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| I:9626 | Bojicat ( 912.46 points) | April 02, 2023 12:30pm |
Surge of support (now +10 seats) for KOK while Sanna Marin's SDP allies - the Greens, the Left Alliance, the Centre Party (particularly, the Centre Party) - are taking a bit of a beating. Marin may have some difficulty coalition-building.
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| I:6738 | IndyGeorgia ( 4113.60 points) | April 02, 2023 12:39pm |
Finns will probably gain some support once Election Day votes come in.
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| I:9626 | Bojicat ( 912.46 points) | April 02, 2023 01:43pm |
You are right, IndyG. The Finns Party now hold an estimated 44 seats with 65% in. A surprise. A KOK/Finns/CD/Movement Now coalition may be on the table, yet I somehow doubt Marin can be uprooted. She's consistently above 60% in popularity (even if her party averages 20%). She may squeak by.
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| Joker:9757 | BrentinCO ( 7748.48 points) | April 02, 2023 02:22pm |
Has the joining of NATO been a campaign issue or is it impacting results? With Turkey's approval right before the election it seemed pretty timely.
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| I:9626 | Bojicat ( 912.46 points) | April 02, 2023 02:59pm |
To give you an indication of how big the Finns Party surge wound up being, the Finns Party took 9 out of the 13 electoral districts of Finland (one district is strictly for Åland parties, so it is actually 9 out of 12). The National Coalition took Helsinki, and the SDP took Central Finland and South-East Finland.
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| I:9626 | Bojicat ( 912.46 points) | April 02, 2023 03:10pm |
Brent, I don't think NATO was a campaign issue since it appears that entry is close to universally supported in Finland [Link]
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