REPUBLIC OF FINLAND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 18 MARCH 2007 =================================================================== Elections to the Eduskunta (Parliament) Source: Finnish Statistical Office website Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------- * KD - Kristillisdemokraatit (Christian Democrats) * Kesk - Suomen Keskusta (Finnish Centre Party) * Kok - Kansallinen Kokoomus (National Rally) * PS - Perussuomalaiset (True Finns Party) * RKP/SFP - Ruotsalainen Kansanpuolue / Svenska Folkpartiet i Finland (Swedish People's Party) * SD - Suomen Sosialidemokraatinen Puolue (Finnish Social Democratic Party) * Vas - Vasemmistoliitto (Left Wing Alliance) * Vihr - Vihrea Liitto (The Green Party) NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS =================================================================== Votes and seats are compared with those gained at the 2003 elections. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Voters: 4,220,951 Votes cast: 2,790,752 66.1 Invalid votes: 19,516 00.7 Valid votes: 2,771,236 99.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats Change ------------------------------------------------------------------- KD 134,790 04.9 (-00.4) 7 ( 00) Kesk 640,428 23.1 (-01.6) 51 (-04) Kok 616,841 22.3 (+03.7) 50 (+10) PS 112,256 04.1 (+02.5) 5 (+02) RKP/SFP 126,520 04.6 ( 00.0) 9 (+01) SD 594,194 21.4 (-03.1) 45 (-08) Vas 244,296 08.8 (-01.1) 17 (-02) Vihr 234,429 08.5 (+00.5) 15 (+01) Others 67,482 02.4 1 ( 00) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,771,236 200 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The result of the election was the formation of a four-party coalition of the Centre, the National Rally, the RKP and the Greens, with 125 seats between them, leaving the Social Democrats and the Left in opposition.