Southern Savonia (formerly Mikkeli) was an electoral district represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covered the administrative region of Southern Savonia, with a population of 163,276 (as of 2002). Southern Savonia elected six members of the Eduskunta. The electoral district was merged with Kymi to form the new Southeastern Finland district.
The constituency is largely rural, and the only major city is Mikkeli. The traditionally dominant party in the parliamentary elections, the Centre Party, lost one seat in 2007 elections and is in even to National Coalition Party.
Members of parliament
2003–2007
- Jouni Backman (SDP)
- Katri Komi (Kesk.)
- Jari Leppä (Kesk.)
- Olli Nepponen (Kok.)
- Pekka Nousiainen (Kesk.)
- Arto Seppälä (SDP)
2007–2011
- Heli Järvinen (Vihr.)
- Katri Komi (Kesk.)
- Jari Leppä (Kesk.)
- Olli Nepponen (Kok.)
- Lenita Toivakka (Kok.)
- Pauliina Viitamies (SDP)
Election results
| Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
| Centre | 3 | 0 | 50.0 | 40.5 | 34,205 | +7.0% | |||
| SDP | 2 | -1 | 33.3 | 32.0 | 27,030 | +1.9% | |||
| National Coalition | 1 | -1 | 16.7 | 13.3 | 11,283 | -5.8% | |||
| KD | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 4,810 | -0.3% | |||
| VIHR | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 3,410 | -1.4% | |||
| Left Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 2,282 | -0.8% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1,500 | n/a | |||
| Finnish parliamentary election, 2007[3] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
| Centre | 2 | -1 | 33.3 | 37.4 | 30,759 | -3.1% | |||
| National Coalition | 2 | +1 | 33.3 | 18.9 | 15,530 | +5.6% | |||
| SDP | 1 | -1 | 16.7 | 27.6 | 22,704 | -4.4% | |||
| VIHR | 1 | +1 | 16.7 | 6.9 | 5,714 | +2.9% | |||
| KD | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 2,925 | -2.1% | |||
| Finns | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 2,653 | +2.6% | |||
| Left Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1,419 | -1.0% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 531 | n/a | |||
References
- ↑ "Electoral district of Etelä-Savo: Candidates elected". Ministry of Justice. 19 March 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ↑ "Electoral district of Etelä-Savo: Candidates elected". Ministry of Justice. 21 March 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ↑ "Electoral district of Etelä-Savo: Results". Ministry of Justice. 21 March 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
See also
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