{"id":1516,"date":"2007-03-18T17:17:27","date_gmt":"2007-03-18T17:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/03\/18\/all-your-finnish-election-needs\/"},"modified":"2008-04-02T10:28:14","modified_gmt":"2008-04-02T10:28:14","slug":"all-your-finnish-election-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/03\/all-your-finnish-election-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"All your Finnish election needs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two days ago marked the 100th anniversary of parliamentary democracy in Finland. Today they’ve got an election. Polls close in about an hour and a half, so it’s about to get interesting. (Well, possibly<\/a>…)<\/p>\n

Thanks to the way this is all likely to work out, we could well see a new Prime Minister emerge by the morning – which would mean that the EU loses one of its most sensible contributors, the self-described “Euro-pragmatist<\/a>” Matti Vanhanen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In other words, there could well be a wider impact than just a few alterations to the reindeer supply… Worth paying attention to.<\/p>\n

First up, check out Aapotsikko’s overview of the key issues<\/a>, plus predictions<\/a>. You could do a lot worse than hop around the rest of the blog<\/a> to catch up on background. (Finland for Thought<\/a> also has some decent election coverage.)<\/p>\n

Then follow the results as they come in<\/a>, and keep an eye on Finnish newspaper Helsingen Sannomat<\/a> (in English), plus this useful news site<\/a> (and another<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Wikipedia’s page<\/a> on the elections is also likely to be helpful to those of us who don’t really know much about Finnish politics.<\/p>\n

Any other suggestions of handy Finnish sites much appreciated.<\/p>\n

10 pm Update:<\/strong> Well that was quick<\/a> – two hours after the polls closed, 99% of the votes counted, and it looks like Vanhannen stays in by just one seat.<\/p>\n

Update 2:<\/strong> Aapotsikko’s back with context and analysis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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