Vaasa (constituency)
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Vaasa is a Finnish constituency represented in eduskunta. It covers the administrative regions of Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia and Southern Ostrobothnia. Vaasa currently elects 17 members to eduskunta.
The constituency is largely rural, and particularly the coastal areas around the city of Vaasa are largely Swedish-speaking. The largest party in the 2007 election was the Centre Party.
Members of Parliament 2019–2023[]
- Anna-Maja Henriksson
- Joakim Strand
- Mikko Ollikainen
- Anders Norrback
- Pasi Kivisaari
- Mika Lintilä
- Mikko Savola
- Antti Kurvinen
- Mauri Peltokangas
- Juha Mäenpää
- Jukka Mäkynen
Current members of parliament 2007–[]
- Esko Ahonen (Kesk.)
- Anna-Maja Henriksson (SFP)
- Bjarne Kallis (KD)
- Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (SDP)
- Mika Lintilä (Kesk.)
- Juha Mieto (Kesk.)
- (SFP)
- Mats Nylund (SFP)
- (Kok.)
- Tuomo Puumala (Kesk.)
- Paula Risikko (Kok.)
- Petri Salo (Kok.)
- (Kesk.)
- Jutta Urpilainen (SDP)
- Raimo Vistbacka (PS)
- Ulla-Maj Wideroos (SFP)
- KD = Christian Democrats
- Kesk. = Centre
- Kok. = National Coalition
- PS = True Finns
- SFP = Swedish People's Party
- SDP = Social Democrats
Election results[]
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| Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
| Centre | 7 | +1 | 41.2 | 33.9 | 83,586 | +2.2% | |||
| Swedish People's | 3 | -1 | 17.6 | 18.6 | 45,930 | -2.1% | |||
| Social Democratic | 3 | 0 | 17.6 | 15.8 | 39,039 | +1.1% | |||
| National Coalition | 2 | 0 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 28,483 | -2.3% | |||
| Christian Democrat | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 19,331 | +2.3% | |||
| Finns | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 11,239 | -0.1% | |||
| Left Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 10,816 | -0.4% | |||
| Green League | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 5,949 | +0.3% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2,266 | n/a | |||
See also[]
Categories:
- Vaasa (constituency)
- Constituencies of Finland