SDP takes the win as Finns Party vote collapses
yle.fi
Finland headed to the polls on Sunday to elect thousands of councillors in a range of local and regional bodies.

Finland headed to the polls on Sunday to elect thousands of councillors in a range of local and regional bodies.

The Social Democrats took a big win in the municipal elections, taking nearly one in four votes nationwide to push the National Coalition Party of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo into second place.

In the county council elections, for 21 regional bodies that arrange social and healthcare outside Helsinki, the SDP also topped the poll. The Centre Party recorded a good result in its rural heartlands to secure third spot.

Government parties did poorly, with all but the NCP losing support compared to the previous municipal elections in 2021. Turnout in the municipal election was 54.2 percent, while the county elections saw 51.7 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots.

The dual vote for municipal and county councils caused logistical issues for election officials, with counting slower than usual for Finland, where large numbers vote in advance and results are usually clear within a couple of hours of polls closing.

The Finns Party saw support collapse compared to the last municipal election, with the party nearly halving its vote from four years ago. They lost support in several towns that are seeing hospital services cut back as part of the central government’s savings drive.

  • SpicyColdFartChamber@lemm.eeEnglish
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    8 days ago

    The Austrians did elect the FPO back. Did they forget about their incompetency?

    I think something more is at play here. Maybe tiktok? Russian interference? Not sure.

    I also think it may be because the root problem is not being solved. Late stage capitalism - housing crisis, unemployment and such.

    The far right point to immigrants and blames them for it, but the establishment parties also do very little, too late, to solve the issues well either. Then the election cycle comes and people want a reset. A vicious cycle.

    I feel like this calls for radical shift in how society operates, doesn’t it (just openly balling)?

    I am not saying communist revolution. But I also think we’ve spent too much time kissing rich asses in the name of “we are benefiting from this, keep doing it”. Now that economies don’t grow as fast anymore, the “trickle down” effect isn’t working and people are getting poorer and angrier.

    The rich don’t care as long as they can make short term profit, so they keep supporting whoever will help them with that.

    There needs to be a change. Or at least the greens, the left need to get some balls, strong leaders and implement some kind of FDResque or clement atleesque policies.

    What we need is to give the rich incentives to be happy with what they have and have a stronger government approach to handling things. Avoiding bloodshed is important, don’t want to end up like USSR. Maybe until we figure out unlimited energy we can let the rich be dicks but not let them be too much of dicks.

    This was a weird rant…