2023 Finnish Parliamentary Election

Parliamentary Elections were held on Sunday April 2nd 2023 in Finland. Previously, the governing coalition consisting of the following parties by share of representatives the Social Democrats, The Centre Party, The Greens, The Left Alliance and The Swedish Folk's Party under the premiership of Sanna Marin had governed Finland from December 10th 2019 onwards, but the coalition was formed under Prime Minister Antti Rinne in June 2019, though the governing coalition collapsed due to a lack of internal support to Rinne. The centre-right liberal-conservative National Coalition Party gained the largest share of votes at 23,20% with 52 seats, and thus became the largest group in parliament for the second time in the party's history as well as its strongest finish in any Finnish parliamentary election so far. The incumbent Prime Minister party Social Democrats lost 7 seats, being downed to 33 from 40 with their vote share going down from 17,73% to a historical low of 16.12%. The Finns Party held their ground and gained 18,07% of the vote with one seat picked up at 40 members. The Centre party, which had been struggling in the polls for the past years couldn't make a large recovery for the election. It reached 14.25%, marking a 0,5% increase in the vote share and picking up one seat for 32 in total. The Greens suffered significantly in their stronghold urban centres, and reached a decade-low of 7,5% and netting just 9 seats. The Left Alliance however increased their gains from the last election with 17 seats and 8,89% of the vote. The Swedish Folk's party kept their numbers at 9 members with 4,5% of the vote. The Christian Democrats gained 6 seats with 3,99% of the popular vote.