Municipal elections

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Confirmed result. Election result updated with the result of the re-elections held in Karkkila, Kauniainen and Vihti on 6 September 2009 03 Dec 2009 These were the first Municipal elections in which the Coalition Party rose to the position of the largest party in Finland. In the four preceding Municipal elections the Coalition Party has been in third place. The Coalition Party took 23.4 per cent of the votes cast and increased its share of votes cast by 1.6 percentage points. The total number of votes for the Coalition Party was 597,727, which is good 76,300 votes more than in the preceding Municipal elections in 2004. Next release: 18 Oct 2012
Description:	Municipal elections are held in Finland every four years. Statistics Finland produces official statistics from the elections; preliminary data are produced and made available on the Internet on the day following the actual polling day, final statistics (as a conventional paper publication) in the year following the election year. Read full description >>>
Change:	Paper publication tables replaced by database tables 30 Dec 2009 Statistics Finland has discontinued the production of paper publications of statistics on elections.

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Municipal elections [e-publication].
Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 9.2.2012].
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