Vaasa (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 = Vaasa
|nativename = {{lang|sv|Vasa}}
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|constituency_type = Electoral District
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|parl_name = Parliament of Finland
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|district_label = Municipality
|district = {{Collapsible list | title = List | Akaa | Hämeenkyrö | Ikaalinen | Juupajoki | Kangasala | Kihniö | Kuhmoinen | Lempäälä | Mänttä-Vilppula | Nokia | Orivesi | Pälkäne | Parkano | Pirkkala | Punkalaidun | Ruovesi | Sastamala | Tampere | Urjala | Valkeakoski | Vesilahti | Virrat | Ylöjärvi }}
|region_label = Region
|region = Central Ostrobothnia
Ostrobothnia
South Ostrobothnia
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|population = 434,989 (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 = 365,027 (2023)
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|area = 27,160 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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|year = 1962
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|seats = {{Collapsible list | title = List | 16 (2015–present) | 17 (1999–2015) | 18 (1972–1999) | 19 (1970–1972) | 20 (1962–1970) }}
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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|Social Democratic Party of Finland}}|border=darkgray}} Kim Berg (SDP)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Swedish People's Party of Finland}}|border=darkgray}} Anna-Maja Henriksson (SFP)
| {{Color box|{{party color|National Coalition Party}}|border=darkgray}} Janne Jukkola (Kok
| {{Color box|{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}}|border=darkgray}} Antti Kurvinen (Kesk)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}}|border=darkgray}} Mika Lintilä (Kesk)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Finns Party}}|border=darkgray}} Juha Mäenpää (PS)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}}|border=darkgray}} Matias Mäkynen (SDP)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Swedish People's Party of Finland}}|border=darkgray}} Anders Norrback (SFP)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Swedish People's Party of Finland}}|border=darkgray}} Mikko Ollikainen (SFP)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Christian Democrats (Finland)}}|border=darkgray}} Peter Östman (KD)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Finns Party}}|border=darkgray}} Mauri Peltokangas (PS)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Finns Party}}|border=darkgray}} Anne Rintamäki (PS)
| {{Color box|{{party color|National Coalition Party}}|border=darkgray}} Paula Risikko (Kok
| {{Color box|{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}}|border=darkgray}} Mikko Savola (Kesk)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Finns Party}}|border=darkgray}} Pia Sillanpää (PS)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Swedish People's Party of Finland}}|border=darkgray}} Joakim Strand (SFP)
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|previous = Vaasa Province North
Vaasa Province South
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Vaasa ({{langx|sv|Vasa}}) is one of the 13 electoral districts of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. The district was established in 1960 by the merger of Vaasa Province North and Vaasa Province South districts. It is conterminous with the regions of Central Ostrobothnia, Ostrobothnia and South Ostrobothnia. The district currently elects 16 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 365,027 registered electors.
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History
Vaasa Province was established in 1960 by the merger of Vaasa Province North and Vaasa Province South districts.{{cite book |last1=Alaterä |first1=Tuomas J. |last2=Paalanen |first2=Katja |title=FSD2316 Electoral Alliances in Parliamentary Elections 1945-2007 |date=2017 |publisher=Finnish Social Science Data Archive, Tampere University |location=Tampere, Finland |edition=1.2 |url=https://services.fsd.tuni.fi/catalogue/FSD2316?study_language=en |access-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512102247/https://services.fsd.tuni.fi/catalogue/FSD2316?study_language=en |archive-date=12 May 2021 |chapter=Appendix A: Term definitions and party and electoral district codes}} Virrat municipality was transferred from Vaasa Province to Häme Province North in 1969.{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:31: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1970 |date=1970 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |page=7 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104346 |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127033608/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104346 |archive-date=27 January 2023 |language=fi}} The district was renamed Vaasa in 1997.{{cite web |title=Vaalipiirien nimen ja/tai numeron muutokset eduskuntavaaleissa 1983 - 2015 |url=https://www.tilastokeskus.fi/til/evaa/evaa_2015-04-10_luo_002_fi.html |publisher=Statistics Finland |accessdate=30 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 - 24/1997 Laki kansanedustajain vaaleista annetun lain 1 ja 4 §:n muuttamisesta |url=https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/1997/24 |website=Finlex |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202033411/https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/alkup/1997/19970024 |archive-date=2 December 2022 |location=Helsinki, Finland |url-status=live |language=fi}}
Electoral system
Vaasa currently elects 16 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
=Summary=
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style="text-align:left;" valign=bottom rowspan=3|Election | valign=bottom colspan=3|Left Alliance Vas / SKDL | valign=bottom colspan=3|Green League Vihr | valign=bottom colspan=3|Social Democrats SDP | valign=bottom colspan=3|Swedish People's SFP | valign=bottom colspan=3|Centre Kesk / ML | valign=bottom colspan=3|Liberals Lib / LKP / SK | valign=bottom colspan=3|National Coalition Kok | valign=bottom colspan=3|Christian Democrats KD / SKL | valign=bottom colspan=3|Finns PS / SMP / SPP | ||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
colspan=3 {{party color cell|Left Alliance (Finland)}} | colspan=3 {{party color cell|Green League}} | colspan=3 {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | colspan=3 {{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | colspan=3 {{party color cell|Centre Party (Finland)}} | colspan=3 {{party color cell|Liberals (Finland)}} | colspan=3 {{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | colspan=3 {{party color cell|Christian Democrats (Finland)}} | colspan=3 {{party color cell|Finns Party}} | |||||||||||||||||||
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
{{Party shading/Finns Party}}
| align=left|2023 | 5,965 | 2.42% | 0 | 6,752 | 2.73% | 0 | 28,983 | 11.74% | 2 | 47,596 | 19.27% | 4 | 44,270 | 17.93% | 3 | 35,116 | 14.22% | 2 | 17,120 | 6.93% | 1 | 52,532 | 21.27% | 4 | |||
{{Party shading/Swedish People's Party of Finland}}
| align=left|2019 | 8,315 | 3.31% | 0 | 10,515 | 4.19% | 0 | 33,608 | 13.39% | 2 | 52,880 | 21.08% | 4 | 50,053 | 19.95% | 4 | 29,530 | 11.77% | 2 | 16,741 | 6.67% | 1 | 42,843 | 17.08% | 3 | |||
{{Party shading/Centre Party (Finland)}}
| align=left|2015 | 7,238 | 2.94% | 0 | 6,136 | 2.50% | 0 | 29,024 | 11.81% | 2 | 50,777 | 20.66% | 3 | 67,333 | 27.39% | 5 | 29,195 | 11.88% | 2 | 14,076 | 5.73% | 1 | 38,964 | 15.85% | 3 | |||
{{Party shading/Centre Party (Finland)}}
| align=left|2011 | 9,320 | 3.74% | 0 | 3,546 | 1.42% | 0 | 34,757 | 13.97% | 2 | 48,321 | 19.42% | 4 | 56,368 | 22.65% | 4 | 35,107 | 14.11% | 3 | 16,345 | 6.57% | 1 | 42,753 | 17.18% | 3 | |||
{{Party shading/Centre Party (Finland)}}
| align=left|2007 | 11,342 | 4.69% | 0 | 3,543 | 1.46% | 0 | 30,720 | 12.70% | 2 | 49,839 | 20.60% | 4 | 78,523 | 32.45% | 6 | 34,101 | 14.09% | 3 | 16,919 | 6.99% | 1 | 14,454 | 5.97% | 1 | |||
{{Party shading/Centre Party (Finland)}}
| align=left|2003 | 10,816 | 4.39% | 0 | 5,949 | 2.41% | 0 | 39,039 | 15.83% | 3 | 45,930 | 18.62% | 3 | 83,586 | 33.89% | 7 | 73 | 0.03% | 0 | 28,483 | 11.55% | 2 | 19,331 | 7.84% | 1 | 11,239 | 4.56% | 1 |
{{Party shading/Centre Party (Finland)}}
| align=left|1999 | 11,873 | 4.84% | 0 | 5,057 | 2.06% | 0 | 36,182 | 14.74% | 3 | 50,734 | 20.66% | 4 | 77,901 | 31.73% | 6 | 196 | 0.08% | 0 | 33,808 | 13.77% | 2 | 13,385 | 5.45% | 1 | 11,474 | 4.67% | 1 |
{{Party shading/Centre Party (Finland)}}
| align=left|1995 | 15,004 | 5.87% | 1 | 6,606 | 2.58% | 0 | 45,793 | 17.91% | 3 | 50,827 | 19.88% | 4 | 84,338 | 32.99% | 6 | 749 | 0.29% | 0 | 29,068 | 11.37% | 2 | 9,832 | 3.85% | 1 | 7,750 | 3.03% | 1 |
{{Party shading/Centre Party (Finland)}}
| align=left|1991 | 14,982 | 5.72% | 1 | 6,745 | 2.57% | 0 | 37,623 | 14.36% | 3 | 52,573 | 20.07% | 4 | 88,868 | 33.92% | 6 | 1,194 | 0.46% | 0 | 33,411 | 12.75% | 2 | 9,209 | 3.52% | 1 | 14,937 | 5.70% | 1 |
{{Party shading/Centre Party (Finland)}}
| align=left|1987 | 15,957 | 5.87% | 1 | 3,444 | 1.27% | 0 | 41,590 | 15.30% | 3 | 56,472 | 20.77% | 4 | 73,935 | 27.19% | 5 | 920 | 0.34% | 0 | 46,577 | 17.13% | 3 | 7,046 | 2.59% | 1 | 15,273 | 5.62% | 1 |
{{Party shading/Centre Party (Finland)}}
| align=left|1983 | 24,850 | 9.07% | 1 | 47,650 | 17.39% | 3 | 50,738 | 18.52% | 4 | 72,419 | 26.43% | 6 | 47,274 | 17.25% | 3 | 9,530 | 3.48% | 0 | 20,495 | 7.48% | 1 | ||||||
{{Party shading/Centre Party (Finland)}}
| align=left|1979 | 29,980 | 11.38% | 2 | 37,408 | 14.20% | 3 | 46,653 | 17.71% | 3 | 67,472 | 25.61% | 5 | 6,781 | 2.57% | 0 | 46,190 | 17.53% | 3 | 11,496 | 4.36% | 1 | 10,363 | 3.93% | 1 | |||
{{Party shading/Centre Party (Finland)}}
| align=left|1975 | 32,181 | 12.54% | 2 | 37,620 | 14.66% | 3 | 48,778 | 19.01% | 3 | 64,740 | 25.23% | 5 | 7,151 | 2.79% | 1 | 37,869 | 14.76% | 2 | 6,166 | 2.40% | 1 | 9,335 | 3.64% | 0 | |||
{{Party shading/Centre Party (Finland)}}
| align=left|1972 | 28,355 | 11.83% | 2 | 35,106 | 14.65% | 3 | 45,119 | 18.83% | 3 | 58,772 | 24.52% | 5 | 7,988 | 3.33% | 0 | 34,653 | 14.46% | 3 | 3,644 | 1.52% | 0 | 25,040 | 10.45% | 2 | |||
{{Party shading/Centre Party (Finland)}}
| align=left|1970 | 28,208 | 11.81% | 2 | 31,949 | 13.38% | 3 | 49,133 | 20.57% | 4 | 56,734 | 23.76% | 4 | 5,028 | 2.11% | 1 | 36,646 | 15.34% | 3 | 1,611 | 0.67% | 0 | 28,446 | 11.91% | 2 | |||
{{Party shading/Centre Party (Finland)}}
| align=left|1966 | 35,149 | 15.27% | 3 | 38,604 | 16.77% | 3 | 48,105 | 20.89% | 4 | 67,787 | 29.44% | 7 | 2,362 | 1.03% | 0 | 32,420 | 14.08% | 3 | 1,289 | 0.56% | 0 | 3,220 | 1.40% | 0 | |||
{{Party shading/Agrarian Party (Finland)}}
| align=left|1962 | 35,251 | 15.46% | 3 | 23,914 | 10.49% | 2 | 49,775 | 21.83% | 5 | 70,990 | 31.14% | 7 | 2,517 | 1.10% | 0 | 32,196 | 14.12% | 3 | 7,821 | 3.43% | 0 |
(Figures in italics represent joint lists.)
