Southeast Finland (parliamentary electoral district)
{{Short description|Electoral district of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name = Southeast Finland
|nativename = {{lang|fi|Kaakkois-Suomi}}
{{lang|sv|Sydöstra Finland}}
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|constituency_type = Electoral District
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|parl_name = Parliament of Finland
|map4 = 08 Southeastern Finland electoral district.svg
|map_size = 150px
|map_entity = Finland
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|district_label = Municipality
|district = {{Collapsible list | title = List | Enonkoski | Hamina | Hirvensalmi | Imatra | Juva | Kangasniemi | Kotka | Kouvola | Lappeenranta | Lemi | Luumäki | Mäntyharju | Miehikkälä | Mikkeli | Parikkala | Pertunmaa | Pieksämäki | Puumala | Pyhtää | Rantasalmi | Rautjärvi | Ruokolahti | Savitaipale | Savonlinna | Sulkava | Taipalsaari | Virolahti }}
|region_label = Region
|region = Kymenlaakso
South Karelia
South Savo
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|population = 415,417 (2022){{cite web |title=11lj -- Preliminary population structure by area, 2022M01*-2022M12* |url=https://pxweb2.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vamuu/statfin_vamuu_pxt_11lj.px/ |publisher=Statistics Finland |accessdate=14 February 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
|electorate = 353,468 (2023)
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|area = 28,919 km2 (2022){{cite web |title=Suomen pinta-ala kunnittain 1.1.2022 |url=https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/tietoa-maanmittauslaitoksesta/organisaatio/tilastot |publisher=National Land Survey of Finland |accessdate=14 February 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}
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|seats = {{Collapsible list | title = List | 15 (2023–present) | 17 (2015–2023) }}
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|members_label = Members of Parliament{{cite web |title=Current Members of Parliament |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/EN/kansanedustajat/nykyiset_kansanedustajat/Pages/default.aspx |publisher=Parliament of Finland |accessdate=10 April 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
|members = {{Collapsible list | title = List
| {{Color box|{{party color|Finns Party}}|border=darkgray}} Juho Eerola (PS)
| {{Color box|{{party color|National Coalition Party}}|border=darkgray}} Antti Häkkänen (Kok
| {{Color box|{{party color|Green League}}|border=darkgray}} Hanna Holopainen (Vihr)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}}|border=darkgray}} Vesa Kallio (Kesk)
| {{Color box|{{party color|National Coalition Party}}|border=darkgray}} Ville Kaunisto (Kok)
| {{Color box|{{party color|National Coalition Party}}|border=darkgray}} Jukka Kopra (Kok)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}}|border=darkgray}} Hanna Kosonen (Kesk)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}}|border=darkgray}} Suna Kymäläinen (SDP)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Finns Party}}|border=darkgray}} Sheikki Laakso (PS)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Finns Party}}|border=darkgray}} Jani Mäkelä (PS)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}}|border=darkgray}} Niina Malm (SDP)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}}|border=darkgray}} Anna-Kristiina Mikkonen (SDP)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Finns Party}}|border=darkgray}} Jaana Strandman (PS)
| {{Color box|{{party color|National Coalition Party}}|border=darkgray}} Oskari Valtola (Kok)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}}|border=darkgray}} Paula Werning (SDP)
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|previous = Kymi
South Savo
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Southeast Finland ({{langx|fi|Kaakkois-Suomi}}; {{langx|sv|Sydöstra Finland}}) is one of the 13 electoral districts of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. The district was established in 2013 by the merger of Kymi and South Savo districts. It is conterminous with the regions of Kymenlaakso, South Karelia and South Savo. The district currently elects 15 of the 200 members of the Parliament of Finland using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2023 parliamentary election it had 353,468 registered electors.
