Satakunta (formerly Turku Province North) is a
Finnish constituency represented in the
Parliament of Finland
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. It covers the administrative region of
Satakunta
Satakunta (in both Finnish and Swedish, ) is a region ( / ) of Finland, part of the former Western Finland Province. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia and Ostrobothnia. The capital city of the region is ...
, with a population of 221,752 (). Satakunta elects nine members of the Finnish Parliament.
The constituency is largely rural, and the largest cities are
Pori
)
, website www.pori.fi
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and
Rauma. The largest parties in the parliamentary elections are the
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP, fi, Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue ; sv, Finlands socialdemokratiska parti), shortened to the Social Democrats ( fi, link=no, Sosiaalidemokraatit; sv, link=no, Socialdemokrater) and commonly kno ...
and the
Centre Party.
Members of Parliament
2007–2011
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Anne Holmlund
Anne Elisabeth Holmlund (born 18 April 1964) is a Finnish politician and Minister of the Interior of Finland from 2007 to 2011. She was a Member of Parliament for the National Coalition Party from 2002 until 2015.
Political career
Holmlund has b ...
(
National Coalition Party
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, leader1_name = Petteri Orpo
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, merger = Finnish Party, Young Finnis ...
)
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Timo Kalli
Timo Juhani Kalli (born 22 February 1947 in Kiukainen, now Eura, Satakunta) is a Finnish former politician from the Centre Party. He is a farmer by profession.
Kalli was a member of parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representat ...
(
Centre Party)
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Reijo Kallio (
Social Democratic Party
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)
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Oiva Kaltiokumpu (
Centre Party)
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Sampsa Kataja (
National Coalition Party
sv, Samlingspartiet
, leader1_title = Chairman
, leader1_name = Petteri Orpo
, leader2_title = Deputy chairs
, leader2_name = Antti Häkkänen Elina ValtonenAnna-Kaisa Ikonen
, merger = Finnish Party, Young Finnis ...
)
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Krista Kiuru
Krista Katriina Kiuru (born 5 August 1974) is a Finnish politician. She served as Minister of Housing and Communications and Minister of Education and Communications in Jyrki Katainen's and Alexander Stubb's cabinets. Since June 2019, she has ser ...
(
Social Democratic Party
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)
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Juha Korkeaoja (
Centre Party)
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Veijo Puhjo
Veijo Olavi Puhjo (26 June 1948 – 9 December 2019) was a Finnish politician who was a member of Finnish Parliament, representing the Left Alliance. He was elected to the parliament in 1995 and left after the 2011 election. Puhjo was a physici ...
(
Left Alliance)
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Antti Vuolanne (
Social Democratic Party
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2019–2023
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Eeva Kalli
Eeva Kalli (born 10 January 1981 in Kiukainen) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Centre Party at the Satakunta
Satakunta (in both Finnish and Swedish, ) is a region ( / ) of Finland, part of th ...
(
Centre Party)
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Laura Huhtasaari
Laura Huhtasaari (born 30 March 1979) is a Finnish politician, businesswoman and teacher. As a member of the Finns Party, she has represented Satakunta in the Parliament of Finland from April 2015 to July 2019. She was the Finns Party candidate f ...
(
Finns Party
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The ...
)
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Krista Kiuru
Krista Katriina Kiuru (born 5 August 1974) is a Finnish politician. She served as Minister of Housing and Communications and Minister of Education and Communications in Jyrki Katainen's and Alexander Stubb's cabinets. Since June 2019, she has ser ...
(
Social Democratic Party
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)
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Jari Koskela (
Finns Party
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)
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Matias Marttinen (
National Coalition Party
sv, Samlingspartiet
, leader1_title = Chairman
, leader1_name = Petteri Orpo
, leader2_title = Deputy chairs
, leader2_name = Antti Häkkänen Elina ValtonenAnna-Kaisa Ikonen
, merger = Finnish Party, Young Finnis ...
)
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Jari Myllykoski (
Left Alliance)
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Kristiina Salonen (
Social Democratic Party
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)
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Heidi Viljanen (
Social Democratic Party
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)
Election results
References
See also
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Constituencies of Finland There are thirteen constituencies in Finland, nowadays called electoral districts by the Finnish Parliament. (The English word "constituency" is confusing due to its various meanings.) The citizens of each electoral district elect from 6 to 35 MPs ...
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