Municipal elections were held in Finland on 9 April 2017 with advance voting between 29 March and 4 April.[1] The councils in 295 municipalities in Finland (excluding Åland) were elected.[2] Several municipalities altered the size of their councils (mainly because of municipal mergers) before the elections which resulted in reduction of seats available from 9,674 to 8,999.[3]

Opinion polls

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The table uses the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if that date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead. List includes only polls that were made for the municipal election.

Date Polling Firm KOK SDP KESK PS VIHR VAS SFP KD Others Lead
29 Mar-4 Apr 2017 Taloustutkimus 18.8 18.4 18.6 9.7 12.9 9.4 5.3 5.1 1.8 0.4
23–30 Mar 2017 TNS Gallup 19.7 19.3 18.9 10.7 11.9 8.1 4.8 3.9 2.7 0.4
6-28 Mar 2017 Taloustutkimus 19.1 18.8 18.4 10.3 13.3 8.3 5.1 3.6 3.1 0.3
Mar 2017 Accuscore[note 1] 19.4 20.6 19.4 8.8 11.5 8.9 5.1 3.7 2.6 1.2
13 Feb–10 Mar 2017 TNS Gallup 19.0 19.9 19.6 9.4 11.4 9.1 4.8 3.9 2.9 0.3
24 Feb–05 Mar 2017 Tietoykkönen 17.8 20.0 18.6 10.2 12.1 9.0 4.6 4.4 3.3 1.4
20–27 Sep 2016 Tietoykkönen 17.6 20.8 19.2 10.0 12.4 8.3 4.5 4.0 3.2 1.6
28 Oct 2012 Election Results 21.9 19.6 18.7 12.3 8.5 8.0 4.7 3.7 2.6 2.3

Results

The biggest party in the municipalities after the elections
Finnish municipal elections 2017 results
Party Votes % +/– Seats +/–
National Coalition Kok. 531,599 20.7 –1.2 1,490 –245
Social Democratic Party SDP 498,252 19.4 –0.2 1,697 –32
Centre Party Kesk. 450,529 17.5 –1.1 2,824 –253
Green League Vihr. 320,235 12.5 +3.9 534 +211
Finns Party PS 227,297 8.8 –3.5 770 –425
Left Alliance Vas. 226,626 8.8 +0.8 658 +18
Swedish People's Party RKP 125,518 4.9 +0.2 471 –9
Christian Democrats KD 105,551 4.1 +0.4 316 +16
Pirate Party PP 9,119 0.4 +0.1 2 +2
Communist Party SKP 7,600 0.3 –0.2 2 –7
Feminist Party FP 6,856 0.3 New 1 New
Liberal Party Lib. 4,117 0.2 New 5 New
Independence Party IPU 1,846 0.1 ±0.0 2 +2
Animal Justice Party EOP 1,795 0.1 New 0 New
Communist Workers' Party KTP 702 0.1 ±0.0 0 ±0
Total valid votes 2,570,768 100 – 8,999 –675
Invalid votes 14,442 0.6
Total 2,585,210 100
Registered voters & turnout 4,391,558 58.9 +0.6
Source: Yle

Notes

  1. ^ Counted by Accuscore, but based on various polls by different polling firms.

References

  1. ^ "Kuntavaalit: Aikataulut". Ministry of Justice. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Kuntavaalit". Ministry of Justice. 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Kolmannes kunnista muuttaa valtuustonsa kokoa – vain kahdessa valtuusto kasvaa". Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Finnish_municipal_elections
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