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Parliamentary Elections 2011 -
Electoral Districts
Electoral Districts
For the purpose of parliamentary elections the country has been divided into 15 electoral districts in accordance with the division into provinces. A number of representatives proportional to the number of Finnish citizens residing in the district six months prior to the elections is elected from each district. However, from the electoral district of Åland is always elected one representative. Well before the elections, the Government decides on the division of parliamentary seats on the electoral districts on the basis of information in the Population Information System. In the parliamentary elections of 1999 the seats are divided as follows:
Electoral District of Helsinki
(20 representatives)
Electoral District of Uusimaa (32)
Electoral District of Varsinais-Suomi (17)
Electoral District of Satakunta (10)
Electoral District of Häme (13)
Electoral District of Pirkanmaa (16)
Electoral District of Kymi (13)
Electoral District of South Savo (8)
Electoral District of North Savo (10)
Electoral District of North Karelia (7)
Electoral District of Vaasa (17)
Electoral District of Central Finland (10)
Electoral District of Oulu (18)
Electoral District of Lapland (8)
Electoral District of Åland (1)
Altogether 200 representatives
Map of Electoral Districts 2007
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