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2022 Finnish county elections

{{Short description|2022 Finish county election}}

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| election_name = 2022 Finnish county elections

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| next_election =2025

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| election_date = {{Start date|2022|01|23}}

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| party1 = National Coalition Party

| leader1 = Petteri Orpo

| percentage1 = 21.51

| seats1 = 289

| party2 = Social Democratic Party of Finland

| leader2 = Sanna Marin

| percentage2 = 19.24

| seats2 = 275

| party3 = Centre Party (Finland)

| leader3 = Annika Saarikko

| percentage3 = 19.10

| seats3 = 297

| party4 = Finns Party

| leader4 = Riikka Purra

| percentage4 = 11.07

| seats4 = 156

| party5 = Left Alliance (Finland)

| leader5 = Li Andersson

| percentage5 = 7.96

| seats5 = 100

| party6 = Green League

| leader6 = Iiris Suomela

| percentage6 = 7.34

| seats6 = 90

| party7 = Swedish People's Party of Finland

| leader7 = Anna-Maja Henriksson

| percentage7 = 4.90

| seats7 = 77

| party8 = Christian Democrats (Finland)

| leader8 = Sari Essayah

| percentage8 = 4.22

| seats8 = 57

| party9 = Movement Now

| leader9 = Harry Harkimo

| percentage9 = 1.81

| seats9 = 20

| party10 = Power Belongs to the People

| leader10 = Ano Turtiainen

| percentage10 = 1.29

| seats10 = 10

| party11 = Independent politician

| leader11 = N/A

| percentage11 = 0.68

| seats11 = 8

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The first county elections were held in Finland on 23 January 2022. Voters elected the council members of the 21 new wellbeing services counties.{{Cite web|title=County Elections - Elections|url=https://vaalit.fi/en/county-elections|access-date=2021-12-14|website=Vaalit|language=en-US}} Residents of Helsinki were excluded from voting, as the city continues to be responsible for organizing health, social and rescue services in Helsinki. Åland was also excluded, as it is not affected by the health and social services reform.{{Cite web|title=Frequently asked questions about the 2022 county elections - Elections|url=https://vaalit.fi/en/frequently-asked-questions-about-the-2022-county-elections|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Vaalit|language=en-US}}

Electoral system

A total of 1379 members of the 21 councils (each council consisting of 59 to 79 members) were elected using proportional representation, with seats allocated according to the d'Hondt method.{{Cite web|title=How county elections are conducted - Elections|url=https://vaalit.fi/en/how-county-elections-are-conducted|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Vaalit|language=en-US}}

Opinion polls

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The table uses the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if that date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead. List includes only polls that were made for the municipal election.

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! style="width:190px;" rowspan="2"| Date

! style="width:165px;" rowspan="2"| Polling Firm

! KOK

! SDP

! PS

! KESK

! VIHR

! VAS

! SFP

! KD

! style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| Others

! style="width:20px;" rowspan="2"| Lead

style="background:{{party color|National Coalition Party}}; width:40px;"|

! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}}; width:40px;"|

! style="background:{{party color|Finns Party}}; width:40px;"|

! style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}}; width:40px;"|

! style="background:{{party color|Green League}}; width:40px;" |

! style="background:{{party color|Left Alliance (Finland)}}; width:40px;"|

! style="background:{{party color|Swedish People's Party of Finland}}; width:40px;"|

! style="background:{{party color|Christian Democrats (Finland)}}; width:40px;"|

27 December 2021 - 16 January 2022

|[https://yle.fi/news/3-12278709 Taloustutkimus]

| style="background:#D9E9F4"| 22.4

|18.0

|14.3

|17.7

|7.4

|8.1

|5.0

|3.4

|3.7

| style="background:{{party color|National Coalition Party}};color:#000000;" data-sort-value"-1.0"| 4.4

November 15 - 22 December 2021

|[https://yle.fi/news/3-12248978 Taloustutkimus]

| style="background:#D9E9F4"| 21.8

|18.9

|17.6

|15.3

|7.6

|8.1

|3.9

|3.0

|3.8

| style="background:{{party color|National Coalition Party}};color:#000000;" data-sort-value="-1.0"| 3.0

Results

File:Suomen aluevaalit 2022 tulokset.svg

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!colspan=2|Party

!Seats

!Votes

!%

style="background-color:{{party color|National Coalition Party}}"|align=left| National Coalition Partyalign=left| 289401,32021,6
style="background-color:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}}"|align=left| Social Democratic Partyalign=left| 275359,01419,3
style="background-color:{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}}"|align=left| Centre Partyalign=left| 297356,46219,2
style="background-color:{{party color|Finns Party}}"|align=left| Finns Partyalign=left| 156206,47711,1
style="background-color:{{party color|Left Alliance (Finland)}}"|align=left| Left Alliancealign=left| 100148,5948.0
style="background-color:{{party color|Green League}}"|align=left| Green Leaguealign=left| 90136,9617,4
style="background-color:{{party color|Swedish People's Party of Finland}}"|align=left| Swedish People's Partyalign=left| 7791,4044,9
style="background-color:{{party color|Christian Democrats (Finland)}}"|align=left| Christian Democratsalign=left| 5778,8254,2
style="background-color:{{party color|Movement Now}}"|align=left|Movement Nowalign=left|2033,7331,8
style="background-color:{{party color|Power Belongs to the People}}"|align=left|Power Belongs to the Peoplealign=left|1024,1381,3
style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|align=left|Independentalign=left|812,6610,7
style="background-color:{{party color|Crystal Party}}"|align=left|Crystal Partyalign=left|02,4580,1
style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Finland}}"|align=left|Communist Partyalign=left|01,8420,1
style="background-color:{{party color|Pirate Party (Finland)}}"|align=left|Pirate Partyalign=left|01,6510,1
style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Party – Freedom to Choose}}"|align=left|Liberal Party – Freedom to Choosealign=left|09300,1
style="background-color:{{party color|Animal Justice Party of Finland}}"|align=left|Animal Justice Partyalign=left|04920,0
style="background-color:{{party color|The Open Party (Finland)}}"|align=left|Open Partyalign=left|01840,0
style="background-color:{{party color|Blue Reform}}"|align=left|Blue Reformalign=left|01420,0
style="background-color:{{party color|Finnish People First}}"|align=left|Finnish People Firstalign=left|0800,0
style="background-color:{{party color|Citizens' Party (Finland)}}"|align=left|Citizens' Partyalign=left|0230,0
colspan=3 align=left|Invalid/blank votes7,879–
colspan=2 align=left|Total1,3791,865,854100
colspan=3 align=left|Registered voters/turnout3,927,72847,5
colspan=5 align=left| Source: [https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/AV-2022/ Ministry of Justice]

References

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Category:January 2022 in Finland

Category:Municipal elections in Finland

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