Helsinki (constituency)
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Helsinki is a constituency represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative area of the city of Helsinki, with a population of 559,046 (as of 2003). Helsinki currently elects 21 members of the Eduskunta.
The constituency is urban, including the city centre of Helsinki and its eastern, mainly working-class suburbs. It does not include most of the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area, which falls instead under the constituency of Uusimaa. The largest party in the 2003 election was the centre-left Social Democratic Party of Finland.
[edit] Current members of parliament 2007–
- Outi Alanko-Kahiluoto (Vihr.)
- Paavo Arhinmäki (Vas)
- Sirpa Asko-Seljavaara (Kok.)
- Tuija Brax (Vihr.)
- Pekka Haavisto (Vihr.)
- Juha Hakola (Kok.)
- Eero Heinäluoma (SDP)
- Rakel Hiltunen (SDP)
- Arja Karhuvaara (Kok.)
- Mari Kiviniemi (Kesk.)
- Päivi Lipponen (SDP)
- Sanna Perkiö (Kok.)
- Pertti Salolainen (Kok.)
- Sari Sarkomaa (Kok.)
- Anni Sinnemäki (Vihr.)
- Johanna Sumuvuori (Vihr.)
- Jacob Söderman (SDP)
- Astrid Thors (RKP)
- Erkki Tuomioja (SDP)
- Jan Vapaavuori (Kok.)
- Ben Zyskowicz (Kok.)
- Kesk. = Centre
- Kok. = National Coalition
- RKP = Swedish People's Party
- SDP = Social Democrats
- Vas. = Left Alliance
- Vihr. = Greens
[edit] Election results
| Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |||
| Social Democrats | 6 | +1 | 28.6 | 24.3 | 79,031 | +1.4% | |||
| National Coalition Party | 6 | -1 | 28.6 | 24.0 | 78,019 | -4.7% | |||
| Green League | 4 | 0 | 19.0 | 18.4 | 59,775 | +1.2% | |||
| Centre Party | 2 | +1 | 9.5 | 8.1 | 26,435 | +2.0% | |||
| Left Alliance | 1 | 0 | 4.8 | 7.1 | 23,081 | -0.2% | |||
| Swedish People's Party | 1 | -1 | 4.8 | 7.0 | 22,926 | -2.1% | |||
| True Finns | 1 | +1 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 17,342 | +5.2% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 18,819 | n/a | |||
