2017 Finnish municipal elections

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All 295 municipal councils
|  | First party  | Second party  | Third party

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Leader  | Petteri Orpo | Antti Rinne | Juha Sipilä
Party  | National Coalition | SDP | Centre
Leader since  | 2016  | 2014  | 2012
Last election  | 1,735 seats, 21.9%  | 1,729 seats, 19.6%  | 3,077 seats, 18.7%
Seats won  | 1,490 | 1,697 | 2,824
Seat change  |  245  |  32  |  253
Popular vote  | 531,599  | 498,252  | 450,529
Percentage  | 20.7% | 19.4% | 17.5%
Swing  |  1.2pp  |  0.2pp  |  1.1pp

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party
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Leader  | Ville Niinistö | Timo Soini | Li Andersson
Party  | Green | Finns | Left Alliance
Leader since  | 2011  | 1997  | 2016
Last election  | 323 seats, 8.5%  | 1,195 seats, 12.3%  | 640 seats, 8.0%
Seats won  | 534 | 770 | 658
Seat change  |  211  |  425  |  18
Popular vote  | 320,235  | 227,297  | 226,626
Percentage  | 12.5% | 8.8% | 8.8%
Swing  |  4.0pp  |  3.5pp  |  0.8pp

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| Seventh party  | Eighth party
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Leader  | Anna-Maja Henriksson | Sari Essayah
Party  | RKP | KD
Leader since  | 2016  | 2015
Last election  | 480 seats, 4.7%  | 300 seats, 3.7%
Seats won  | 471 | 316
Seat change  |  9  |  16
Popular vote  | 125,518  | 105,551
Percentage  | 4.9% | 4.1%
Swing  |  0.2pp  |  0.4pp

Municipal elections were held in Finland on 9 April 2017 with advance voting between 29 March and 4 April.[1] The councils in 295 municipalities in Finland (excluding Åland) were elected.[2] Several municipalities altered the size of their councils (mainly because of municipal mergers) before the elections which resulted in reduction of seats available from 9,674 to 8,999.[3]

## Opinion polls[edit]

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The table uses the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if that date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead. List includes only polls that were made for the municipal election.

Date  | Polling Firm  | KOK | SDP | KESK | PS | VIHR | VAS | SFP | KD | Others  | Lead

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29 Mar-4 Apr 2017  | Taloustutkimus | 18.8  | 18.4  | 18.6  | 9.7  | 12.9  | 9.4  | 5.3  | 5.1  | 1.8  | 0.4
23–30 Mar 2017  | TNS Gallup | 19.7  | 19.3  | 18.9  | 10.7  | 11.9  | 8.1  | 4.8  | 3.9  | 2.7  | 0.4
6-28 Mar 2017  | Taloustutkimus | 19.1  | 18.8  | 18.4  | 10.3  | 13.3  | 8.3  | 5.1  | 3.6  | 3.1  | 0.3
Mar 2017  | Accuscore[note 1] | 19.4  | 20.6  | 19.4  | 8.8  | 11.5  | 8.9  | 5.1  | 3.7  | 2.6  | 1.2
13 Feb–10 Mar 2017  | TNS Gallup | 19.0  | 19.9  | 19.6  | 9.4  | 11.4  | 9.1  | 4.8  | 3.9  | 2.9  | 0.3
24 Feb–05 Mar 2017  | Tietoykkönen | 17.8  | 20.0  | 18.6  | 10.2  | 12.1  | 9.0  | 4.6  | 4.4  | 3.3  | 1.4
20–27 Sep 2016  | Tietoykkönen | 17.6  | 20.8  | 19.2  | 10.0  | 12.4  | 8.3  | 4.5  | 4.0  | 3.2  | 1.6
28 Oct 2012  | Election Results | 21.9  | 19.6  | 18.7  | 12.3  | 8.5  | 8.0  | 4.7  | 3.7  | 2.6  | 2.3

## Results[edit]

The biggest party in the municipalities after the elections Finnish municipal elections 2017 results  Party  | Votes  | %  | +/–  | Seats  | +/–

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| National Coalition | Kok. | 531,599 | 20.7 | –1.2 | 1,490 | –245
| Social Democratic Party | SDP | 498,252 | 19.4 | –0.2 | 1,697 | –32
| Centre Party | Kesk. | 450,529 | 17.5 | –1.1 | 2,824 | –253
| Green League | Vihr. | 320,235 | 12.5 | +3.9 | 534 | +211
| Finns Party | PS | 227,297 | 8.8 | –3.5 | 770 | –425
| Left Alliance | Vas. | 226,626 | 8.8 | +0.8 | 658 | +18
| Swedish People's Party | RKP | 125,518 | 4.9 | +0.2 | 471 | –9
| Christian Democrats | KD | 105,551 | 4.1 | +0.4 | 316 | +16
| Pirate Party | PP | 9,119 | 0.4 | +0.1 | 2 | +2
| Communist Party | SKP | 7,600 | 0.3 | –0.2 | 2 | –7
| Feminist Party | FP | 6,856 | 0.3 | New | 1 | New
| Liberal Party | Lib. | 4,117 | 0.2 | New | 5 | New
| Independence Party | IPU | 1,846 | 0.1 | ±0.0 | 2 | +2
| Animal Justice Party | EOP | 1,795 | 0.1 | New | 0 | New
| Communist Workers' Party | KTP | 702 | 0.1 | ±0.0 | 0 | ±0
Total valid votes | 2,570,768 | 100 | – | 8,999 | –675
Invalid votes | 14,442 | 0.6 |  |  |
Total | 2,585,210 | 100 |  |  |
Registered voters & turnout | 4,391,558 | 58.9 | +0.6 |  |
Source: Yle

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Counted by Accuscore, but based on various polls by different polling firms.

## References[edit]

* Official results

1. ^ "Kuntavaalit: Aikataulut". Ministry of Justice. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
2. ^ "Kuntavaalit". Ministry of Justice. 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
3. ^ "Kolmannes kunnista muuttaa valtuustonsa kokoa – vain kahdessa valtuusto kasvaa". Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

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