=Detailed=
==2020s==
===2023===
Results of the 2023 parliamentary election held on 2 April 2023:{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2023: Results - Electoral district of Vaasa - Results by candidate nominator |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2023/en/vptulos_10.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 Vaasa - In electoral alliance |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2023/en/ehd_listat_10.html#999 |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302173732/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2023/en/ehd_listat_10.html |archive-date=2 March 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
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style="text-align:left;" valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=3|Party | colspan=3|Party | colspan=3|Electoral Alliance | ||||||
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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|Finns Party}} | align=left|Finns Party | align=left|PS | 52,532 | 21.27% | 4 | 52,532 | 21.27% | 4 |
{{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 47,596 | 19.27% | 4 | 47,596 | 19.27% | 4 |
{{party color cell|Centre Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Centre Party | align=left|Kesk | 44,270 | 17.93% | 3 | 44,270 | 17.93% | 3 |
{{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 35,116 | 14.22% | 2 | 35,116 | 14.22% | 2 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 28,983 | 11.74% | 2 | 28,983 | 11.74% | 2 |
{{party color cell|Christian Democrats (Finland)}} | align=left|Christian Democrats | align=left|KD | 17,120 | 6.93% | 1 | 17,120 | 6.93% | 1 |
{{party color cell|Green League}} | align=left|Green League | align=left|Vihr | 6,752 | 2.73% | 0 | 6,752 | 2.73% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Left Alliance (Finland)}} | align=left|Left Alliance | align=left|Vas | 5,965 | 2.42% | 0 | 5,965 | 2.42% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Freedom Alliance (Finland)}} | align=left|Freedom Alliance | align=left|VL | 3,552 | 1.44% | 0 | rowspan=2|3,766 | rowspan=2|1.52% | rowspan=2|0 |
{{party color cell|Crystal Party}} | align=left|Crystal Party | align=left|KRIP | 214 | 0.09% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Movement Now}} | align=left|Movement Now | align=left|Liik | 3,715 | 1.50% | 0 | 3,715 | 1.50% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Power Belongs to the People}} | align=left|Power Belongs to the People | align=left|VKK | 527 | 0.21% | 0 | 527 | 0.21% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Liberal Party – Freedom to Choose}} | align=left|Liberal Party – Freedom to Choose | align=left|Lib | 471 | 0.19% | 0 | 471 | 0.19% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Communist Party of Finland (1994)}} | align=left|Communist Party of Finland | align=left|SKP | 117 | 0.05% | 0 | 117 | 0.05% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Kansalaisliitto}} | align=left|Kansalaisliitto | align=left|KAL | 36 | 0.01% | 0 | 36 | 0.01% | 0 |
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| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 246,966 | 100.00% | 16 | 246,966 | 100.00% | 16 | ||
align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes | 1,148 | 0.46% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 248,114 | 67.97% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 365,027 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2023: Results - Electoral district of Vaasa - Elected |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2023/en/val10.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=10 April 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
Kim Berg (SDP), 3,631 votes; Anna-Maja Henriksson (SFP), 12,657 votes; Janne Jukkola (Kok), 3,480 votes; Antti Kurvinen (Kesk), 6,821 votes; Mika Lintilä (Kesk), 6,116 votes; Juha Mäenpää (PS), 8,045 votes; Matias Mäkynen (SDP), 6,628 votes; Anders Norrback (SFP), 5,927 votes; Mikko Ollikainen (SFP), 5,397 votes; Peter Östman (KD), 6,444 votes; Mauri Peltokangas (PS), 14,548 votes; Anne Rintamäki (PS), 5,502 votes; Paula Risikko (Kok), 8,350 votes; Mikko Savola (Kesk), 6,770 votes; Pia Sillanpää (PS), 3,781 votes; and Joakim Strand (SFP), 7,079 votes.
==2010s==
===2019===
Results of the 2019 parliamentary election held on 14 April 2019:{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2019: Results - Electoral district of Vaasa - Results by party and by joint list |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2019/en/vptulos_10.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424102020/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2019/en/vptulos_10.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=30 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 Vaasa - In electoral alliance |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2019/en/ehd_listat_10.html#999 |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
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style="text-align:left;" valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=3|Party | colspan=3|Party | colspan=3|Electoral Alliance | ||||||
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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|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 52,880 | 21.08% | 4 | 52,880 | 21.08% | 4 |
{{party color cell|Centre Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Centre Party | align=left|Kesk | 50,053 | 19.95% | 4 | 50,053 | 19.95% | 4 |
{{party color cell|Finns Party}} | align=left|Finns Party | align=left|PS | 42,843 | 17.08% | 3 | 42,843 | 17.08% | 3 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 33,608 | 13.39% | 2 | 33,608 | 13.39% | 2 |
{{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 29,530 | 11.77% | 2 | 29,530 | 11.77% | 2 |
{{party color cell|Christian Democrats (Finland)}} | align=left|Christian Democrats | align=left|KD | 16,741 | 6.67% | 1 | 16,741 | 6.67% | 1 |
{{party color cell|Green League}} | align=left|Green League | align=left|Vihr | 10,515 | 4.19% | 0 | 10,515 | 4.19% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Left Alliance (Finland)}} | align=left|Left Alliance | align=left|Vas | 8,315 | 3.31% | 0 | 8,315 | 3.31% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Blue Reform}} | align=left|Blue Reform | align=left|SIN | 2,470 | 0.98% | 0 | rowspan=2|4,313 | rowspan=2|1.72% | rowspan=2|0 |
{{party color cell|Citizens' Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Citizens' Party | align=left|KP | 1,843 | 0.73% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Seven Star Movement}} | align=left|Seven Star Movement | align=left|TL | 777 | 0.31% | 0 | 777 | 0.31% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Pirate Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Pirate Party | align=left|Pir | 462 | 0.18% | 0 | rowspan=2|666 | rowspan=2|0.27% | rowspan=2|0 |
{{party color cell|Liberal Party – Freedom to Choose}} | align=left|Liberal Party – Freedom to Choose | align=left|Lib | 204 | 0.08% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Independent politician}} | align=left|Voitto Välimäki (Independent) | align=left| | 185 | 0.07% | 0 | 185 | 0.07% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Feminist Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Feminist Party | align=left|FP | 132 | 0.05% | 0 | 132 | 0.05% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Independence Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Independence Party | align=left|IPU | 130 | 0.05% | 0 | 130 | 0.05% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Communist Party of Finland (1994)}} | align=left|Communist Party of Finland | align=left|SKP | 119 | 0.05% | 0 | 119 | 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 | 65 | 0.03% | 0 | 65 | 0.03% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Independent politician}} | align=left|Reija Kuparinen (Independent) | align=left| | 29 | 0.01% | 0 | 29 | 0.01% | 0 |
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| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 250,901 | 100.00% | 16 | 250,901 | 100.00% | 16 | ||
align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes | 1,258 | 0.50% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 252,159 | 68.64% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 367,339 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2019: Results - Electoral district of Vaasa - Elected |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2019/en/val10.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424102021/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2019/en/val10.html |archive-date=24 April 2019 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
Kim Berg (SDP), 6,734 votes; Anna-Maja Henriksson (SFP), 14,545 votes; Pasi Kivisaari (Kesk), 6,594 votes; Antti Kurvinen (Kesk), 5,459 votes; Mika Lintilä (Kesk), 6,005 votes; Juha Mäenpää (PS), 6,915 votes; Jukka Mäkynen (PS), 3,864 votes; Anders Norrback (SFP), 5,882 votes; Mikko Ollikainen (SFP), 7,755 votes; Peter Östman (KD), 6,378 votes; Mauri Peltokangas (PS), 13,114 votes; Paula Risikko (Kok), 9,891 votes; Janne Sankelo (Kok), 2,930 votes; Mikko Savola (Kesk), 5,713 votes; Joakim Strand (SFP), 10,596 votes; and Jutta Urpilainen (SDP), 11,010 votes.