History
Southeast Finland was established in 2013 by the merger of Kymi and South Savo districts.{{cite web |title=Vaalipiiriä muuttaneet kunnat ja vaalipiirien nimenmuutokset eduskuntavaaleissa 1983 - 2015 |url=https://www.tilastokeskus.fi/til/evaa/evaa_2015-04-10_luo_002_fi.html |publisher=Statistics Finland |accessdate=28 March 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630005126/https://www.tilastokeskus.fi/til/evaa/evaa_2015-04-10_luo_002_fi.html |archive-date=30 June 2022}}{{cite web |title=Lainsäädäntö: Säädökset alkuperäisinä - 271/2013 Laki vaalilain 5 ja 11 §:n muuttamisesta |url=https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/2013/271 |website=Finlex |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007193607/https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/alkup/2013/20130271 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |location=Helsinki, Finland |url-status=live |language=fi}} In 2021, the municipalities of Heinävesi and Joroinen were transferred from Southeast Finland to Savo-Karelia and Iitti municipality was transferred from Southeast Finland to Häme.{{cite web |title=Vaalipiiriä muuttaneet kunnat ja vaalipiirien nimenmuutokset kuntavaaleissa 1976–2021 |url=https://www.stat.fi/til/kvaa/2021/03/kvaa_2021_03_2021-06-22_laa_001_fi.html |publisher=Statistics Finland |accessdate=28 March 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523103118/https://www.stat.fi/til/kvaa/2021/03/kvaa_2021_03_2021-06-22_laa_001_fi.html |archive-date=23 May 2022}}
Electoral system
Southeast Finland currently elects 15 of the 200 members of the Parliament of Finland using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system.{{cite web |title=Election for Finnish Parliament |url=https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/3125/ |website=Election Guide |publisher=International Foundation for Electoral Systems |access-date=14 February 2023 |location=Arlington, U.S.A. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926183124/https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/3125/ |archive-date=26 September 2022}}{{cite web |title=Electoral Assistance: ElecData, Compendium of Electoral Data - Finland |url=https://www.coe.int/en/web/electoral-assistance/elecdata-finland |publisher=Council of Europe |access-date=14 February 2023 |location=Strasbourg, France |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116194630/https://www.coe.int/en/web/electoral-assistance/elecdata-finland |archive-date=16 January 2023}} Parties may form electoral alliances with each other to pool their votes and increase their chances of winning seats.{{cite book |last1=McLaren Carstairs |first1=Andrew |title=A Short History of Electoral Systems in Western Europe |date=2010 |publisher=Routledge |location=Abingdon, U.K. |isbn=978-0-415-55562-3 |page=118 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kVjxTqGGeUgC |access-date=14 February 2023}}{{cite web |title=Finland: Eduskunta - Riksdagen (Parliament) |url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2111_B.htm |publisher=Inter-Parliamentary Union |access-date=14 February 2023 |location=Geneva, Switzerland |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117134953/http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2111_B.htm |archive-date=17 November 2022}} However, the number of candidates nominated by an electoral alliance may not exceed the maximum number of candidates that a single party may nominate.{{cite web |title=On elections: Parliamentary Elections - Eligibility and Nomination of Candidates |url=https://vaalit.fi/en/eligibility-and-nomination-of-candidates1 |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205182748/https://vaalit.fi/en/eligibility-and-nomination-of-candidates1 |archive-date=5 December 2022 |location=Helsinki, Finland}} Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method.{{cite web |title=Answer: Electoral system for national legislature - Finland |url=https://www.idea.int/answer/ans130355707738440 |publisher=International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance |access-date=14 February 2023 |location=Stockholm, Sweden}}{{cite web |title=Country: Finland - Summary - Political structure |url=https://country.eiu.com/article.aspx?articleid=232322606&Country=Finland&topic=Summary&subtopic=Political+structure |publisher=Economist Intelligence Unit |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206034557/https://country.eiu.com/article.aspx?articleid=232322606&Country=Finland&topic=Summary&subtopic=Political+structure |archive-date=6 December 2022 |location=London U.K. |date=1 August 2022}}
Election results
=Detailed=
==2023==
