Uusimaa (constituency)
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Uusimaa is a constituency represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative regions of Uusimaa and Eastern Uusimaa, excluding the city of Helsinki, which forms its own constituency (see Helsinki (constituency)). The total population of the Uusimaa constituency is about 880,000 (as of 2004[update]), making it the largest constituency in Finland. Uusimaa currently elects 33 members of the Eduskunta.
The constituency is almost entirely urban, as it is centred around Helsinki, the capital and the largest city in Finland. Even though the city proper is not part of the constituency, much of the area falls under the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area. The largest party in the 2003 election was the Social Democratic Party of Finland.
[edit] Current members of parliament
- Eero Akaan-Penttilä (National Coalition)
- Arja Alho (Social Democrats)
- Ulla Anttila (Greens)
- Kaarina Dromberg (National Coalition)
- Merikukka Forsius (Greens)
- Heidi Hautala (Greens)
- Klaus Hellberg (Social Democrats)
- Eero Heinäluoma (Social Democrats)
- Hanna-Leena Hemming (National Coalition)
- Antti Kalliomäki (Social Democrats)
- Antti Kaikkonen (Centre)
- Tanja Karpela (Centre)
- Jyrki Kasvi (Greens)
- Kimmo Kiljunen (Social Democrats)
- Risto Kuisma (Social Democrats)
- Jaakko Laakso (Left Alliance)
- Eero Lankia (Centre)
- Henrik Lax (Swedish People's Party)
- Leena Luhtanen (Social Democrats)
- Marjo Matikainen-Kallström (National Coalition)
- Mikaela Nylander (Swedish People's Party)
- Susanna Rahkonen (Social Democrats)
- Martin Saarikangas (National Coalition)
- Matti Saarinen (Social Democrats)
- Suvi-Anne Siimes (Left Alliance)
- Juhani Sjöblom (National Coalition)
- Timo Soini (True Finns)
- Seppo Särkiniemi (Centre)
- Astrid Thors (Swedish People's Party)
- Kari Uotila (Left Alliance)
- Raija Vahasalo (National Coalition)
- Matti Vanhanen (Centre)
- Lasse Virén (National Coalition)
[edit] Old election results
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| Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 | |||||||||
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| Party | Seats | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |||
| Social Democrats | 9 | +1 | 23.5 | 27.2 | 114,791 | +3.0% | |||
| National Coalition Party | 8 | 0 | 29.4 | 26.1 | 64,823 | -1.0% | |||
| Centre Party | 5 | +2 | 15.1 | 13.5 | 60,641 | +2.8% | |||
| Green League | 4 | +1 | 12.1 | 10.5 | 47,033 | +0.1% | |||
| Swedish People's Party | 3 | -1 | 9.1 | 10.3 | 46,313 | -1.0% | |||
| Left Alliance | 3 | 0 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 40,810 | -0.3% | |||
| Christian Democrats | 0 | -1 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 15,936 | +1.0% | |||
| True Finns | 1 | +1 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 5,263 | +0.8% | |||
| other groups | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 13,012 | n/a | |||
