North Karelia (constituency)

North Karelia (constituency)

North Karelia (formerly Kuopio East) is a constituency represented in the Finnish "Eduskunta" (parliament). It covers the administrative region of North Karelia, with a population of 169,722 (as of 2002). North Karelia elects six members of the "Eduskunta", when in 2005 there where still seven seats.

The constituency is largely rural, centred around the city of Joensuu. The largest party in the Finnish parliamentary elections has traditionally been the Centre Party.

The reduction of seats caused the Green League leader Tarja Cronberg to loose her seat in 2007 elections, even she got 11,7 % and second the most votes in constituency.

Current members of parliament 2007–

* Hannu Hoskonen (Kesk.)
* Lauri Kähkönen (SDP)
* Esa Lahtela (SDP)
* Pekka Ravi (Kok.)
* Eero Reijonen (Kesk.)
* Anu Vehviläinen (Kesk.)

* Kesk. = Centre
* Kok. = National Coalition
* SDP = Social Democrats

Election results

Election Summary net Party
party = Centre Party (Finland)
seats = 3
net = +1
seats % = 42.9
votes % = 37.6
votes = 33,026
plus/minus = +7.3%Election Summary net Party
party = Social Democratic Party of Finland
seats = 3
net = -1
seats % = 42.9
votes % = 34.9
votes = 30,639
plus/minus = -1.9%Election Summary net Party
party = National Coalition Party (Finland)
seats = 0
net = -1
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 9.7
votes = 8,498
plus/minus = -1.5%Election Summary net Party
party = Green League
seats = 1
net = +1
seats % = 14.3
votes % = 6.6
votes = 5,767
plus/minus = +2.4%Election Summary net Party
party = Left Alliance (Finland)
seats = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 4.9
votes = 4,326
plus/minus = -0.2%Election Summary net Party
party = Christian Democrats (Finland)
seats = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 4.3
votes = 3,798
plus/minus = -2.0%Election Summary net Party
party = Communist Party of Finland
seats = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 1.0
votes = 837
plus/minus = +0.2%Election Summary net Other
party = other groups
seats = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 1.1
votes = 933
plus/minus = n/a

See also

* Parliamentary constituencies of Finland


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