Finnish parliamentary elections
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Finnish parliamentary elections are nationwide democratic contests held every four years to choose members of Finland’s unicameral Parliament (Eduskunta), shaping the country’s government and legislative agenda.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national election
ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Ministry of Justice of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ballotStructure | party lists with individual candidate numbers ⓘ |
| campaignFinanceRegulation | regulated by Finnish law with disclosure requirements ⓘ |
| candidacyRequirement |
Finnish citizenship
ⓘ
minimum age 18 on election day ⓘ |
| country | Finland ⓘ |
| electionCycle | every four years ⓘ |
| electoralDistrictExample |
Helsinki constituency
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lapland constituency NERFINISHED ⓘ Uusimaa constituency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralDistrictType | multi-member constituencies ⓘ |
| electoralSystemFamily | list PR system ⓘ |
| elects |
Eduskunta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Parliament of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstHeldAsModernForm | 1907 Finnish parliamentary election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingLaw |
Constitution of Finland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Finnish Election Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfStateRole | President of Finland formally appoints government based on election results ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | among the first elections in Europe with universal suffrage including women ⓘ |
| internationalObservation | considered free and fair by international observers ⓘ |
| language |
Finnish
ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ |
| legislatureType | unicameral parliament ⓘ |
| mainOutcome |
determination of legislative majority in Eduskunta
ⓘ
formation of Government of Finland ⓘ selection of Prime Minister of Finland (indirectly) ⓘ |
| mainParticipants |
Finnish political parties
ⓘ
independent candidates (via electoral associations) ⓘ |
| numberOfSeatsElected | 200 ⓘ |
| politicalSystemContext | parliamentary republic ⓘ |
| seatAllocationMethod | D’Hondt method NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suffrageType | universal suffrage ⓘ |
| supervisedBy | central election authorities of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termLength | 4 years ⓘ |
| turnoutCharacteristic | generally high voter turnout by international standards ⓘ |
| typicalGovernmentOutcome | coalition governments ⓘ |
| usesElectoralThreshold | no formal national threshold ⓘ |
| voterRegistration | automatic voter registration ⓘ |
| voteType | single candidate vote within chosen list ⓘ |
| votingAge | 18 ⓘ |
| votingMethod |
advance voting
ⓘ
in-person voting ⓘ postal advance voting for some voters abroad ⓘ |
| votingSystem | proportional representation ⓘ |
| votingSystemDetail | open list proportional representation ⓘ |
| womenSuffrage | women have had full voting rights since 1906 reforms ⓘ |
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