Satakunta (constituency)
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Satakunta (formerly Turku Province North) is a constituency represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative region of Satakunta, with a population of 235,416 (as of 2002). Satakunta currently elects nine members of the Eduskunta.
The constituency is largely rural, and the largest cities are Pori and Rauma. The largest parties in the parliamentary elections are the Social Democratic Party of Finland and the Centre Party.
[edit] Current members of parliament 2007–
- Anne Holmlund (Kok.)
- Timo Kalli (Kesk.)
- Reijo Kallio (SDP)
- Oiva Kaltiokumpu (Kesk.)
- Sampsa Kataja (Kok.)
- Krista Kiuru (SDP)
- Juha Korkeaoja (Kesk.)
- Veijo Puhjo (Vas)
- Antti Vuolanne (SDP)
- Kesk. = Centre
- Kok. = National Coalition
- SDP = Social Democrats
- Vas. = Left Alliance
[edit] Election results
| Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |||
| Social Democrats | 3 | 0 | 33.3 | 29.7 | 38,369 | +1.8% | |||
| Centre Party | 3 | +1 | 33.3 | 28.1 | 36,238 | +4.4% | |||
| National Coalition Party | 2 | 0 | 22.2 | 28.1 | 21,662 | -5.3% | |||
| Left Alliance | 1 | -1 | 11.1 | 15.0 | 19,330 | -0.4% | |||
| Christian Democrats | 0 | -1 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 5,908 | -0.2% | |||
| Green League | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 4,492 | +0.2% | |||
| True Finns | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1,926 | +0.8% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1,162 | n/a | |||