===2015===
Results of the 2015 parliamentary election held on 19 April 2015:{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2015: Results - Electoral district of Vaasa - Results by party and by joint list |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/en/vptulos_10.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719151723/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/en/vptulos_10.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=30 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 Vaasa |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/en/ehd_listat_10.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425063340/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/en/ehd_listat_10.html |archive-date=25 April 2015 |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 | 67,333 | 27.39% | 5 |
{{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 50,777 | 20.66% | 3 |
{{party color cell|True Finns}} | align=left|True Finns | align=left|PS | 38,964 | 15.85% | 3 |
{{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 29,195 | 11.88% | 2 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 29,024 | 11.81% | 2 |
{{party color cell|Christian Democrats (Finland)}} | align=left|Christian Democrats | align=left|KD | 14,076 | 5.73% | 1 |
{{party color cell|Left Alliance (Finland)}} | align=left|Left Alliance | align=left|Vas | 7,238 | 2.94% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Green League}} | align=left|Green League | align=left|Vihr | 6,136 | 2.50% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Independence Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Independence Party | align=left|IPU | 1,461 | 0.59% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Pirate Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Pirate Party | align=left|Pir | 933 | 0.38% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Change 2011}} | align=left|Change 2011 | align=left| | 228 | 0.09% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Communist Party of Finland (1994)}} | align=left|Communist Party of Finland | align=left|SKP | 200 | 0.08% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Independent politician}} | align=left|Jani Pontus Toivanen (Independent) | align=left| | 131 | 0.05% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Workers' Party of Finland}} | align=left|Workers' Party of Finland | align=left|STP | 64 | 0.03% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism}} | align=left|Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism | align=left|KTP | 57 | 0.02% | 0 |
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| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 245,817 | 100.00% | 16 | ||
align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes | 1,088 | 0.44% | |||
align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 246,905 | 66.75% | |||
align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 369,917 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2015: Results - Electoral district of Vaasa - Elected |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/en/val10.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719151603/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E-2015/en/val10.html |archive-date=19 July 2016 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
Lasse Hautala (Kesk), 7,037 votes; Anna-Maja Henriksson (SFP), 10,673 votes; Reijo Hongisto (PS), 6,736 votes; Susanna Koski (Kok), 3,102 votes; Antti Kurvinen (Kesk), 5,838 votes; Mika Lintilä (Kesk), 5,243 votes; Mats Nylund (SFP), 5,189 votes; Peter Östman (KD), 6,577 votes; Tuomo Puumala (Kesk), 7,762 votes; Paula Risikko (Kok), 9,812 votes; Vesa-Matti Saarakkala (PS), 8,529 votes; Mikko Savola (Kesk), 8,476 votes; Joakim Strand (SFP), 10,374 votes; Maria Tolppanen (PS), 5,476 votes; Jutta Urpilainen (SDP), 11,627 votes; and Harry Wallin (SDP), 4,608 votes.
===2011===
Results of the 2011 parliamentary election held on 17 April 2011:{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2011: Results - Electoral district of Vaasa - Results by party and by joint list |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2011/en/vptulos_12.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2011: People entitled to vote - Whole country |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2011/en/aoik_kokomaa.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2011: Candidates - Electoral district of Vaasa - In electoral alliance |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2011/en/ehd_listat_12.html#999 |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
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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|Centre Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Centre Party | align=left|Kesk | 56,368 | 22.65% | 4 | 56,368 | 22.65% | 4 |
{{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 48,321 | 19.42% | 4 | 48,321 | 19.42% | 4 |
{{party color cell|True Finns}} | align=left|True Finns | align=left|PS | 42,753 | 17.18% | 3 | 42,753 | 17.18% | 3 |
{{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 35,107 | 14.11% | 3 | 35,107 | 14.11% | 3 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 34,757 | 13.97% | 2 | 34,757 | 13.97% | 2 |
{{party color cell|Christian Democrats (Finland)}} | align=left|Christian Democrats | align=left|KD | 16,345 | 6.57% | 1 | 16,345 | 6.57% | 1 |
{{party color cell|Left Alliance (Finland)}} | align=left|Left Alliance | align=left|Vas | 9,320 | 3.74% | 0 | 9,320 | 3.74% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Green League}} | align=left|Green League | align=left|Vihr | 3,546 | 1.42% | 0 | 3,546 | 1.42% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Pirate Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Pirate Party | align=left|Pir | 618 | 0.25% | 0 | 618 | 0.25% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Independence Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Independence Party | align=left|IPU | 567 | 0.23% | 0 | 567 | 0.23% | 0 |
align=left|Senior Citizens' Party | align=left| | 450 | 0.18% | 0 | 450 | 0.18% | 0 | |
{{party color cell|Communist Party of Finland (1994)}} | align=left|Communist Party of Finland | align=left|SKP | 235 | 0.09% | 0 | rowspan=2|279 | rowspan=2|0.11% | rowspan=2|0 |
{{party color cell|Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism}} | align=left|Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism | align=left|KTP | 44 | 0.02% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Independent politician}} | align=left|Pontus Toivanen (Independent) | align=left| | 190 | 0.08% | 0 | 190 | 0.08% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Change 2011}} | align=left|Change 2011 | align=left| | 114 | 0.05% | 0 | 114 | 0.05% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Freedom Party – Finland's Future}} | align=left|Freedom Party – Finland's Future | align=left|VP | 110 | 0.04% | 0 | 110 | 0.04% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Workers' Party of Finland}} | align=left|Workers' Party of Finland | align=left|STP | 36 | 0.01% | 0 | 36 | 0.01% | 0 |
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| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 248,881 | 100.00% | 17 | 248,881 | 100.00% | 17 | ||
align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes | 1,207 | 0.48% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 250,088 | 68.10% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 367,263 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 2011: Results - Electoral district of Vaasa - Elected |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EKV-2011/en/val12.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
Lars Erik Gästgivars (SFP), 5,650 votes; Lasse Hautala (Kesk), 6,592 votes; Anna-Maja Henriksson (SFP), 8,392 votes; Reijo Hongisto (PS), 7,444 votes; Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (SDP), 7,324 votes; Mika Lintilä (Kesk), 5,035 votes; Markku Mäntymaa (Kok), 3,806 votes; Mats Nylund (SFP), 5,709 votes; Peter Östman (KD), 5,349 votes; Tuomo Puumala (Kesk), 6,898 votes; Paula Risikko (Kok), 11,907 votes; Vesa-Matti Saarakkala (PS), 8,276 votes; Janne Sankelo (Kok), 3,792 votes; Mikko Savola (Kesk), 5,985 votes; Maria Tolppanen (PS), 2,855 votes; Jutta Urpilainen (SDP), 11,670 votes; and Ulla-Maj Wideroos (SFP), 6,077 votes.
==2000s==
===2007===
Results of the 2007 parliamentary election held on 18 March 2007:{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 18.3.2007: Result - Electoral district of Vaasa - Result per candidate |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E2007/e/tulos/vptulos_vaasavp.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116134735/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E2007/e/tulos/vptulos_vaasavp.html |archive-date=16 January 2016 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 18.3.2007: People entitled to vote - Electoral district of Vaasa |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E2007/e/aanioikeutetut/aoik_vaasavp.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116134532/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E2007/e/aanioikeutetut/aoik_vaasavp.html |archive-date=16 January 2016 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 18.3.2007: List of candidates - Electoral district of Vaasa - Vaaliliitossa - I valförbund |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E2007/e/ehd_listat/vaasanvaalipiiri.html#vaaliliit |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116134639/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E2007/e/ehd_listat/vaasanvaalipiiri.html |archive-date=16 January 2016 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
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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|Centre Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Centre Party | align=left|Kesk | 78,523 | 32.45% | 6 | 78,523 | 32.45% | 6 |
{{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 49,839 | 20.60% | 4 | 49,839 | 20.60% | 4 |
{{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 34,101 | 14.09% | 3 | 34,101 | 14.09% | 3 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 30,720 | 12.70% | 2 | 30,720 | 12.70% | 2 |
{{party color cell|Christian Democrats (Finland)}} | align=left|Christian Democrats | align=left|KD | 16,919 | 6.99% | 1 | 16,919 | 6.99% | 1 |
{{party color cell|True Finns}} | align=left|True Finns | align=left|PS | 14,454 | 5.97% | 1 | rowspan=2|15,646 | rowspan=2|6.47% | rowspan=2|1 |
{{party color cell|Independence Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Independence Party | align=left|IPU | 1,192 | 0.49% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Left Alliance (Finland)}} | align=left|Left Alliance | align=left|Vas | 11,342 | 4.69% | 0 | 11,342 | 4.69% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Green League}} | align=left|Green League | align=left|Vihr | 3,543 | 1.46% | 0 | 3,543 | 1.46% | 0 |
align=left|Pensioners for People | align=left| | 851 | 0.35% | 0 | 851 | 0.35% | 0 | |
{{party color cell|Communist Party of Finland (1994)}} | align=left|Communist Party of Finland | align=left|SKP | 307 | 0.13% | 0 | 307 | 0.13% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Patriotic People's Movement (1993)}} | align=left|Patriotic People's Movement | align=left|IKL | 61 | 0.03% | 0 | 61 | 0.03% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism}} | align=left|Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism | align=left|KTP | 54 | 0.02% | 0 | 54 | 0.02% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Workers' Party of Finland}} | align=left|Workers' Party of Finland | align=left|STP | 45 | 0.02% | 0 | 45 | 0.02% | 0 |
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| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 241,951 | 100.00% | 17 | 241,951 | 100.00% | 17 | ||
align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes | 1,300 | 0.53% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 243,251 | 66.62% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 365,137 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 18.3.2007: Result - Candidates elected Electoral district of Vaasa |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E2007/e/valitut/vaasavpval.htm |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421124838/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E2007/e/valitut/vaasavpval.htm |archive-date=21 April 2014 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
Esko Ahonen (Kesk), 5,974 votes; Susanna Haapoja (Kesk), 7,263 votes; Anna-Maja Henriksson (SFP), 4,600 votes; Bjarne Kallis (KD), 7,821 votes; Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (SDP), 7,285 votes; Mika Lintilä (Kesk), 7,697 votes; Juha Mieto (Kesk), 13,768 votes; Håkan Nordman (SFP), 5,430 votes; Mats Nylund (SFP), 7,084 votes; Petri Pihlajaniemi (Kok), 3,091 votes; Tuomo Puumala (Kesk), 7,335 votes; Paula Risikko (Kok), 9,265 votes; Petri Salo (Kok), 6,344 votes; Paula Sihto (Kesk), 7,313 votes; Jutta Urpilainen (SDP), 7,244 votes; Raimo Vistbacka (PS), 8,046 votes; and Ulla-Maj Wideroos (SFP), 9,141 votes.
