Finland elections 18 March

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Thanks

[kireev]

Maps! More http://www.electoralgeography.com/en/countries/f/finland/2007-parliament-elections-finland.html

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Its nice to see a conservative party get all the votes in the urban areas

[minionofmidas]

Wow, the Swedish vote is quite concentrated.

[kireev]

Thanks, but I cannot switch the colors though - I would have to remake the map.  I just have to remember the parties' colors next time.

Btw, can you, as a Finn, explain why the Center Party is so popular in the countryside and the National Coalition Party's geography is like a mirror reflection of the CP's geography?

Nice map, please switch the SFP (obviously yellow) and Left wing alliance (should be some shade of red) colors .

[Bono]

Thanks, but I cannot switch the colors though - I would have to remake the map.  I just have to remember the parties' colors next time.

Btw, can you, as a Finn, explain why the Center Party is so popular in the countryside and the National Coalition Party's geography is like a mirror reflection of the CP's geography?

Nice map, please switch the SFP (obviously yellow) and Left wing alliance (should be some shade of red) colors .

I'm not a Finn, but I'll have a go. The Center Party is in its origins an agrarian party, and strongly supports decentralization, which is popular in the rural areas.

[minionofmidas]

Thanks, but I cannot switch the colors though - I would have to remake the map.  I just have to remember the parties' colors next time.

Btw, can you, as a Finn, explain why the Center Party is so popular in the countryside and the National Coalition Party's geography is like a mirror reflection of the CP's geography?

Nice map, please switch the SFP (obviously yellow) and Left wing alliance (should be some shade of red) colors .

Because the Center Party is an Agrarian Center-Right party, and the Coalition is an Urban Center-Right party.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Because the Center Party is an Agrarian Center-Right party, and the Coalition is an Urban Center-Right party.

See also: Denmark (though maybe not to the extent that was?)

[Huckleberry Finn]

How earth I couldn't find this thread earlier?

Good to see that this is done though. Thanks to Aethelberth for waving our flag high.

I will possibly post some comments later.

[Huckleberry Finn]

Maps! More http://www.electoralgeography.com/en/countries/f/finland/2007-parliament-elections-finland.html

The map only shows where parties are number ones. For example Tampere is conservative in the map although leftists (SDP/Left/Greens/Communist) took majority (about 51 %) of vote there and Coalition got only 27,3 which is quite good in this old industrial town though.

Kouvola (in South-Eastern Finland) where I now live has always been one of the strongest strongholds of Coalition. The party got 38% here and SDP and Centre only 20% both

Local factors here: A lot of entrepreneurs and white-collar workers + military bases. Also railways, which is remarkably employer here, are at least a minor factor, because many railway employees are surprisingly Coalition voters! This is because of during the interwar period railways only hired 'trustworthy' workers and the occupation has descended in some families as well as political affiliation.

Here you can find the municipality level results, but only in Finnish and Swedish.

http://www.yle.fi/vaalit/tulospalvelu/index.htm

[Gustaf]

Because the Center Party is an Agrarian Center-Right party, and the Coalition is an Urban Center-Right party.

See also: Denmark (though maybe not to the extent that was?)

Denmark is similar though Venstre (the old agrarian party) was originally more left-liberal than its Swedish and Finnish counter-parts (that's why they're still called the Left, which is funny since they're the right-winged party now)