Analysis: Basic Finns succeeded in their candidate selection, but the Democrats held their ground in Hämeenlinna and Lahti

People in election monitoring at Hämeenlinna factory.
In the picture in the foreground, in a yellow outfit, Hämeen’s voice queen Lulu Ranne (ps.) at the election supervisors at Hämeenlinna’s Verkatehta.

The parliamentary parties in Häme have gone through their preliminary analyzes of the election results. The parties are trying to accurately track the votes received and lost, because lessons are being learned from everything with the next election in mind.

The first thing to notice about the election result is that the Häme electoral district changed its color.

The SDP came in second in support percentages, when for the first time Basic Finns became the largest party in the constituency with 24.4 percent support.

However, the Dems sighed with relief, because in Lahti and Hämeenlinna, SDP is still number one. In Lahti, the support of the Democrats is the second highest in big cities, right after Tampere, at 25.5 percent. In Hämeenlinna, the support is 24.4 percent.

Basic Finns are more educated than ever

Lehto’s fall can be explained by his invisibility as an MP and the diverse candidate list of basic Finns. The success of the candidate list is also illustrated by the fact that all the candidates of basic Finns received at least 1,000 votes.

Defeat win for the Demars

Perhaps the minister who traveled a lot abroad was not visible enough in the politics of the kingdom. The fact that the Itärata project has not been stopped was also blamed on the Lahti minister.

A male coalition supporter from Lahti is looking for his candidate

This may not be said out loud, but the coalition will have to think about whether a man from Lahti, a member of the coalition, will remain without his own leading candidate.

Milla Bruneau is sad at the election supervisors meeting
For Milla Bruneau, the vote was a bitter disappointment.

Kemppi kiri, Soinikoski collapsed

In self-examination, the reasons can be found: the visibility was poor, the message was not clear, and to top it all off, the government partner Demaris skillfully played the votes for themselves, doing a disservice to the entire green left.

Find out more about the Häme election result in Yle’s results service.

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