===2003===
Results of the 2003 parliamentary election held on 16 March 2003:{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 16.3.2003: Result - Electoral district of Vaasa |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E2003/e/valitut/vaasavpval.htm |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116132046/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E2003/e/valitut/vaasavpval.htm |archive-date=16 January 2016 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}{{cite web |title=110 -- Parliamentary elections 1983-2019, data on voting |url=https://pxweb2.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__evaa/010_evaa_2019_tau_110.px/ |publisher=Statistics Finland |accessdate=30 March 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 16.3.2003: People entitled to vote - Electoral district of Vaasa |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E2003/e/aanioikeutetut/aoik_vaasavp.html |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116131748/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E2003/e/aanioikeutetut/aoik_vaasavp.html |archive-date=16 January 2016 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 16.3.2003: List of candidates - Electoral district of Vaasa - Vaaliliitossa - I valförbund |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E2003/e/ehd_listat/vaasanvaalipiiri.html#vaaliliit |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116131655/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E2003/e/ehd_listat/vaasanvaalipiiri.html |archive-date=16 January 2016 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
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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|Centre Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Centre Party | align=left|Kesk | 83,586 | 33.89% | 7 | 83,586 | 33.89% | 7 |
{{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 45,930 | 18.62% | 3 | 45,930 | 18.62% | 3 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 39,039 | 15.83% | 3 | 39,039 | 15.83% | 3 |
{{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 28,483 | 11.55% | 2 | 28,483 | 11.55% | 2 |
{{party color cell|Christian Democrats (Finland)}} | align=left|Christian Democrats | align=left|KD | 19,331 | 7.84% | 1 | 19,331 | 7.84% | 1 |
{{party color cell|True Finns}} | align=left|True Finns | align=left|PS | 11,239 | 4.56% | 1 | rowspan=4|11,675 | rowspan=4|4.73% | rowspan=4|1 |
align=left|Pensioners for People | align=left| | 236 | 0.10% | 0 | ||||
{{party color cell|Kirjava ”Puolue” – Elonkehän Puolesta}} | align=left|Kirjava ”Puolue” – Elonkehän Puolesta | align=left|KIPU | 127 | 0.05% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Liberals (Finland)}} | align=left|Liberals | align=left|Lib | 73 | 0.03% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Left Alliance (Finland)}} | align=left|Left Alliance | align=left|Vas | 10,816 | 4.39% | 0 | 10,816 | 4.39% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Green League}} | align=left|Green League | align=left|Vihr | 5,949 | 2.41% | 0 | 5,949 | 2.41% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Forces for Change in Finland}} | align=left|Forces for Change in Finland | align=left| | 899 | 0.36% | 0 | 899 | 0.36% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Communist Party of Finland (1994)}} | align=left|Communist Party of Finland | align=left|SKP | 655 | 0.27% | 0 | 655 | 0.27% | 0 |
align=left|Joint Responsibility Party | align=left| | 162 | 0.07% | 0 | 162 | 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 | 114 | 0.05% | 0 | 114 | 0.05% | 0 |
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| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 246,639 | 100.00% | 17 | 246,639 | 100.00% | 17 | ||
align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes | 1,621 | 0.65% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 248,260 | 68.16% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 364,247 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Elections 16.3.2003: Result - Candidates elected Electoral district of Vaasa |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E2003/e/valitut/vaasavpval.htm |website=vaalit.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116132046/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/E2003/e/valitut/vaasavpval.htm |archive-date=16 January 2016 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}
Esko Ahonen (Kesk), 8,420 votes; Nils-Anders Granvik (SFP), 8,739 votes; Susanna Haapoja (Kesk), 6,135 votes; Lasse Hautala (Kesk), 7,688 votes; Bjarne Kallis (KD), 8,400 votes; Mari Kiviniemi (Kesk), 6,781 votes; Miapetra Kumpula (SDP), 6,245 votes; Mika Lintilä (Kesk), 10,127 votes; Pehr Löv (SFP), 6,738 votes; Aulis Ranta-Muotio (Kesk), 6,940 votes; Paula Risikko (Kok), 4,344 votes; Petri Salo (Kok), 9,114 votes; Jutta Urpilainen (SDP), 5,365 votes; Jukka Vihriälä (Kesk), 9,923 votes; Raimo Vistbacka (PS), 8,366 votes; Harry Wallin (SDP), 6,941 votes; and Ulla-Maj Wideroos (SFP), 6,630 votes.
==1990s==
===1999===
Results of the 1999 parliamentary election held on 21 March 1999:{{cite web |title=Eduskuntavaalit 21.3.1999: Tulos puolueittain - Vaasan vaalipiiri |url=http://vaalit.om.fi/hist/vaalite99/tulos/vptulos_vaasavp.html |website=vaalit.om.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050224042210/http://vaalit.om.fi/hist/vaalite99/tulos/vptulos_vaasavp.html |archive-date=24 February 2005 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Vaalit 1999:1 - Eduskuntavaalit 1999 |date=1999 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-727-682-6 |pages=58–59 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/120593 |access-date=16 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918162442/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/120593 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Vaalit 1999:1 - Eduskuntavaalit 1999 |date=1999 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-727-682-6 |page=43 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/120593 |access-date=16 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918162442/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/120593 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Vaalit 1999:1 - Eduskuntavaalit 1999 |date=1999 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-727-682-6 |page=279 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/120593 |access-date=16 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918162442/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/120593 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |language=fi}}
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|Centre Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Centre Party | align=left|Kesk | 77,901 | 31.73% | 6 | rowspan=2|91,286 | rowspan=2|37.18% | rowspan=2|7 |
{{party color cell|Finnish Christian League}} | align=left|Finnish Christian League | align=left|SKL | 13,385 | 5.45% | 1 | |||
{{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 50,734 | 20.66% | 4 | 50,734 | 20.66% | 4 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 36,182 | 14.74% | 3 | 36,182 | 14.74% | 3 |
{{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 33,808 | 13.77% | 2 | 33,808 | 13.77% | 2 |
{{party color cell|True Finns}} | align=left|True Finns | align=left|PS | 11,474 | 4.67% | 1 | rowspan=6|15,087 | rowspan=6|6.14% | rowspan=6|1 |
{{party color cell|Reform Group (Finland)}} | align=left|Reform Group | align=left|Rem | 1,654 | 0.67% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Alliance for Free Finland}} | align=left|Alliance for Free Finland | align=left|VSL | 1,017 | 0.41% | 0 | |||
align=left|Pensioners for People | align=left|EKA | 441 | 0.18% | 0 | ||||
{{party color cell|Kirjava ”Puolue” – Elonkehän Puolesta}} | align=left|Kirjava ”Puolue” – Elonkehän Puolesta | align=left|KIPU | 305 | 0.12% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Liberal People's Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Liberal People's Party | align=left|LKP | 196 | 0.08% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Left Alliance (Finland)}} | align=left|Left Alliance | align=left|Vas | 11,873 | 4.84% | 0 | 11,873 | 4.84% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Green League}} | align=left|Green League | align=left|Vihr | 5,057 | 2.06% | 0 | 5,057 | 2.06% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Communist Party of Finland (1994)}} | align=left|Communist Party of Finland | align=left|SKP | 750 | 0.31% | 0 | rowspan=2|936 | rowspan=2|0.38% | rowspan=2|0 |
{{party color cell|Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism}} | align=left|Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism | align=left|KTP | 186 | 0.08% | 0 | |||
align=left|Finland: Non-EU Joint List | align=left| | 390 | 0.16% | 0 | 390 | 0.16% | 0 | |
{{party color cell|Natural Law Party}} | align=left|Natural Law Party | align=left|LLP | 191 | 0.08% | 0 | 191 | 0.08% | 0 |
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| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 245,544 | 100.00% | 17 | 245,544 | 100.00% | 17 | ||
align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes | 1,964 | 0.79% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 247,508 | 67.53% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 366,520 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite web |title=Eduskuntavaalit 21.3.1999: Valitut ehdokkaat - Vaasan vaalipiiri |url=http://vaalit.om.fi/hist/vaalite99/valitut/vali_vaasavp.html |website=vaalit.om.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050223011959/http://vaalit.om.fi/hist/vaalite99/valitut/vali_vaasavp.html |archive-date=23 February 2005 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}
Hannu Aho (Kesk), 6,372 votes; Nils-Anders Granvik (SFP), 9,467 votes; Anneli Jäätteenmäki (Kesk), 11,932 votes; Bjarne Kallis (SKL), 13,385 votes; Mari Kiviniemi (Kesk), 8,675 votes; Mika Lintilä (Kesk), 6,979 votes; Pehr Löv (SFP), 6,161 votes; Pertti Mäki-Hakola (Kok), 4,474 votes; Håkan Nordman (SFP), 10,766 votes; Aulis Ranta-Muotio (Kesk), 7,497 votes; Petri Salo (Kok), 4,102 votes; Kari Urpilainen (SDP), 5,641 votes; Marjatta Vehkaoja (SDP), 5,150 votes; Jukka Vihriälä (Kesk), 8,298 votes; Raimo Vistbacka (PS), 10,669 votes; Harry Wallin (SDP), 4,901 votes; and Ulla-Maj Wideroos (SFP), 7,552 votes.
