Follow-up survey casts light on surprise results of European elections in Finland

A HIGH NUMBER of Finns Party supporters voted for the National Coalition in last month’s elections to the European Parliament, finds a follow-up survey by Verian.

The Finns Party won 7.6 per cent, roughly 139,000, of the votes cast in the elections, falling well short of both poll-based expectations and its previous showings. Pre-election polls suggested that the populist right-wing party had a real chance to add to its two seats in the European Parliament.