The higher voting percentage of the rural areas is an additional asset. The party has a strong anti-EU wing. Famous representatives for the Centre have been the late President Urho Kekkonen, the former Prime Minister Eske Aho, and the former minister for foreign affairs Paavo V yrynen. Helsinki and the other main cities are National Coalition strongholds. While most of rural Finland is dominated by the green of the Centre, Eastern H me is blue for some reason.
Some splits are still visible both inside and outside of the party.
Much stronger in the North than in the South, the party gets most of its votes from industrial workers. The eternal struggle with SDP over trade unions goes on and on. The language issue gives SFP the stablest electorate of any Finnish party. It manages to make its way to most Finnish governments, thus having an influence greater than its size. The correct translation of Svenska Folkpartiet is not obvious.