http://www.stat.fi/til/evaa/index_en.html Latest statistical releases from Statistics Finland on statistics Parliamentary elections en http://www.stat.fi/favicon.png http://www.stat.fi/til/evaa/index_en.html 32 32 http://www.stat.fi/til/evaa/2011/evaa_2011_2011-04-29_tie_001_en.html The True Finns emerged as the winner of the elections as the other parliamentary parties lost their support compared with the previous Parliamentary elections. The True Finns increased their support by 15.0 percentage points, thus gaining 19.1 per cent of the country's votes, which raised it from the smallest parliamentary party into the third largest party in Finland. The number of votes cast for the True Finns gave it 34 additional seats in Parliament. In total, the True Finns got 39 MPs and a total of 560,075 votes in the whole country, which is 447,819 votes more than in the Parliamentary elections 2007. Fri, 29 Apr 2011 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/evaa/2011/evaa_2011_2011-04-29_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/evaa/2011/01/evaa_2011_01_2011-03-22_tie_001_en.html Altogether 2,315 candidates were nominated for the elections, which is 311 more than in the previous Parliamentary elections. A total of 17 registered political parties take part in the Parliamentary elections. The number of parties participating in the elections fell by one from the previous Parliamentary elections. Three new parties participate in the elections, while the others took part four years earlier as well. The names of the participating parties and the abbreviations used for them can be found in the quality description of this release. Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/evaa/2011/01/evaa_2011_01_2011-03-22_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/evaa/2007/evaa_2007_2007-03-22_tie_002_en.html Support for the three major parties was on an even level. Their order did, however, change when compared with four years previously. Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/evaa/2007/evaa_2007_2007-03-22_tie_002_en.html