Harri Honkanen: Amazing Result In Finnish Election — True Finns Came Within A Hairsbreadth Of Forming The Government
04/15/2019
The Finnish elections produced a quite amazing result. Nobody thought the final polls could be right.
- Social Democrats — 17.7% (40 seats) up
- True Finns — 17.5% (39 seats) up.
- Blue Reform (split from True Finns when they elected 'far right' Hallo-Aho as leader, part of out-going coalition) 1% (no seats)
- Kokoomus (Free market Conservatives) — 17% (38 seats)
- Centre (party of the Prime Minister) — collapsed from 1st to 13.8% — 31 seats.
So, True Finns would have won were it not for the splitters and were a hair’s breadth from winning. SDP and True Finns began to spike due to a scandal over old people’s homes and the Oulu grooming scandal. I will have more on this election later.