2012 Finnish municipal elections

Municipal elections were held in Finland on 28 October 2012, with advance voting between 17 and 23 October 2012. 9,674 municipal council seats were open for election in 304 municipalities. The number of councillors decreased by over 700 compared to the previous election due to the merging of several municipalities.^[1] The term of the elected councillors will begin on 1 January 2013.

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Population	Number of councilmen
under 2,000	13, 15 or 17
2,001–4,000	21
4,001–8,000	27
8,001–15,000	35
15,001–30,000	43
30,001–60,000	51
60,001–120,000	59
120,001–250,000	67
250,001–400,000	75
over 400,000	85

Party		Votes^[5]				Council seats
Party		Number	%	Swing (2008)	Swing (2011)	Number	Net ±
	National Coalition	545,889	21.9%	−1.6pp	+1.5pp	1,735	−286
	SDP	487,924	19.6%	−1.7pp	+0.5pp	1,729	−337
	Centre	465,166	18.7%	−1.4pp	+2.9pp	3,077	−440
	Finns	307,797	12.3%	+7.0pp	−6.7pp	1,195	+752
	Green	213,100	8.5%	−0.4pp	+1.3pp	323	−47
	Left Alliance	199,615	8.0%	−0.8pp	−0.1pp	640	−193
	RKP	117,865	4.7%	±0.0pp	+0.4pp	480	−30
	KD	93,257	3.7%	−0.4pp	−0.3pp	300	−51
	Communist Party	11,174	0.4%	−0.1pp	+0.1pp	9	±0
	Pirate	5,986	0.2%	New	−0.3pp	0	±0
	Independence Party	1,303	0.1%	±0.0pp	−0.1pp	0	−2
	Change 2011	1,258	0.1%	New	−0.2pp	1	+1
	Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism	704	<0.1%	<0.1pp	<0.1pp	0	±0
	For the Poor	572	<0.1%	<0.1pp	<0.1pp	0	±0
	Workers Party	538	<0.1%	<0.1pp	<0.1pp	0	±0
	Freedom Party	15	<0.1%	New	<0.1pp	0	±0
	Others	41,358	1.7%	−0.8pp	+1.3pp	185	−102
Total		2,493,521				9,674	−738

2012 Finnish municipal elections

Funds

Competing parties

Electoral method

National results

References

External links

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