===1995===
Results of the 1995 parliamentary election held on 19 March 1995:{{cite web |title=Suomen eduskuntavaalit 19.3.1995: Tulos puolueittain - Ryhmien kannatus ja muutos edellisistä vaaleista - Vaasa VP |url=http://vaalit.om.fi/hist/ed95/1201.txt |website=vaalit.om.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030624080138if_/http://vaalit.om.fi/hist/ed95/1201.txt |archive-date=24 June 2003 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Vaalit 1995:3 - Kansanedustajain vaalit 1995 |date=1995 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-727-112-3 |page=34 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/117407 |access-date=16 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405151122/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/117407 |archive-date=5 April 2022 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Vaalit 1995:3 - Kansanedustajain vaalit 1995 |date=1995 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-727-112-3 |page=191 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/117407 |access-date=16 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405151122/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/117407 |archive-date=5 April 2022 |language=fi}}
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|Centre Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Centre Party | align=left|Kesk | 84,338 | 32.99% | 6 | rowspan=2|94,170 | rowspan=2|36.83% | rowspan=2|7 |
{{party color cell|Finnish Christian League}} | align=left|Finnish Christian League | align=left|SKL | 9,832 | 3.85% | 1 | |||
{{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 50,827 | 19.88% | 4 | 50,827 | 19.88% | 4 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 45,793 | 17.91% | 3 | 45,793 | 17.91% | 3 |
{{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 29,068 | 11.37% | 2 | rowspan=3|37,567 | rowspan=3|14.69% | rowspan=3|3 |
{{party color cell|Finnish Rural Party}} | align=left|Finnish Rural Party | align=left|SMP | 7,750 | 3.03% | 1 | |||
{{party color cell|Liberal People's Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Liberal People's Party | align=left|LKP | 749 | 0.29% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Left Alliance (Finland)}} | align=left|Left Alliance | align=left|Vas | 15,004 | 5.87% | 1 | 15,004 | 5.87% | 1 |
{{party color cell|Green League}} | align=left|Green League | align=left|Vihr | 6,606 | 2.58% | 0 | 6,606 | 2.58% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Young Finns}} | align=left|Young Finns | align=left|Nuor | 2,602 | 1.02% | 0 | 2,602 | 1.02% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Alliance for Free Finland}} | align=left|Alliance for Free Finland | align=left|VSL | 1,346 | 0.53% | 0 | 1,346 | 0.53% | 0 |
align=left|Women's Party | align=left|NAISP | 429 | 0.17% | 0 | 429 | 0.17% | 0 | |
align=left|Pensioners' Party | align=left|SEP | 380 | 0.15% | 0 | 380 | 0.15% | 0 | |
align=left|Joint Responsibility Party | align=left|YYP | 333 | 0.13% | 0 | 333 | 0.13% | 0 | |
{{party color cell|Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism}} | align=left|Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism | align=left|KTP | 247 | 0.10% | 0 | rowspan=2|286 | rowspan=2|0.11% | rowspan=2|0 |
{{party color cell|Ecological Party the Greens (Finland)}} | align=left|Ecological Party the Greens | align=left|EKO | 39 | 0.02% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Natural Law Party}} | align=left|Natural Law Party | align=left|LLP | 237 | 0.09% | 0 | 237 | 0.09% | 0 |
align=left|Other Joint List | align=left| | 80 | 0.03% | 0 | 80 | 0.03% | 0 | |
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| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 255,660 | 100.00% | 18 | 255,660 | 100.00% | 18 | ||
align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes | 1,691 | 0.66% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 257,351 | 69.38% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 370,955 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite web |title=Suomen eduskuntavaalit 19.3.1995: Tulos puolueittain - Ehdokkaat äänimäärän mukaisessa järjestyksessä - Vaasa VP |url=http://vaalit.om.fi/hist/ed95/1202.txt |website=vaalit.om.fi |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020623012945if_/http://vaalit.om.fi/hist/ed95/1202.txt |archive-date=23 June 2002 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}
Markus Aaltonen (SDP), 7,264 votes; Esko Aho (Kesk), 16,446 votes; Kirsti Ala-Harja (Kok), 3,648 votes; Anneli Jäätteenmäki (Kesk), 11,742 votes; Bjarne Kallis (SKL), 9,832 votes; Mari Kiviniemi (Kesk), 9,308 votes; Heikki Koskinen (Kok), 3,184 votes; Ulla-Maj Kukkonen (SFP), 7,902 votes; Pehr Löv (SFP), 6,922 votes; Håkan Malm (SFP), 7,245 votes; Ole Norrback (SFP), 9,756 votes; Mats Nyby (SDP), 5,999 votes; Aulis Ranta-Muotio (Kesk), 6,562 votes; Aapo Saari (Kesk), 6,616 votes; Marjatta Vehkaoja (SDP), 9,291 votes; Jukka Vihriälä (Kesk), 11,397 votes; Raimo Vistbacka (SMP), 7,379 votes; and Jarmo Wahlström (Vas), 4,578 votes.
===1991===
Results of the 1991 parliamentary election held on 17 March 1991:{{cite book |title=Vaalit 1991:2 - Kansanedustajain vaalit 1991 |date=1991 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |issn=0789-7960 |page=169 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/143241 |access-date=17 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918172619/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/143241 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Vaalit 1991:2 - Kansanedustajain vaalit 1991 |date=1991 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |issn=0789-7960 |page=236 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/143241 |access-date=17 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918172619/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/143241 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Vaalit 1991:2 - Kansanedustajain vaalit 1991 |date=1991 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |issn=0789-7960 |page=56 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/143241 |access-date=17 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918172619/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/143241 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Vaalit 1991:2 - Kansanedustajain vaalit 1991 |date=1991 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |issn=0789-7960 |page=164 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/143241 |access-date=17 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918172619/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/143241 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |language=fi}}
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|Centre Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Centre Party | align=left|Kesk | 88,868 | 33.92% | 6 | rowspan=3|99,271 | rowspan=3|37.89% | rowspan=3|7 |
{{party color cell|Finnish Christian League}} | align=left|Finnish Christian League | align=left|SKL | 9,209 | 3.52% | 1 | |||
{{party color cell|Liberal People's Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Liberal People's Party | align=left|LKP | 1,194 | 0.46% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 52,573 | 20.07% | 4 | 52,573 | 20.07% | 4 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 37,623 | 14.36% | 3 | 37,623 | 14.36% | 3 |
{{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 33,411 | 12.75% | 2 | 33,411 | 12.75% | 2 |
{{party color cell|Left Alliance (Finland)}} | align=left|Left Alliance | align=left|Vas | 14,982 | 5.72% | 1 | 14,982 | 5.72% | 1 |
{{party color cell|Finnish Rural Party}} | align=left|Finnish Rural Party | align=left|SMP | 14,937 | 5.70% | 1 | 14,937 | 5.70% | 1 |
{{party color cell|Green League}} | align=left|Green League | align=left|Vihr | 6,745 | 2.57% | 0 | 6,745 | 2.57% | 0 |
align=left|Pensioners' Party | align=left|SEP | 873 | 0.33% | 0 | rowspan=2|1,427 | rowspan=2|0.54% | rowspan=2|0 | |
{{party color cell|Constitutional Right Party}} | align=left|Constitutional Right Party | align=left|POP | 554 | 0.21% | 0 | |||
align=left|Women's Party | align=left|NAISL | 396 | 0.15% | 0 | 396 | 0.15% | 0 | |
{{party color cell|Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism}} | align=left|Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism | align=left|KTP | 334 | 0.13% | 0 | 334 | 0.13% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Independent politician}} | align=left|Heikki Susiluoma (Independent) | align=left| | 182 | 0.07% | 0 | 182 | 0.07% | 0 |
align=left|Humanity Party | align=left| | 93 | 0.04% | 0 | 93 | 0.04% | 0 | |
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| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 261,974 | 100.00% | 18 | 261,974 | 100.00% | 18 | ||
align=left colspan=3|Blank votes | 958 | 0.36% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votess – Other | 1,462 | 0.55% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 264,394 | 70.77% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 373,597 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite book |title=Vaalit 1991:2 - Kansanedustajain vaalit 1991 |date=1991 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |issn=0789-7960 |pages=228–229 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/143241 |access-date=17 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918172619/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/143241 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |language=fi}}
Esko Aho (Kesk), 13,940 votes; Kirsti Ala-Harja (Kok), 4,899 votes; Rose-Marie Björkenheim (Kesk), 10,656 votes; Anneli Jäätteenmäki (Kesk), 10,613 votes; Bjarne Kallis (SKL), 9,154 votes; Pentti Mäki-Hakola (Kok), 4,972 votes; Håkan Malm (SFP), 8,917 votes; Håkan Nordman (SFP), 6,813 votes; Ole Norrback (SFP), 10,017 votes; Mats Nyby (SDP), 6,798 votes; Boris Renlund (SFP), 8,631 votes; Aapo Saari (Kesk), 7,539 votes; Kari Urpilainen (SDP), 5,941 votes; Marjatta Vehkaoja (SDP), 10,648 votes; Jukka Vihriälä (Kesk), 8,485 votes; Kyösti Virrankoski (Kesk), 7,302 votes; Raimo Vistbacka (SMP), 9,726 votes; and Jarmo Wahlström (Vas), 5,450 votes.
