Analysis: defections, electoral alliances and wild cards make Lahti’s municipal elections highly exciting

Breeding and upside down party election posters are in the Lahti market in the rack. — Election posters have been vandalised in Lahti’s market square a few days before the elections.

Will the Lahti municipal elections be a duel between the Democrats and the Coalition Party? Will the electoral alliance put us in third place?

Election campaigning has been sluggish in Lahti, but Sunday’s vote count is shaping up to be an exciting one.

Will the SDP retain its number one position after many prominent democrats dropped out of the elections?

Who will pull the longer straw: the floundering True Finns in government or the colourful Pro Lahti?

Do the election coalitions support or expel the party loyal voters? What about the party film?

In the diagram, the parties of the parties in the form of a pyramid in the municipal elections 2021. — Election results by party in the previous municipal elections in 2021. PLYL stands for Pro Lahti Joint List.

The special feature of the council term in Lahti has been a movement between council groups, that is, party film. In addition, some parties have entered into election coalitions in which the votes of the parties are added together.

Where are the Democrats’ vote-winners?

The Lahti demarians go to the election to defend their number one place. The Demaric Camp is believed in the victory of the election, as the position of the opposition party in national politics is raining on the SDP.

Demarians say they have received a lot of encouraging messages from voters who have gone into government policy.

On the other hand, several party’s first names skip the election.

Their total votes in the last municipal elections were over 3,000.

The Coalition sucked in defectors

Pro Lahti Anita Närhi Lahti, a council group on Vapaudenkatu. — Anita Närhi used to represent Pro Lahti.

The True Finns campaigned sluggishly

It is reported from the Basic Finns camp that the election fields have been encouraged to adhere to the chosen line in national politics.

See the moods of the SDP, the Coalition and the Basic Finns before the elections:

The strong personalities of Pro Lahti

The list of candidates is long and varied.

KD, Centre Party and Movement Now found each other

The Christian Democrats, downtown and movement Nyt have the Election Union.

A year ago, Falk supported Lahti Energia’s sales study, Arvaja and Seesvaara strongly opposed it.

The duel between the Greens and the Left Alliance

The Left Alliance expects to benefit in the elections because of the policy made by the right -wing government.

The opinions of the candidates can be investigated in the YLE electoral machine.

The themes of the regional elections in Päijät -Häme are discussed in a discussion that can be listened to in Yle Arena: