led by the opposition conservative Kokoomus party Petteri Orpoand the prime minister’s social democrats, you marinepractically tie minimal advantage of the firstElections in Finland this Sunday.
conservatives 20.8% of the votesafter the polls closed and 40.1 percent of the votes had already been counted and they would have the two-seat advantage.
Currently the largest political force in the country, Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Social Democrats receive only 20.7% of the vote, 2.1 percentage points more, for now only one-tenth less than the far-right party True Finns.
HE center partyIt ranks fourth with 12.3% of the vote, 1.4 points behind the 2019 elections, the main government partner of the Social Democrats, which will be the worst result in its history.
While the latest poll puts True Finns in second place, which is almost on par with the conservatives, their support is rising less than expected at the moment based on the votes counted. may increase as the count progresses.Just like in previous elections.
The Greens, of which Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto is a member, lost 4.1 points and won 7.3%, leaving Education Minister Li Andersson’s Left Alliance behind with 8%. .
The last parties currently represented in Eduskunta (Parliament) are the Christian Democrats (4.4%), the Swedish People’s Party (3.8%), and the minority Liike Nyt (Move Now) 2%.
These results correspond to early voting, More than 1.7 million voters, which is 40.5% of the total censusIt went to the polls last week and was released after schools were closed at 20:00 (17:00 GMT) local time in Finland.
Given that turnout is usually around 70%, then early voting may account for more than half of the total votes cast.
Election officials calculate that the review will end before local midnight (21:00 GMT).