The EP election was held in Finland on Sunday.

The turnout was 40.3%. The Finnish Ministry of Justice is reporting the following results (2004 in brackets) and note that these results are very different from the ones on the EP website, but are confirmed on another official Finland election website:

Parties:
KOK – Kansallinen Kokoomus (National Coalition Party) – 23.2%, 3 seats (23.7%, 4)
KESK – Suomen Keskusta (Finnish Centre Party) – 19%, 3 seats (23.4%, 4)
SDP – Suomen Sosialidemokraatinen Puolue (Social Democratic Party) – 17.5%, 2 seats (21.2%, 3)
VIHR – Vihreät (Greens) – 12.4%, 2 seats (10.4%, 1)
Perussuomalaiset (True Finns) – 9.8%, 1 seat (0.5%
SFP – Svenska Folkpartiet i Finland (Swedish People’s Party in Finland) – 6.1%, 1 seat (5.7%, 1)
VAS – Vasemmistoliitto r.p. (Left Alliance) – 5.9%, 0 seats (9.1%, 1)
KD – Kristillisdemokraatit (Christian Democrats) – 4.2%, 1 seat (4.3%, 0)

In Finland, the general trend away from the left was confirmed, the SDP lost votes and the lefter(!) Left Alliance did particularly poorly. That said, the Greens did gain some votes and KESK lost votes too. The big surprise was the rise of the True Finns, confirming the general success of nationalist parties. They were in alliance with the Christian Democrats, which allowed them to gain a seat even though their vote from 2004 was virtually unchanged and when they won nothing. In effect, this is a mid-term election in the middle of a big recession. So, the fact that the opposition left did badly does not bode particularly well for them in the future.

An article on the 2004 EP election in Finland is available here.