==1980s==
===1987===
Results of the 1987 parliamentary election held on 15 and 16 March 1987:{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:38: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1987 |date=1987 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-47-1052-5 |page=137 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/136328 |access-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920173751/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/136328 |archive-date=20 September 2020 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:38: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1987 |date=1987 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-47-1052-5 |pages=70–71 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/136328 |access-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920173751/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/136328 |archive-date=20 September 2020 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:38: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1987 |date=1987 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-47-1052-5 |page=50 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/136328 |access-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920173751/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/136328 |archive-date=20 September 2020 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:38: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1987 |date=1987 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-47-1052-5 |page=134 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/136328 |access-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920173751/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/136328 |archive-date=20 September 2020 |language=fi}}
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|Centre Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Centre Party | align=left|Kesk | 73,935 | 27.19% | 5 | rowspan=3|81,901 | rowspan=3|30.12% | rowspan=3|6 |
{{party color cell|Finnish Christian League}} | align=left|Finnish Christian League | align=left|SKL | 7,046 | 2.59% | 1 | |||
{{party color cell|Liberal People's Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Liberal People's Party | align=left|LKP | 920 | 0.34% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 56,472 | 20.77% | 4 | 56,472 | 20.77% | 4 |
{{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 46,577 | 17.13% | 3 | 46,577 | 17.13% | 3 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 41,590 | 15.30% | 3 | 41,590 | 15.30% | 3 |
{{party color cell|Finnish People's Democratic League}} | align=left|Finnish People's Democratic League | align=left|SKDL | 15,957 | 5.87% | 1 | 15,957 | 5.87% | 1 |
{{party color cell|Finnish Rural Party}} | align=left|Finnish Rural Party | align=left|SMP | 15,273 | 5.62% | 1 | 15,273 | 5.62% | 1 |
{{party color cell|Democratic Alternative (Finland)}} | align=left|Democratic Alternative | align=left|DEVA | 7,900 | 2.91% | 0 | 7,900 | 2.91% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Green League}} | align=left|Green League | align=left|Vihr | 3,444 | 1.27% | 0 | 3,444 | 1.27% | 0 |
align=left|Pensioners' Party | align=left|SEP | 2,126 | 0.78% | 0 | 2,126 | 0.78% | 0 | |
{{party color cell|Constitutional Right Party}} | align=left|Constitutional Right Party | align=left|POP | 662 | 0.24% | 0 | 662 | 0.24% | 0 |
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| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 271,902 | 100.00% | 18 | 271,902 | 100.00% | 18 | ||
align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes | 953 | 0.35% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 272,855 | 72.49% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 376,428 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:38: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1987 |date=1987 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-47-1052-5 |page=171 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/136328 |access-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920173751/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/136328 |archive-date=20 September 2020 |language=fi}}
Markus Aaltonen (SDP), 6,569 votes; Esko Aho (Kesk), 6,611 votes; Kirsti Ala-Harja (Kok), 6,868 votes; Gustav Björkstrand (SFP), 9,806 votes; Jorma Fred (SKL), 6,896 votes; Anneli Jäätteenmäki (Kesk), 9,291 votes; Martti Korkia-Aho (Kok), 5,518 votes; Pentti Mäki-Hakola (Kok), 6,297 votes; Håkan Malm (SFP), 11,610 votes; Håkan Nordman (SFP), 8,764 votes; Mats Nyby (SDP), 6,467 votes; Boris Renlund (SFP), 10,848 votes; Aapo Saari (Kesk), 7,586 votes; Juho Sillanpää (Kesk), 7,235 votes; Kari Urpilainen (SDP), 7,236 votes; Jukka Vihriälä (Kesk), 8,388 votes; Raimo Vistbacka (SMP), 3,487 votes; and Jarmo Wahlström (SKDL), 5,305 votes.
===1983===
Results of the 1983 parliamentary election held on 20 and 21 March 1983:{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:37: Valtiolliset vaalit 1983 - Kansanedustajain vaalit |date=1983 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-46-7372-7 |page=90 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104354 |access-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016003043/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104354 |archive-date=16 October 2021 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:37: Valtiolliset vaalit 1983 - Kansanedustajain vaalit |date=1983 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-46-7372-7 |page=24 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104354 |access-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016003043/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104354 |archive-date=16 October 2021 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:37: Valtiolliset vaalit 1983 - Kansanedustajain vaalit |date=1983 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-46-7372-7 |page=86 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104354 |access-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016003043/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104354 |archive-date=16 October 2021 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:37: Valtiolliset vaalit 1983 - Kansanedustajain vaalit |date=1983 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-46-7372-7 |page=19 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104354 |access-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016003043/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104354 |archive-date=16 October 2021 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:37: Valtiolliset vaalit 1983 - Kansanedustajain vaalit |date=1983 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-46-7372-7 |page=87 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104354 |access-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016003043/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104354 |archive-date=16 October 2021 |language=fi}}
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 | |||
align=left|Centre Party and Liberal People's Party | align=left|Kesk-LKP | 72,419 | 26.43% | 6 | rowspan=2|81,949 | rowspan=2|29.90% | rowspan=2|6 | |
{{party color cell|Finnish Christian League}} | align=left|Finnish Christian League | align=left|SKL | 9,530 | 3.48% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 50,738 | 18.52% | 4 | 50,738 | 18.52% | 4 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 47,650 | 17.39% | 3 | 47,650 | 17.39% | 3 |
{{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 47,274 | 17.25% | 3 | 47,274 | 17.25% | 3 |
{{party color cell|Finnish People's Democratic League}} | align=left|Finnish People's Democratic League | align=left|SKDL | 24,850 | 9.07% | 1 | 24,850 | 9.07% | 1 |
{{party color cell|Finnish Rural Party}} | align=left|Finnish Rural Party | align=left|SMP | 20,495 | 7.48% | 1 | rowspan=2|21,573 | rowspan=2|7.87% | rowspan=2|1 |
{{party color cell|Constitutional Right Party}} | align=left|Constitutional Right Party | align=left|POP | 1,078 | 0.39% | 0 | |||
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| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 274,034 | 100.00% | 18 | 274,034 | 100.00% | 18 | ||
align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes | 719 | 0.26% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 274,753 | 73.00% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 376,383 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:37: Valtiolliset vaalit 1983 - Kansanedustajain vaalit |date=1983 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-46-7372-7 |pages=117–118 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104354 |access-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016003043/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104354 |archive-date=16 October 2021 |language=fi}}
Markus Aaltonen (SDP), 6,128 votes; Esko Aho (Kesk-LKP), 7,038 votes; Juho Koivisto (Kok), 7,362 votes; Heimo Linna (Kesk-LKP), 7,574 votes; Pentti Mäki-Hakola (Kok), 6,525 votes; Håkan Malm (SFP), 7,828 votes; Håkan Nordman (SFP), 8,929 votes; Ole Norrback (SFP), 8,796 votes; Mats Nyby (SDP), 6,636 votes; Veikko Pihlajamäki (Kesk-LKP), 7,095 votes; Urho Pohto (SMP), 10,982 votes; Boris Renlund (SFP), 9,160 votes; Aapo Saari (Kesk-LKP), 6,018 votes; Helge Saarikoski (Kok), 5,288 votes; Sten Söderström (SKDL), 6,809 votes; Juhani Tuomaala (Kesk-LKP), 6,378 votes; Kari Urpilainen (SDP), 6,670 votes; and Jukka Vihriälä (Kesk-LKP), 7,005 votes.
