Finnish municipal elections, 2008

Finnish municipal election, 2008 was held in Finland on 26 October with advance voting between 15 and 21 October 2008. 10,412 municipal council seats were open for election in 332 municipalities. The number of councillors decreased by over 1,554 compared to the previous election due to the merging of several municipalities.^[1]

National results

Party		Votes^[2]		Council seats
Party		Number	%	Number	Net ±
	National Coalition	597,727	23.45%	2,020	-58
	Social Democratic	541,187	21.23%	2,066	-519
	Centre	512,220	20.09%	3,518	-907
	Green League	227,999	8.94%	370	+56
	Left Alliance	223,673	8.77%	833	-154
	Finns	137,497	5.39%	443	+337
	Swedish People's	119,896	4.7%	511	-125
	Christian Democrat	106,639	4.18%	351	-40
	Communist Party	13,986	0.55%	9	-7
	Seniors' Party	2,618	0.10%	2	+1
	Independence Party	1,482	0.06%	2	±0
	Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism	1,063	0.04%	0	-1
	For the Poor	1,063	0.04%	1	+1
	Workers Party	711	0.03%	0	-1
	Others	61,478	2.41%	286	-134
Total		2,549,235		10,412	-1,554

References

↑ http://www.esaimaa.fi/Online/2008/07/25/Kuntaliitokset+v%C3%A4hent%C3%A4v%C3%A4t+1564+valtuustopaikkaa/200815602781/4
↑ Tilastokeskus. "Kunnallisvaalit 1976-2012, puolueiden kannatus". Retrieved 13 December 2014.

Elections and referendums in Finland

Parliamentary elections	1863 1867 1872 1877 1882 1885 1888 1891 1894 1900 1901 1905 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1913 1916 1917 1919 1922 1924 1927 1929 1930 1933 1936 1939 1945 1948 1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1972 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019

Municipal elections	1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1928 1930 1933 1936 1945 1947 1950 1953 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2017

Presidential elections	1919 1925 1931 1937 1940 1943 1944 1946 1950 1956 1962 1968 1973 1978 1982 1988 1994 2000 2006 2012 2018

European elections	1996 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Referendums	1931 1994

Elections in brackets were not public elections

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