2017 Finnish municipal elections

Municipal elections were held in Finland on 9 April 2017 with advance voting between 29 March and 4 April. The councils in 295 municipalities in Finland (excluding Åland) were elected. Several municipalities altered the size of their councils (mainly because of municipal mergers) before the elections which resulted in reduction of seats available from 9,674 to 8,999.

2017 Finnish municipal elections
9 April 2017
All 295 municipal councils
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Petteri Orpo Antti Rinne Juha Sipilä
Party National Coalition SDP Centre
Leader since 2016 2014 2012
Last election 1,735 seats, 21.9% 1,729 seats, 19.6% 3,077 seats, 18.7%
Seats won 1,490 1,697 2,824
Seat change 245 32 253
Popular vote 531,599 498,252 450,529
Percentage 20.7% 19.4% 17.5%
Swing 1.2pp 0.2pp 1.1pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Ville Niinistö Timo Soini Li Andersson
Party Green Finns Left Alliance
Leader since 2011 1997 2016
Last election 323 seats, 8.5% 1,195 seats, 12.3% 640 seats, 8.0%
Seats won 534 770 658
Seat change 211 425 18
Popular vote 320,235 227,297 226,626
Percentage 12.5% 8.8% 8.8%
Swing 4.0pp 3.5pp 0.8pp
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Anna-Maja Henriksson Sari Essayah
Party RKP KD
Leader since 2016 2015
Last election 480 seats, 4.7% 300 seats, 3.7%
Seats won 471 316
Seat change 9 16
Popular vote 125,518 105,551
Percentage 4.9% 4.1%
Swing 0.2pp 0.4pp
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