Tavastia (constituency)

Tavastia (constituency)

Tavastia (formerly Tavastia South) is a constituency represented in the Finnish "Eduskunta" (parliament). It covers the administrative regions of Tavastia Proper and Päijänne Tavastia, with a combined population of about 364,000 (as of 2002). Tavastia currently elects 14 members of the "Eduskunta".

The constituency is largely urban, centred around the cities of Hämeenlinna and Lahti. The largest party in the 2003 election was the Social Democratic Party of Finland.

Current members of parliament 2007–

* Sirkka-Liisa Anttila (Kesk.)
* Risto Autio (Kesk.)
* Tarja Filatov (SDP)
* Timo Heinonen (Kok.)
* Matti Kauppila (Vas)
* Jari Koskinen (Kok.)
* Johannes Koskinen (SDP)
* Tuija Nurmi (Kok.)
* Kirsi Ojansuu (Vihr.)
* Juha Rehula (Kesk.)
* Päivi Räsänen (KD)
* Jouko Skinnari (SDP)
* Satu Taiveaho (SDP)
* Ilkka Viljanen (Kok.)

* KD = Christian Democrats
* Kesk. = Centre
* Kok. = National Coalition
* SDP = Social Democrats
* Vihr. = Greens

Old election results

Election Summary net Party
party = Social Democratic Party of Finland
seats = 5
net = +1
seats % = 35.7
votes % = 31.9
votes = 60,289
plus/minus = +3.6%
Election Summary net Party
party = National Coalition Party (Finland)
seats = 3
net = -1
seats % = 21.4
votes % = 21.8
votes = 41,137
plus/minus = -4.5%
Election Summary net Party
party = Centre Party (Finland)
seats = 3
net = +1
seats % = 21.4
votes % = 18.4
votes = 34,759
plus/minus = +1.6%
Election Summary net Party
party = Christian Democrats (Finland)
seats = 1
net = 0
seats % = 7.1
votes % = 9.8
votes = 18,425
plus/minus = +1.0%
Election Summary net Party
party = Left Alliance (Finland)
seats = 1
net = 0
seats % = 7.1
votes % = 8.9
votes = 16,760
plus/minus = +0.0%
Election Summary net Party
party = Green League
seats = 1
net = 0
seats % = 7.1
votes % = 6.0
votes = 11,416
plus/minus = -0.3%
Election Summary net Other
party = other groups
seats = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 3.2
votes = 6,068
plus/minus = n/a

See also

* Parliamentary constituencies of Finland


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