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	Politics of Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Handles Finland's foreign affairs in cooperation with the Cabinet, except for certain international agreements and decisions of peace or war, which must be submitted to the parliament;
		Finland's proportional representation system encourages a multitude of political parties and has resulted in many coalition-cabinets.
		In the parliamentary elections of 16 March 2003, there were two dominating parties: the Center Party (KESK) got 55 seats, and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) got 53 seats, in the 200-seat Eduskunta.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Finland (717 words)

	Embassy of Finland, Singapore
		Finland (Finnish name Suomi) is a republic which became a member of the European Union in 1995.
		Finland is situated in northern Europe between the 60th and 70th parallels of latitude.
		Finland's neighboring countries are Sweden, Norway and Russia, which have land borders with Finland, and Estonia across the Gulf of Finland.
	www.finland.org.sg /aboutfi.htm (597 words)

	Elections in Finland - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In addition to the presidential and parlamentary elections, there are European Parliament elections every five years, and local municipal elections (held simultaneously in every municipality) every four years.
		An election was last held February 6, 2000 and the next will be held on January 15, 2006 (second round on January 29, 2006, if needed).
		The Prime Minister of Finland is appointed by the president, based on the vote in the parliamentary elections.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Elections_in_Finland (371 words)

	President of Finland - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After Finland's independence and the Civil War in Finland the matter of republic or constitutional monarchy was much debated (see Väinö I of Finland), and the outcome was a compromise: a rather monarchy-like, strong presidency with great powers over Finland's foreign affairs and appointment of cabinet and officers of the civil service.
		In the 1987 presidential election, a direct and an indirect election were conducted in parallel: if no candidate would gain majority, the president was elected by an electoral college formed in the same elections.
		The elections are two-staged: if no candidate wins the majority in the first stage, the top two candidates rerun in the second stage.
	open-encyclopedia.com /President_of_Finland (355 words)

	Finland
		Finland had been assigned to the Soviet sphere of influence by the Nazi–Soviet Nonaggression Pact (the Ribbentrop–Molotov Pact) of August 1939, and the USSR went on to demand from Finland a small part of the Karelian Isthmus, some islands in the Gulf of Finland, and the right to establish a naval base at Hanko.
		Finland appealed in vain to the Swedish government for military assistance, and by the end of February the Russian offensive on the Karelian Isthmus had brought their forces close to Viipuri (Vyborg) and compelled the Finns to evacuate the important fortress of Kovisto.
		Finland was ordered to expel all German troops on its soil, and Finnish troops were to be withdrawn behind the frontiers fixed by the treaty of March 1940.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0019975.html (2403 words)

	general elections in Finland
		Finland has suffered a severe weakening in its economy in 2001 due to the slowing of the American economy that was accentuated by the terrorist attacks on 11th September.
		During each election the number of citizens in each constituency is divided by the country's total population, the result obtained is then multiplied by 199 to gain the number of deputies per constituency.
		Finnish electoral law also obliges the political movements to organise a primary election within the parties just in case the number of candidates appointed by the movements' local sections transcends the number of candidates that they are allowed to put forward, ie the number of seats in each constituency.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/finlande/default.htm (1354 words)

	A short history of Finland
		In 1809 Sweden loses control over Finland to Russia and a personal union of the Grand Duchy with Russia is established.
		Finland becomes the Republic of Finland in the summer of 1919; Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg is elected as the first president (1919-25).
		In 1922 Finland establishes the autonomous region of Aland.
	www.electionworld.org /history/finland.htm (802 words)

	Finland's Presidentical Election; New President
		Finland’s form of governance and its parliamentary procedures had been amended many times and after each adjustment there was talk of the need for comprehensive reform.
		Whereas the old law states that "Finland’s relations with foreign states are determined by the president", the new one links the president into a collaborative arrangement with the government, thus: "Finland’s foreign policy is headed by the president in conjunction with the Council of Ministers".
		Tarja Halonen, the Social Democratic candidate and Finland's Foreign Minister, was elected President of the Republic of Finland on Sunday, February 6.
	www.finland.fi /elections/president2000/english/katsaus.html (6584 words)

	Government of Finland - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Finland is a republic with a representative democracy governed according to the principles of Parliamentarism.
		Some matters are decided by the President of Finland in plenary meetings with the Council of State, echoing the constitutional history of a privy council.
		The prime minister and the other ministers in the Council of State are responsible for their actions in office to the Parliament of Finland.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Government_of_Finland (280 words)

	Finland - Electoral System
		Universal suffrage for national elections was introduced to Finland in 1906, and it was extended to local elections in 1917.
		In the 1980s, the country was divided for national elections into fifteen electoral constituencies, fourteen of which sent between seven and twenty-seven representatives to the Eduskunta, according to their population.
		Elections for the 200-seat Eduskunta are held every four years in March, except when the president has dissolved the body and has called for an early election.
	countrystudies.us /finland/121.htm (709 words)