Results of the 2023 parliamentary election held on 2 April 2023:{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2023: Results - Electoral district of South-East Finland - Results by candidate nominator |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2023/en/vptulos_08.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=10 April 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2023: People entitled to vote - Whole country |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2023/en/aoik_kokomaa.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302211945/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2023/en/aoik_kokomaa.html |archive-date=2 March 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2023: Candidates - Electoral district of South-East Finland - In electoral alliance |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2023/en/ehd_listat_08.html#999 |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302173704/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2023/en/ehd_listat_08.html |archive-date=2 March 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;" | ||||||||
| style="text-align:left;" valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=3|Party | colspan=3|Party | colspan=3|Electoral Alliance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes | align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% | align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Seats | align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes | align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% | align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Seats | |||
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 54,115 | 23.67% | 4 | 54,115 | 23.67% | 4 |
| {{party color cell|Finns Party}} | align=left|Finns Party | align=left|PS | 52,026 | 22.76% | 4 | 52,026 | 22.76% | 4 |
| {{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 50,218 | 21.96% | 4 | rowspan=2|50,695 | rowspan=2|22.17% | rowspan=2|4 |
| {{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 477 | 0.21% | 0 | |||
| {{party color cell|Centre Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Centre Party | align=left|Kesk | 31,063 | 13.59% | 2 | 31,063 | 13.59% | 2 |
| {{party color cell|Green League}} | align=left|Green League | align=left|Vihr | 11,721 | 5.13% | 1 | 11,721 | 5.13% | 1 |
| {{party color cell|Left Alliance (Finland)}} | align=left|Left Alliance | align=left|Vas | 8,570 | 3.75% | 0 | 8,570 | 3.75% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Movement Now}} | align=left|Movement Now | align=left|Liik | 8,026 | 3.51% | 0 | 8,026 | 3.51% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Christian Democrats (Finland)}} | align=left|Christian Democrats | align=left|KD | 8,023 | 3.51% | 0 | 8,023 | 3.51% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Freedom Alliance (Finland)}} | align=left|Freedom Alliance | align=left|VL | 1,728 | 0.76% | 0 | rowspan=2|2,166 | rowspan=2|0.95% | rowspan=2|0 |
| {{party color cell|Crystal Party}} | align=left|Crystal Party | align=left|KRIP | 438 | 0.19% | 0 | |||
| {{party color cell|Power Belongs to the People}} | align=left|Power Belongs to the People | align=left|VKK | 1,193 | 0.52% | 0 | 1,193 | 0.52% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Liberal Party – Freedom to Choose}} | align=left|Liberal Party – Freedom to Choose | align=left|Lib | 517 | 0.23% | 0 | 517 | 0.23% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of Finland (1994)}} | align=left|Communist Party of Finland | align=left|SKP | 258 | 0.11% | 0 | 258 | 0.11% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Finnish Reform Movement}} | align=left|Finnish Reform Movement | align=left|KL | 255 | 0.11% | 0 | 255 | 0.11% | 0 |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| align=left colspan=3|Valid Votes | 228,628 | 100.00% | 15 | 228,628 | 100.00% | 15 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes | 998 | 0.43% | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled | 229,626 | 64.96% | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors | 353,468 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2023: Results - Electoral district of South-East Finland - Elected |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2023/en/val08.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=10 April 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
Juho Eerola (PS), 8,849 votes; Antti Häkkänen (Kok), 21,378 votes; Hanna Holopainen (Vihr), 2,762 votes; Vesa Kallio (Kesk), 5,663 votes; Ville Kaunisto (Kok), 7,224 votes; Jukka Kopra (Kok), 5,731 votes; Hanna Kosonen (Kesk), 5,147 votes; Suna Kymäläinen (SDP), 5,810 votes; Sheikki Laakso (PS), 7,635 votes; Jani Mäkelä (PS), 5,160 votes; Niina Malm (SDP), 8,180 votes; Anna-Kristiina Mikkonen (SDP), 5,483 votes; Jaana Strandman (PS), 5,179 votes; Oskari Valtola (Kok), 4,335 votes; and Paula Werning (SDP), 5,046 votes.
