(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) The vote counting process at Finland's parliamentary elections
was completed overnight on April 3 with the victory of the National
Coalition Party, the Finnish Ministry of Justice reported after
100% of ballots had been counted, trend reports citing tass .
The winning party led by Petteri Orpo garnered 20.8% of the vote
receiving 48 seats out of 200 in the new parliament. It is followed
by the Finns Party led by Riika Purra with 20.1% of the vote and 46
seats. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin's Social Democratic Party
is in third place with 19.9% of the vote and 43 seats.
In addition to the three largest parties, other winners include
the Centre Party of Finland (11.3%, 23 seats), the Left Alliance
(7.1%, 11 seats), the Green League (7%, 13 seats), the Swedish
People's Party (4.3%, 9 seats), the Christian Democrats (4.2%, 5
seats) and the Movement Now party (2.4%, 1 seat). Other parties did
not make it over the electoral threshold garnering a total of 0.5%
of the vote.
The parliamentary elections in Finland were held on April 2. The
voter turnout totaled 71.9%. The results will be officially
confirmed on April 5 with the new parliament beginning work on
April 11.
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