# 2009 European Parliament election in Finland

An election of the delegation from Finland to the European Parliament was held in 2009.
Finland uses the open list D'Hondt method, where voters vote for an individual, but the individual's vote is counted primarily for the party and secondarily for the candidate. Parties receive seats in proportion to their share of the vote, and candidates from those parties are selected based on the votes they received individually. In European Parliament elections, the whole country forms a single constituency.

## Result

Compared to the 2004 European Parliament election in Finland, the three major parties National Coalition Party, Centre Party, and Social Democrats (SDP) each lost a seat. Moreover, the most popular candidate on the SDP list was the independent Mitro Repo. The Left Alliance lost their only seat. The Greens gained a seat, the Christian Democrats regained the seat they had lost in the previous period, and the True Finns achieved their first entry to the European Parliament with one seat. The Swedish People's Party kept their single seat. No extraparliamentary party gained any seats.
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | National Coalition Party | 386,416 | 23.21 | 3 | –1 |
| | Centre Party | 316,798 | 19.03 | 3 | –1 |
| | Social Democratic Party | 292,051 | 17.54 | 2 | –1 |
| | Green League | 206,439 | 12.40 | 2 | +1 |
| | Finns Party | 162,930 | 9.79 | 1 | +1 |
| | Swedish People's Party | 101,453 | 6.09 | 1 | 0 |
| | Left Alliance | 98,690 | 5.93 | 0 | –1 |
| | Christian Democrats | 69,458 | 4.17 | 1 | +1 |
| | Communist Party of Finland | 8,089 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 |
| | For the Poor | 4,338 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independence Party | 3,563 | 0.21 | 0 | New |
| | Workers' Party of Finland | 3,169 | 0.19 | 0 | New |
| | Finnish Senior Party | 2,974 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independents | 8,463 | 0.51 | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 1,664,831 | 100.00 | 13 | –1 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,664,831 | 99.55 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 7,603 | 0.45 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,672,434 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 4,131,827 | 40.48 | | |
| Source: Tilastokeskus ||||||

### Elected MEPs

* Ville Itälä (National Coalition Party)
* Sirpa Pietikäinen (National Coalition Party)
* Eija-Riitta Korhola (National Coalition Party)
* Anneli Jäätteenmäki (Centre Party)
* Hannu Takkula (Centre Party)
* Riikka Manner (Centre Party)
* Mitro Repo (Social Democratic Party, independent)
* Liisa Jaakonsaari (Social Democratic Party)
* Heidi Hautala (Green League)
* Satu Hassi (Green League)
* Timo Soini (Finns Party)
* Sari Essayah (Christian Democrats)
* Carl Haglund (Swedish People's Party)

### Most voted-for candidates

| Candidate Yleisradio | Party | Votes | Change | Quotient | Municipality |
| Timo Soini | True Finns | 130,715 | | 232 388,000 | Espoo |
| Anneli Jäätteenmäki | Center Party | 80,156 | −69,490 | 316 798,000 | Helsinki |
| Mitro Repo | Social Democratic Party | 71,829 | | 292 051,000 | Helsinki |
| Ville Itälä | National Coalition Party | 66,033 | +594 | 386 416,000 | Turku |
| Heidi Hautala | Green League | 58,926 | | 206 439,000 | Helsinki |
| Satu Hassi | Green League | 57,032 | −17,682 | 103 219,500 | Tampere |
| Sari Essayah | Christian Democrats | 53,803 | | 116 194,000 | Paimio |
| Eija-Riitta Korhola | National Coalition Party | 51,508 | +16,223 | 193 208,000 | Helsinki |
| Sirpa Pietikäinen | National Coalition Party | 51,493 | +21,451 | 128 805,333 | Hämeenlinna |
| Risto E. J. Penttilä | National Coalition Party | 50,881 | | 96 604,000 | Helsinki |
| Liisa Jaakonsaari | Social Democratic Party | 45,325 | | 146 025,500 | Oulu |
| Hannu Takkula | Center Party | 39,444 | +6,705 | 158 399,000 | Rovaniemi |
| Riikka Manner | Center Party | 37,330 | | 105 599,333 | Varkaus |
| Lasse Hautala | Center Party | 31,773 | | 79 199,500 | Kauhajoki |
| Kyösti Karjula | Center Party | 29,387 | | 63 359,600 | Lumijoki |
| Annika Lapintie | Left Alliance | 29,112 | | 98 690,000 | Turku |
| Petri Sarvamaa | National Coalition Party | 27,391 | | 77 283,200 | Helsinki |
| Kimmo Kiljunen | Social Democratic Party | 26,936 | +14,285 | 97 350,333 | Vantaa |
| Satu Taiveaho | Social Democratic Party | 25,916 | | 73 012,750 | Hämeenlinna |
| Tarja Cronberg | Green League | 22,205 | | 68 813,000 | Polvijärvi |