==1970s==
===1979===
Results of the 1979 parliamentary election held on 18 and 19 March 1979:{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:35: Valtiolliset vaalit 1979 - Kansanedustajain vaalit |date=1979 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-46-4369-0 |pages=58–65 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/116129 |access-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925123936/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/116129 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:35: Valtiolliset vaalit 1979 - Kansanedustajain vaalit |date=1979 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-46-4369-0 |page=76 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/116129 |access-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925123936/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/116129 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:35: Valtiolliset vaalit 1979 - Kansanedustajain vaalit |date=1979 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-46-4369-0 |page=94 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/116129 |access-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925123936/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/116129 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |language=fi}}
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|Centre Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Centre Party | align=left|Kesk | 67,472 | 25.61% | 5 | 67,472 | 25.61% | 5 |
{{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 46,653 | 17.71% | 3 | 46,653 | 17.71% | 3 |
{{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 46,190 | 17.53% | 3 | 46,190 | 17.53% | 3 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 37,408 | 14.20% | 3 | 37,408 | 14.20% | 3 |
{{party color cell|Finnish People's Democratic League}} | align=left|Finnish People's Democratic League | align=left|SKDL | 29,980 | 11.38% | 2 | 29,980 | 11.38% | 2 |
{{party color cell|Finnish Christian League}} | align=left|Finnish Christian League | align=left|SKL | 11,496 | 4.36% | 1 | rowspan=3|26,946 | rowspan=3|10.23% | rowspan=3|2 |
{{party color cell|Finnish Rural Party}} | align=left|Finnish Rural Party | align=left|SMP | 10,363 | 3.93% | 1 | |||
{{party color cell|Constitutional People's Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Constitutional People's Party | align=left|PKP | 5,087 | 1.93% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Liberal People's Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Liberal People's Party | align=left|LKP | 6,781 | 2.57% | 0 | rowspan=2|8,795 | rowspan=2|3.34% | rowspan=2|0 |
{{party color cell|Finnish People's Unity Party}} | align=left|Finnish People's Unity Party | align=left|SKYP | 2,014 | 0.76% | 0 | |||
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| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 263,444 | 100.00% | 18 | 263,444 | 100.00% | 18 | ||
align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes | 578 | 0.22% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 264,022 | 70.94% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 372,157 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:35: Valtiolliset vaalit 1979 - Kansanedustajain vaalit |date=1979 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-46-4369-0 |pages=88–89 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/116129 |access-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925123936/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/116129 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |language=fi}}
Markus Aaltonen (SDP), 8,476 votes; Jorma Fred (SKL), 6,980 votes; Orvokki Kangas (Kesk), 6,272 votes; Eeva Kauppi (Kok), 5,243 votes; Bror Lillqvist (SDP), 6,028 votes; Heimo Linna (Kesk), 6,388 votes; Pentti Mäki-Hakola (Kok), 8,772 votes; Håkan Malm (SFP), 7,862 votes; Ole Norrback (SFP), 6,386 votes; Veikko Pihlajamäki (Kesk), 8,073 votes; Urho Pohto (SMP), 7,196 votes; Juhani Raudasoja (SDP), 5,849 votes; Boris Renlund (SFP), 5,524 votes; Helge Saarikoski (Kok), 3,968 votes; Sten Söderström (SKDL), 6,883 votes; Juhani Tuomaala (Kesk), 6,766 votes; Eino Uusitalo (Kesk), 6,470 votes; and Jarmo Wahlström (SKDL), 6,917 votes.
===1975===
Results of the 1975 parliamentary election held on 21 and 22 September 1975:{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:33: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1975 |date=1976 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |issn=0355-2209 |page=73 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104350 |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022162129/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104350 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:33: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1975 |date=1976 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |issn=0355-2209 |pages=90–91 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104350 |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022162129/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104350 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:33: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1975 |date=1976 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |issn=0355-2209 |page=31 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104350 |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022162129/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104350 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:33: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1975 |date=1976 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |issn=0355-2209 |page=95 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104350 |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022162129/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104350 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |language=fi}}
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|Centre Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Centre Party | align=left|Kesk | 64,740 | 25.23% | 5 | rowspan=2|71,891 | rowspan=2|28.02% | rowspan=2|6 |
{{party color cell|Liberal People's Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Liberal People's Party | align=left|LKP | 7,151 | 2.79% | 1 | |||
{{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 48,778 | 19.01% | 3 | rowspan=2|54,944 | rowspan=2|21.42% | rowspan=2|4 |
{{party color cell|Finnish Christian League}} | align=left|Finnish Christian League | align=left|SKL | 6,166 | 2.40% | 1 | |||
{{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 37,869 | 14.76% | 2 | rowspan=2|45,836 | rowspan=2|17.87% | rowspan=2|3 |
{{party color cell|Finnish People's Unity Party}} | align=left|Finnish People's Unity Party | align=left|SKYP | 7,967 | 3.11% | 1 | |||
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 37,620 | 14.66% | 3 | 37,620 | 14.66% | 3 |
{{party color cell|Finnish People's Democratic League}} | align=left|Finnish People's Democratic League | align=left|SKDL | 32,181 | 12.54% | 2 | rowspan=2|32,516 | rowspan=2|12.67% | rowspan=2|2 |
{{party color cell|Socialist Workers Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Socialist Workers Party | align=left|STP | 335 | 0.13% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Finnish Rural Party}} | align=left|Finnish Rural Party | align=left|SMP | 9,335 | 3.64% | 0 | rowspan=2|9,524 | rowspan=2|3.71% | rowspan=2|0 |
align=left|Party of Finnish Entrepreneurs | align=left|SYP | 189 | 0.07% | 0 | ||||
{{party color cell|Finnish Constitutional People's Party}} | align=left|Finnish Constitutional People's Party | align=left|SPK | 4,228 | 1.65% | 0 | 4,228 | 1.65% | 0 |
style="font-weight:bold"
| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 256,559 | 100.00% | 18 | 256,559 | 100.00% | 18 | ||
align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes | 583 | 0.23% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 257,142 | 69.21% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 371,514 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:33: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1975 |date=1976 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |issn=0355-2209 |pages=98–109 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104350 |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022162129/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104350 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |language=fi}}
Markus Aaltonen (SDP), 6,731 votes; Matti Asunmaa (SKYP), 4,733 votes; Jorma Fred (SKL), 6,025 votes; Ragnar Granvik (SFP), 6,363 votes; Toivo Jokiniemi (SKDL), 6,067 votes; Orvokki Kangas (Kesk), 5,687 votes; Eeva Kauppi (Kok), 8,246 votes; Bror Lillqvist (SDP), 5,514 votes; Heimo Linna (Kesk), 9,019 votes; Pentti Mäki-Hakola (Kok), 9,063 votes; Håkan Malm (SFP), 7,671 votes; Juhani Orrenmaa (LKP), 6,706 votes; Veikko Pihlajamäki (Kesk), 6,250 votes; Antti Pohjonen (SDP), 6,122 votes; Elly Sigfrids (SFP), 6,077 votes; Juhani Tuomaala (Kesk), 10,778 votes; Eino Uusitalo (Kesk), 6,470 votes; and Jarmo Wahlström (SKDL), 6,970 votes.
===1972===
Results of the 1972 parliamentary election held on 2 and 3 January 1972:{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:32: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1972 |date=1973 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-46-0214-5 |pages=54–55 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104347 |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204043151/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104347 |archive-date=4 December 2022 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:32: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1972 |date=1973 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-46-0214-5 |page=27 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104347 |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204043151/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104347 |archive-date=4 December 2022 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:32: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1972 |date=1973 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-46-0214-5 |page=71 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104347 |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204043151/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104347 |archive-date=4 December 2022 |language=fi}}
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|Centre Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Centre Party | align=left|Kesk | 58,772 | 24.52% | 5 | 58,772 | 24.52% | 5 |
{{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 45,119 | 18.83% | 3 | 45,119 | 18.83% | 3 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 35,106 | 14.65% | 3 | 35,106 | 14.65% | 3 |
{{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 34,653 | 14.46% | 3 | 34,653 | 14.46% | 3 |
{{party color cell|Finnish People's Democratic League}} | align=left|Finnish People's Democratic League | align=left|SKDL | 28,355 | 11.83% | 2 | rowspan=2|29,345 | rowspan=2|12.24% | rowspan=2|2 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders}} | align=left|Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders | align=left|TPSL | 990 | 0.41% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Finnish Rural Party}} | align=left|Finnish Rural Party | align=left|SMP | 25,040 | 10.45% | 2 | 25,040 | 10.45% | 2 |
{{party color cell|Liberal People's Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Liberal People's Party | align=left|LKP | 7,988 | 3.33% | 0 | 7,988 | 3.33% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Finnish Christian League}} | align=left|Finnish Christian League | align=left|SKL | 3,644 | 1.52% | 0 | 3,644 | 1.52% | 0 |
style="font-weight:bold"
| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 239,667 | 100.00% | 18 | 239,667 | 100.00% | 18 | ||
align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes | 631 | 0.26% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 240,298 | 83.42% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 288,062 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:32: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1972 |date=1973 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-46-0214-5 |pages=73–82 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104347 |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204043151/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104347 |archive-date=4 December 2022 |language=fi}}
Matti Asunmaa (SMP), 5,140 votes; Toivo Åsvik (SKDL), 4,846 votes; Ragnar Granvik (SFP), 8,146 votes; Orvokki Kangas (Kesk), 6,172 votes; Eeva Kauppi (Kok), 6,115 votes; Eeli Lepistö (SDP), 5,613 votes; Bror Lillqvist (SDP), 5,320 votes; Heimo Linna (Kesk), 6,192 votes; Pentti Mäki-Hakola (Kok), 5,918 votes; Veikko Pihlajamäki (Kesk), 5,997 votes; Antti Pohjonen (SDP), 4,069 votes; Veikko Salmi (SKDL), 4,817 votes; Toivo Saloranta (Kesk), 5,365 votes; Mauri Seppä (Kok), 4,434 votes; Elly Sigfrids (SFP), 6,183 votes; Viljo Suokas (SMP), 4,645 votes; Grels Teir (SFP), 9,156 votes; and Eino Uusitalo (Kesk), 6,790 votes.