==2019==
Results of the 2019 parliamentary election held on 14 April 2019:{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2019: Results - Electoral district of South-East Finland - Results by party and by joint list |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2019/en/vptulos_08.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424102001/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2019/en/vptulos_08.html |archive-date=24 April 2019 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2019: People entitled to vote - Whole country |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2019/en/aoik_kokomaa.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918152849/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2019/en/aoik_kokomaa.html |archive-date=18 September 2019 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2019: Candidates - Electoral district of South-East Finland - In electoral alliance |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2019/en/ehd_listat_08.html#999 |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424102302/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2019/en/ehd_listat_08.html |archive-date=24 April 2019 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;" | ||||||||
| style="text-align:left;" valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=3|Party | colspan=3|Party | colspan=3|Electoral Alliance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes | align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% | align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Seats | align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes | align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% | align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Seats | |||
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 59,722 | 24.38% | 5 | 59,722 | 24.38% | 5 |
| {{party color cell|Finns Party}} | align=left|Finns Party | align=left|PS | 46,196 | 18.86% | 4 | 46,196 | 18.86% | 4 |
| {{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 44,224 | 18.05% | 3 | 44,224 | 18.05% | 3 |
| {{party color cell|Centre Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Centre Party | align=left|Kesk | 40,715 | 16.62% | 3 | 40,715 | 16.62% | 3 |
| {{party color cell|Green League}} | align=left|Green League | align=left|Vihr | 23,032 | 9.40% | 2 | 23,032 | 9.40% | 2 |
| {{party color cell|Christian Democrats (Finland)}} | align=left|Christian Democrats | align=left|KD | 10,875 | 4.44% | 0 | 10,875 | 4.44% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Left Alliance (Finland)}} | align=left|Left Alliance | align=left|Vas | 10,371 | 4.23% | 0 | 10,371 | 4.23% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Movement Now}} | align=left|Movement Now | align=left|Liik | 4,030 | 1.65% | 0 | 4,030 | 1.65% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Blue Reform}} | align=left|Blue Reform | align=left|SIN | 3,212 | 1.31% | 0 | 3,212 | 1.31% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Seven Star Movement}} | align=left|Seven Star Movement | align=left|TL | 829 | 0.34% | 0 | 829 | 0.34% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Pirate Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Pirate Party | align=left|Pir | 687 | 0.28% | 0 | 687 | 0.28% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Citizens' Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Citizens' Party | align=left|KP | 473 | 0.19% | 0 | rowspan=2|628 | rowspan=2|0.26% | rowspan=2|0 |
| {{party color cell|Finnish People First}} | align=left|Finnish People First | align=left|SKE | 155 | 0.06% | 0 | |||
| {{party color cell|Feminist Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Feminist Party | align=left|FP | 201 | 0.08% | 0 | 201 | 0.08% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of Finland (1994)}} | align=left|Communist Party of Finland | align=left|SKP | 121 | 0.05% | 0 | 121 | 0.05% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism}} | align=left|Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism | align=left|KTP | 83 | 0.03% | 0 | 83 | 0.03% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Independence Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Independence Party | align=left|IPU | 48 | 0.02% | 0 | 48 | 0.02% | 0 |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| align=left colspan=3|Valid Votes | 244,974 | 100.00% | 17 | 244,974 | 100.00% | 17 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes | 1,555 | 0.63% | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled | 246,529 | 65.43% | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors | 376,784 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2019: Results - Electoral district of South-East Finland - Elected |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2019/en/val08.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424102000/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2019/en/val08.html |archive-date=24 April 2019 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
Juho Eerola (PS), 10,441 votes; Antti Häkkänen (Kok), 20,234 votes; Hanna Holopainen (Vihr), 2,659 votes; Heli Järvinen (Vihr), 3,275 votes; Ville Kaunisto (Kok), 3,717 votes; Anneli Kiljunen (SDP), 6,419 votes; Jukka Kopra (Kok), 4,025 votes; Hanna Kosonen (Kesk), 5,583 votes; Suna Kymäläinen (SDP), 6,076 votes; Sheikki Laakso (PS), 5,647 votes; Jari Leppä (Kesk), 7,458 votes; Jani Mäkelä (PS), 7,147 votes; Niina Malm (SDP), 5,815 votes; Sirpa Paatero (SDP), 7,864 votes; Ari Torniainen (Kesk), 4,441 votes; Ano Turtiainen (PS), 3,264 votes; and Paula Werning (SDP), 6,074 votes.
