Number of candidates in Parliamentary elections by Year, Party, Election status and Information

Documentation of statistics .. not applicable
.... not available Data on a current county councillor (variable: county councillor) were replaced with data on the election of the candidate in the 2022 County elections because shortcomings were detected in the quality of the original variable. The original data derive from the raw data of the statistics obtained from the Ministry of Justice. New data on the election of the candidate in the County elections were drawn from the data of the statistics on county elections. The data formed with the new variable differ slightly from before. In the table County councillor = elected in the County elections 2022.

Party

A party is an association which has been registered in the register of political parties maintained by the Ministry of Justice. Parties are voluntary associations whose main purpose is to influence the handling of the affairs of the state. Membership is usually gained through the party's local association.

Party

SDP = The Finnish Social Democratic Party
PS = The Finns Party
KOK = National Coalition Party
KESK = Centre Party of Finland
VIHR = The Greens
VAS = The Left Alliance
RKP = The Swedish People's Party of Finland
KD = Christian Democrats in Finland
LIIKE = Movement Now
LIBE = The Liberal Party - Freedom to choose
Pirate Pty = Pirate Party of Finland
EOP = Animal Justice Party of Finland
FP = The Feminist Party
KaL = Kansalaisliitto
KL = Finnish Reform Movement
SKE = Finnish Nation First
AP = The Open Party
SKP = The Communist Party of Finland
KRIP = Crystal Party
VKK = Valta kuuluu kansalle
VL = Vapauden liitto
SML = Sinimusta Liike

Information

Number of candidates

The general preconditions of eligibility are mostly identical with the preconditions for being entitled to vote in elections. In municipal elections the preconditions of eligibility and being entitled to vote differ in that eligibility requires permanent residence in the municipality, whereas to be entitled to vote it is sufficient that a person is domiciled in the municipality 51 days before the elections.

Number of candidates

Eligible as candidates in municipal elections are persons
1) whose municipality of residence is the municipality in question
2) who are entitled to vote in municipal elections in some municipality, and
3) who are not under guardianship (legally incompetent).

Number of candidates

All persons entitled to vote and not under guardianship can stand as candidates in parliamentary elections. A person holding military office cannot, however, be elected as a representative. In addition certain high officials may not serve as representatives unless they resign from office.

Number of candidates

Eligible as candidates in European Parliamentary elections are
1) all Finnish citizens who are entitled to vote in elections and not legally incompetent
2) all citizens of a Member State of the EU who are entitled to vote and who have registered and been entered into the voting register in Finland, and who have not lost eligibility in elections in their home state.

Number of candidates

Native-born Finnish citizens are eligible in Presidential elections.