===1970===
Results of the 1970 parliamentary election held on 15 and 16 March 1970:{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:31: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1970 |date=1970 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |pages=56–57 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104346 |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127033608/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104346 |archive-date=27 January 2023 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:31: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1970 |date=1970 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |page=29 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104346 |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127033608/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104346 |archive-date=27 January 2023 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:31: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1970 |date=1970 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |page=72 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104346 |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127033608/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104346 |archive-date=27 January 2023 |language=fi}}
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|Centre Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Centre Party | align=left|Kesk | 56,734 | 23.76% | 4 | rowspan=3|63,373 | rowspan=3|26.54% | rowspan=3|5 |
{{party color cell|Liberal People's Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Liberal People's Party | align=left|LKP | 5,028 | 2.11% | 1 | |||
{{party color cell|Finnish Christian League}} | align=left|Finnish Christian League | align=left|SKL | 1,611 | 0.67% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 49,133 | 20.57% | 4 | 49,133 | 20.57% | 4 |
{{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 36,646 | 15.34% | 3 | 36,646 | 15.34% | 3 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 31,949 | 13.38% | 3 | 31,949 | 13.38% | 3 |
{{party color cell|Finnish Rural Party}} | align=left|Finnish Rural Party | align=left|SMP | 28,446 | 11.91% | 2 | 28,446 | 11.91% | 2 |
{{party color cell|Finnish People's Democratic League}} | align=left|Finnish People's Democratic League | align=left|SKDL | 28,208 | 11.81% | 2 | 28,208 | 11.81% | 2 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders}} | align=left|Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders | align=left|TPSL | 1,064 | 0.45% | 0 | 1,064 | 0.45% | 0 |
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| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 238,819 | 100.00% | 19 | 238,819 | 100.00% | 19 | ||
align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes | 484 | 0.20% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 239,303 | 84.02% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 284,814 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:31: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1970 |date=1970 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |pages=75–86 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104346 |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127033608/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104346 |archive-date=27 January 2023 |language=fi}}
Matti Asunmaa (SMP), 3,884 votes; Toivo Åsvik (SKDL), 3,991 votes; Ragnar Granvik (SFP), 8,951 votes; Orvokki Kangas (Kesk), 5,300 votes; Eeva Kauppi (Kok), 4,517 votes; Verner Korsbäck (SFP), 5,104 votes; Eeli Lepistö (SDP), 5,367 votes; Bror Lillqvist (SDP), 4,712 votes; Heimo Linna (Kesk), 5,906 votes; Aaro Lintilä (Kesk), 5,064 votes; Pentti Mäki-Hakola (Kok), 6,108 votes; Juhani Orrenmaa (LKP), 5,028 votes; Akseli Rodén (SDP), 3,512 votes; Veikko Salmi (SKDL), 3,791 votes; Mauri Seppä (Kok), 3,241 votes; Elly Sigfrids (SFP), 9,731 votes; Viljo Suokas (SMP), 5,707 votes; Grels Teir (SFP), 9,905 votes; and Eino Uusitalo (Kesk), 5,893 votes.
==1960s==
===1966===
Results of the 1966 parliamentary election held on 20 and 21 March 1966:{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:29: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1966 |date=1966 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |pages=42–43 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104344 |access-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117001610/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104344 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:29: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1966 |date=1966 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |page=54 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104344 |access-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117001610/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104344 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:29: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1966 |date=1966 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |pages=56–57 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104344 |access-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117001610/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104344 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:29: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1966 |date=1966 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |page=58 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104344 |access-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117001610/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104344 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:29: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1966 |date=1966 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |page=62 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104344 |access-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117001610/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104344 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |language=fi}}
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|Centre Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Centre Party | align=left|Kesk | 67,787 | 29.44% | 7 | rowspan=2|69,076 | rowspan=2|30.00% | rowspan=2|7 |
{{party color cell|Finnish Christian League}} | align=left|Finnish Christian League | align=left|SKL | 1,289 | 0.56% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 48,105 | 20.89% | 4 | 48,105 | 20.89% | 4 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 38,604 | 16.77% | 3 | 38,604 | 16.77% | 3 |
{{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 32,420 | 14.08% | 3 | rowspan=3|38,002 | rowspan=3|16.50% | rowspan=3|3 |
{{party color cell|Smallholders' Party of Finland}} | align=left|Smallholders' Party of Finland | align=left|SPP | 3,220 | 1.40% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Liberal People's Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Liberal People's Party | align=left|LKP | 2,362 | 1.03% | 0 | |||
{{party color cell|Finnish People's Democratic League}} | align=left|Finnish People's Democratic League | align=left|SKDL | 35,149 | 15.27% | 3 | rowspan=2|36,461 | rowspan=2|15.84% | rowspan=2|3 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders}} | align=left|Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders | align=left|TPSL | 1,312 | 0.57% | 0 | |||
align=left|Write-in lists | align=left| | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | |
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| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 230,251 | 100.00% | 20 | 230,251 | 100.00% | 20 | ||
align=left colspan=3|Blank votes | 93 | 0.04% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votess – Other | 504 | 0.22% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 230,848 | 85.85% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 268,911 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:29: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1966 |date=1966 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |pages=65–72 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104344 |access-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117001610/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104344 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |language=fi}}
Toivo Antila (Kesk), 5,333 votes; Georg Backlund (SKDL), 4,409 votes; Ragnar Granvik (SFP), 5,381 votes; Sakari Huima (Kok), 3,574 votes; Aleksi Kiviaho (SKDL), 3,822 votes; Verner Korsbäck (SFP), 7,237 votes; Niilo Kosola (Kok), 4,192 votes; Bror Lillqvist (SDP), 4,366 votes; Heimo Linna (Kesk), 6,785 votes; Aaro Lintilä (Kesk), 5,682 votes; Pentti Mäki-Hakola (Kok), 3,975 votes; Veikko Mattila (SDP), 5,638 votes; Torsten Nordström (SFP), 7,056 votes; Nestori Nurminen (SKDL), 4,600 votes; Akseli Rodén (SDP), 4,923 votes; Toivo Saloranta (Kesk), 5,111 votes; Veikko Savela (Kesk), 5,030 votes; Grels Teir (SFP), 10,418 votes; Kustaa Tiitu (Kesk), 4,550 votes; and Eino Uusitalo (Kesk), 6,728 votes.
===1962===
Results of the 1962 parliamentary election held on 4 and 5 February 1962:{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:28: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1962 |date=1962 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |pages=22–23 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104345 |access-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201183751/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104345 |archive-date=1 December 2021 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:28: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1962 |date=1962 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |page=12 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104345 |access-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201183751/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104345 |archive-date=1 December 2021 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:28: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1962 |date=1962 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |page=50 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104345 |access-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201183751/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104345 |archive-date=1 December 2021 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:28: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1962 |date=1962 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |pages=18–19 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104345 |access-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201183751/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104345 |archive-date=1 December 2021 |language=fi}}{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:28: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1962 |date=1962 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |page=56 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104345 |access-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201183751/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104345 |archive-date=1 December 2021 |language=fi}}
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|Agrarian Party (Finland)}} | align=left|Agrarian Party | align=left|ML | 70,990 | 31.14% | 7 | rowspan=3|73,827 | rowspan=3|32.38% | rowspan=3|7 |
{{party color cell|People's Party of Finland (1951)}} | align=left|People's Party of Finland | align=left|SK | 2,517 | 1.10% | 0 | |||
align=left|Smallholders' Party Opposition | align=left| | 320 | 0.14% | 0 | ||||
{{party color cell|Swedish People's Party of Finland}} | align=left|Swedish People's Party of Finland | align=left|SFP | 49,775 | 21.83% | 5 | 49,775 | 21.83% | 5 |
{{party color cell|Finnish People's Democratic League}} | align=left|Finnish People's Democratic League | align=left|SKDL | 35,251 | 15.46% | 3 | 35,251 | 15.46% | 3 |
{{party color cell|National Coalition Party}} | align=left|National Coalition Party | align=left|Kok | 32,196 | 14.12% | 3 | 32,196 | 14.12% | 3 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Finland}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Social Democratic Party of Finland | align=left|SDP | 23,914 | 10.49% | 2 | 23,914 | 10.49% | 2 |
{{party color cell|Smallholders' Party of Finland}} | align=left|Smallholders' Party of Finland | align=left|SPP | 7,821 | 3.43% | 0 | 7,821 | 3.43% | 0 |
{{party color cell|Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders}} | align=left|Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders | align=left|TPSL | 5,187 | 2.28% | 0 | 5,187 | 2.28% | 0 |
align=left|Others | align=left| | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | |
align=left|Write-in lists | align=left| | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | |
style="font-weight:bold"
| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 227,977 | 100.00% | 20 | 227,977 | 100.00% | 20 | ||
align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes | 562 | 0.25% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 228,539 | 85.64% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 266,864 |
The following candidates were elected:{{cite book |title=Suomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:28: Kansanedustajain vaalit 1962 |date=1962 |publisher=Statistics Finland |location=Helsinki, Finland |pages=58–66 |url=https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104345 |access-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201183751/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/104345 |archive-date=1 December 2021 |language=fi}}
Reino Ala-Kulju (Kok), 4,186 votes; Toivo Antila (ML), 7,432 votes; Toivo Åsvik (SKDL), 4,391 votes; Georg Backlund (SKDL), 4,438 votes; Georg Eriksson (SDP), 3,630 votes; Johannes Jungarå (SFP), 5,305 votes; Aleksi Kiviaho (SKDL), 3,934 votes; Kauno Kleemola (ML), 5,320 votes; Verner Korsbäck (SFP), 6,812 votes; Niilo Kosola (Kok), 5,263 votes; Väinö Kuoppala (Kok), 4,446 votes; Matti Liinamaa (ML), 5,134 votes; Aaro Lintilä (ML), 5,781 votes; Toivo Saloranta (ML), 6,420 votes; Veikko Savela (Kesk), 5,195 votes; Alwar Sundell (SFP), 6,536 votes; Grels Teir (SFP), 8,053 votes; Väinö Tikkaoja (SDP), 6,103 votes; Eino Uusitalo (ML), 5,989 votes; and Albin Wickman (SFP), 5,712 votes.