kyösti Virrankoski Kyösti Tapio Virrankoski is a Finnish politician and formerMember of the European Parliament with the Centre Party of Finland,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on...	Suomen Keskusta, Kesk	ALDE

1996

This was the first European election in Finland.

1999

The 1999 European election

European Parliament election, 1999

The European Parliament Election, 1999 was a European election for all 626 members of the European Parliament held across the 15 European Union member states on 10, 11 and 13 June 1999. The voter turn-out was generally low, except in Belgium and Luxembourg, where voting is compulsory and where...

 was the fifth election to the European Parliament.

2004

The 2004 European election

European Parliament election, 2004

Elections to the European Parliament were held from 10 June 2004 to 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom...

 was the sixth election to the European Parliament.

Both the Finnish Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party of Finland

The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

 and the Finnish Centre Party improved their vote at the expense of the conservative National Coalition Party

National Coalition Party (Finland)

The National Coalition Party is a liberal conservative political party in Finland founded in 1918.The National Coalition Party is one of the four largest parties in Finland, along with the Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the True Finns...

 and the Greens

Green League

The Green League is a centrist green liberal political party in Finland. It has ten seats in the Finnish Parliament and two in the European Parliament. The current chairperson is Ville Niinistö....

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2009

The next election will be in 2009

European Parliament election, 2009

Elections to the European Parliament were held in the 27 member states of the European Union between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament were elected to represent some 500 million Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national elections in history...

 and the number of seats

Apportionment in the European Parliament

Apportionment in the European Parliament relates to the distribution of legislative seats in the European Parliament among the states of the European Union...

will be decreased to thirteen.

External links

• European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
• List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu
• European Parliament elections Statistics Finland