The center-right is the winner of Sunday’s legislative elections in Finland, slightly ahead of the nationalist party and then the social democrats of Sanna Marin, who would thus lose his post as Prime Minister, according to an estimate by radio and television Yle.
According to the projection of the public broadcaster, usually close to the final result, the National Coalition party of Petteri Orpo would obtain the most seats, with 48 deputies, ahead of the anti-immigration party of the Finns with a new record of 46 seats. and the Social Democratic SDP (43).
The party candidate who arrives first traditionally inherits the post of Prime Minister in Finland, provided that he can muster a majority in Parliament.
Social Democrat Prime Minister Sanna Marin admitted defeat in Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Finland, won by the center-right ahead of the nationalists.
“Congratulations to the winner of the elections, congratulations to the National Coalition, congratulations to the Party of the Finns, democracy has spoken“, said the 37-year-old leader, who will lose her position, in front of her supporters.
Petteri Orpo, the leader of the NCP, claimed victory. “We have the biggest mandate“, he said in a speech to his supporters.
The differences in votes would be even smaller, according to Yle’s estimates: 20.9% for the center-right, 20.3% for the extreme right and 19.7% for the social democrats.
The outgoing Prime Minister has called to wait for the final results. “Let’s wait for the end. I am very grateful to the people who voted en masse for the social democrats“, she said facing her rivals on the set of Yle.
The three parties are indeed progressing compared to the last elections in 2019, with a record promised to the nationalists of the Finns party.
“It’s a projection, so let’s take it as such, but it’s a great result“, a commenté sa dirigeante Riikka Purra.
These legislative elections in the country of 5.5 million inhabitants coincide with the official entry of the country bordering Russia into NATO, expected in the coming days. Popular both abroad and in Finland, Sanna Marin has established herself as a “Rockstar prime minister“but she is more divisive in her country, where she is criticized on public finances and inflation.