==2015==
Results of the 2015 parliamentary election held on 19 April 2015:{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2015: Results - Electoral district of South-East Finland - Results by party and by joint list |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/en/vptulos_08.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719150421/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/en/vptulos_08.html |archive-date=19 July 2016 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2015: People entitled to vote - Whole country |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/en/aoik_kokomaa.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207210222/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/en/aoik_kokomaa.html |archive-date=7 December 2022 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2015: Candidates - Electoral district of South-East Finland |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/en/ehd_listat_08.html |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=28 March 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
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| style="text-align:left" colspan=3|Party | align=center width="50"|Votes | align=center width="50"|% | align=center width="50"|Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{party color cell|Centre Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Centre Party | align=left|Kesk | 61,794 | 25.17% | 5 |
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 54,604 | 22.24% | 4 |
| {{party color cell|True Finns}} | align=left|True Finns | align=left|PS | 51,707 | 21.06% | 4 |
| {{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 38,947 | 15.86% | 3 |
| {{party color cell|Green League}} | align=left|Green League | align=left|Vihr | 15,664 | 6.38% | 1 |
| {{party color cell|Christian Democrats (Finland)}} | align=left|Christian Democrats | align=left|KD | 11,056 | 4.50% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Left Alliance (Finland)}} | align=left|Left Alliance | align=left|Vas | 7,336 | 2.99% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Independence Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Independence Party | align=left|IPU | 1,806 | 0.74% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Pirate Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Pirate Party | align=left|Pir | 1,085 | 0.44% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 728 | 0.30% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of Finland (1994)}} | align=left|Communist Party of Finland | align=left|SKP | 286 | 0.12% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Change 2011}} | align=left|Change 2011 | |199 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| align=left|Association of Voters | align=left| | 174 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| {{party color cell|Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism}} | align=left|Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism | align=left|KTP | 106 | 0.04% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Workers' Party of Finland}} | align=left|Workers' Party of Finland | align=left|STP | 53 | 0.02% | 0 |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| align=left colspan=3|Valid Votes | 245,545 | 100.00% | 17 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes | 1,350 | 0.55% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled | 246,895 | 63.73% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors | 387,403 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2015: Results - Electoral district of South-East Finland - Elected |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/en/val08.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719145118/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/en/val08.html |archive-date=19 July 2016 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
Juho Eerola (PS), 8,320 votes; Antti Häkkänen (Kok), 6,216 votes; Heli Järvinen (Vihr), 3,580 votes; Anneli Kiljunen (SDP), 5,418 votes; Jukka Kopra (Kok), 4,677 votes; Hanna Kosonen (Kesk), 6,600 votes; Suna Kymäläinen (SDP), 7,435 votes; Jari Leppä (Kesk), 9,362 votes; Jari Lindström (PS), 9,966 votes; Jani Mäkelä (PS), 6,102 votes; Sirpa Paatero (SDP), 9,764 votes; Markku Pakkanen (Kesk), 6,265 votes; Satu Taavitsainen (SDP), 5,416 votes; Kimmo Tiilikainen (Kesk), 9,193 votes; Lenita Toivakka (Kok), 5,028 votes; Ari Torniainen (Kesk), 5,412 votes; and Kaj Turunen (PS), 6,929 votes.