| 5,561,389 | 13 |
Population (as of Feb. 8, 2019) |
Elections in our database |
| 4,255,466 | 70.76% |
Registered Voters (as of April 16, 2019) |
Average Turnout |
Republic of Finland
| Name | Official Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Finnish Parliament | Eduskunta | Assembly |
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Sauli NIINISTO
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Juha SIPILÄ
- Assembly: Finland has a unicameral Parliament (Eduskunta) with 200 seats.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 6-year term.
- The Prime Minister is appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament to serve a 4-year term.
- In the Parliament (Eduskunta), 199 members are elected by open list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 1 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms.
- There are 14 multi-member constituencies with anywhere from 6 to 33 seats. Seats are distributed among the individual parties, or alliances of several parties, in accordance with the d'Hondt method.
Elections
| Election For | Date | Votes | Registered Voters | Turn Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finnish Parliament | 1999-03-21 | 2,710,095 | 4,152,430 | 65.27% |
| President | 2000-01-16 | 3,068,150 | 4,172,740 | 73.53% |
| President | 2000-02-06 | 3,201,713 | 4,167,204 | 76.83% |
| Finnish Parliament | 2003-03-16 | 2,815,700 | 4,220,951 | 66.71% |
| President | 2006-01-15 | 3,025,606 | 4,272,537 | 70.82% |
| President | 2006-01-29 | 3,163,667 | 4,272,537 | 74.05% |
| Finnish Parliament | 2007-03-18 | 2,790,752 | 4,083,549 | 68.34% |
| Finnish Parliament | 2011-04-17 | 2,953,977 | 4,387,701 | 67.32% |
| President | 2012-01-22 | 3,070,429 | 4,159,857 | 73.81% |
| President | 2012-02-05 | 2,904,886 | 4,159,857 | 69.83% |
| Finnish Parliament | 2015-04-19 | 2,981,931 | 4,221,237 | 70.64% |
| President | 2018-01-28 | 3,002,710 | 4,246,803 | 70.71% |
| Finnish Parliament | 2019-04-14 | 3,065,287 | 4,255,466 | 72.03% |