Lapland (parliamentary electoral district) explained

Parl Name:Eduskunta
Region Label:Region
Region:Lapland
Population:180,231 (2016)
Year:1939
Seats:6

Lapland is a Finnish constituency represented in the eduskunta. It covers the administrative region of Lapland, with a population, as of its most recent accessible calculation in 2002, of 187,777. Lapland currently elects seven members to the eduskunta.The constituency is largely rural, and the only cities in the area are small. Thus, the dominant party has traditionally been the rural Centre Party. The second party that holds major influence in the area is the SKDL/Left Alliance. The other two major Finnish parties, the social democratic SDP and conservative NCP have usually received one of the seats in the constituency. The NCP has often allied with the Christian Democrats.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
April
2015
Katri Kulmuni
Markus Lohi
Mikko Kärnä
Eeva-Maria Maijala
Johanna Ojala-Niemelä
Hanna Mäntylä
Markus Mustajärvi
Matti Torvinen
April
2019
Heikki Autto
Kaisa Juuso
April
2023
Sara Seppänen
Seat abolished
6 seats

Election results

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See also