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Finland
Population
Total population of Finland is 5,503,297 by 1st January 2017. 6,34% people are foreign (Eurostat).
The median age is 42,24 which is slightly more than the European average of 40,36 (UN Data).
Political Parties
The most recent parliamentary elections were held in April 2015. The prominent parties, vote shares in these elections and their orientations are as follows (Parlgov):
|
Party Name |
Vote Share |
Ideological Orientation |
|
Centre Party |
21,1 |
Agrarian |
|
Finnish Party | True Finns |
17,65 |
Agrarian |
|
National Coalition Party |
18,2 |
Conservative |
|
Social Democratic Party of Finland |
16,51 |
Social democracy |
|
Green League |
8,53 |
Green/Ecologist |
|
Democratic Union | Left Alliance |
7,13 |
Communist/Socialist |
|
Christian Democrats |
3,54 |
Christian democracy |
|
Pirate Party Finland |
0,85 |
Special issue |
|
Swedish People's Party |
4,88 |
Liberal |
Electoral System
The system used in Finland is List PR in which parties make lists of candidates to be elected, and seats get distributed to each party in proportion to the number of votes the party receives. They have Open list, using d'Hondt method. Voter turnout in 2015 was 66, 85%. (idea.int)
Quality of Democracy
Quality of democracy score by Freedom House is 1 out of 7 where 1 is the most free and 7 is the least free. According to Transparency International, Finland is ranked 3rd least corrupt among 180 countries with a score of 85 out of 100.
Gender Equality
42% of the parliamentarians are women (data.worldbank) although there is no legislated quota for women. (Europa)