Finland Proper (constituency)
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Finland Proper (formerly Turku Province South) is a constituency represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative region of Finland Proper, with a population of 450,968 (as of 2002). Finland Proper currently elects 17 members of the Eduskunta.
The constituency is largely urban, centred around the cities of Turku and Salo. The largest party in elections since 1999 has been centre-right National Coalition.
[edit] Current members of parliament 2007–
- Janina Andersson (Vihr.)
- Pertti Hemmilä (Kok.)
- Liisa Hyssälä (Kesk.), Minister of Social Affairs and Health in Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet
- Ilkka Kanerva (Kok.), former Minister for Foreign Affairs in Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet
- Ilkka Kantola (SDP)
- Timo Kaunisto (Kesk.)
- Esko Kiviranta (Kesk.)
- Marjaana Koskinen (SDP)
- Annika Lapintie (Vas)
- Jouko Laxell (Kok.)
- Ville Niinistö (Vihr.)
- Petteri Orpo (Kok.)
- Heli Paasio (SDP)
- Katja Taimela (SDP)
- Anne-Mari Virolainen (Kok.)
- Stefan Wallin (RKP), Minister of the Environment and Minister at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs responsible for Nordic Cooperation in Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet
- Jyrki Yrttiaho (Vas)
[edit] Election results
| Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |||
| National Coalition Party | 5 | 0 | 29.4 | 26.1 | 64,823 | -1.0% | |||
| Social Democrats | 4 | 0 | 23.5 | 24.7 | 61,367 | -1.0% | |||
| Centre Party | 3 | 0 | 17.6 | 17.5 | 43,552 | +0.6% | |||
| Left Alliance | 2 | 0 | 11.8 | 10.7 | 26,515 | -1.2% | |||
| Green League | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 8.6 | 21,250 | +0.9% | |||
| Swedish People's Party | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 13,081 | +0.3% | |||
| Christian Democrats | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 9,597 | -1.0% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 8,184 | n/a | |||