	True Finns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Finnish Agrarian Party was founded in 1959 and renamed to the True Finns in 1995, the year Finland joined the European Union.
		The founder of the party was Veikko Vennamo, leader of a faction in the Agrarian League (which was renamed to Centre Party in 1965).
		In the 2003 parliamentary elections, the party gained three seats.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/True_Finns (351 words)

	Elections in Finland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Elections in Finland gives information on (A vote to select the winner of a position or political office) election and election results in (Republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917) Finland.
		Finland elects on national level a (The chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government) head of state - the (The chief executive of a republic) president - and a (Persons who make or amend or repeal laws) legislature.
		In addition to the presidential and parlamentary elections, there are (Click link for more info and facts about European Parliament elections) European Parliament elections every five years, and local municipal elections (held simultaneously in every (An urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government) municipality) every four years.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/el/elections_in_finland.htm (851 words)

	general elections in Finland
		It might be the great loser in this election, since Finnish tradition decrees that two of the three major movements join forces at the expense of the third.
		We should note that these elections were supervised by foreign observers who came from developing countries on the invitation of the Foreign Affairs Minister.
		In Finland no-one is expecting radical changes in political life since the programmes of the various parties converge on several points.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/finlande/resultats.htm (979 words)

	Statistics Finland - Municipal elections 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Voting turnout in European Parliamentary elections 1996, Municipal elections 1996, Parliamentary elections 1995 and Finland's EU referendum in 1994 - (Excel-table)
		Number of votes cast for the parties and voting turnout, also councillors by constituency in 1996 and change from the 1992 elections
		Voting turnout by type of municipality in various constituencies in 1996, 1992 and 1988 - (Excel-table)
	www.stat.fi /tk/he/vaalit/vaalit96/index_en.html (126 words)

	Statement by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the Political Situation in Former Yugoslav Republic of ...
		The EU has been observing attentively the development of the recent process of presidential elections in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, whose results are currently under review by the constitutional institutions.
		The EU recalls the OSCE/ODIHR assessment that the election process was generally carried out in a satisfactory manner, regretting however that some irregularities were experienced.
		Incertitude about the duration of the democratic procedure is fostering mistrust in the democratic system while a climate of suspect and mutual accusations may stir tension among political and ethnic groups undermining internal stability.
	www.presidency.finland.fi /netcomm/news/showarticle2053.html (323 words)

	Real Representation (from elections) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		It is important to distinguish between the form and the substance of elections.
		In some cases, electoral forms are present but the substance of an election is missing, as when voters do not have a free and genuine choice between at least two...
		The word election is derived from the Latin verb legere, meaning “to choose.” Elections are the process through which citizens choose who will represent them in government or what will be done about a particular public issue.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-200039 (843 words)

	Political parties in Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the 1995 parliamentary elections, SDP gained a plurality in Finland's parliament with 28% of the vote.
		In the 1999 general election, the SDP maintained its plurality with 22.9%, but the Center party came in as a near second with 22.4%.
		Finland's two other major parties are the Center Party (Keskusta), traditionally representing rural interests, and the Conservative National Coalition (Kokoomus), which draws its major support from the business community and urban professionals.
	www.portaljuice.com /political_parties_in_finland.html (445 words)

	President of Finland
		The President of Finland is the Head of State in Finland.
		Under the constitution the president cannot be born in a foreign country, e.g.
		Since then, presidential elections have been two-staged: if no candidate wins majority in the first stage, the top two candidates rerun in the second stage.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/p/pr/president_of_finland.html (372 words)

	CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS OF FINLAND, PROCEDURE OF PARLIAMENT
		In no other case shall any question of the validity of a parliamentary election be considered by Parliament, unless the objection has been filed on the grounds that either in the election or in the election procedures there has been obvious criminal misconduct or a clear error in the determination of the election result.
		Section 50 The management and condition of the Bank of Finland, the actions of the Governors and the Board of the Bank of Finland and the condition and management of the funds under the supervision of Parliament shall be inspected by the standing committee to which these duties are assigned by the Procedure of Parliament.
		Chapter 6 Measures Relating to the Bank of Finland, the Social Insurance Institution and the Library of Parliament Section 83 (22 July 1991/1078) Parliament shall appoint nine Governors to supervise the administration and activities of the Bank of Finland and the administration of the funds for which Parliament is responsible.
	www.eduskunta.fi /kirjasto/Lait/constitution.html (12903 words)

	Finland: Prime minister resigns over Iraq war scandal
		Finland’s recently elected prime minister, Anneli Jäätteenmäki of the Centre Party, resigned June 18 amid accusations of misleading parliament and soliciting the leaking of secret documents.
		In the final stages of the election Jäätteenmäki had asked Lipponen if the US had a correct understanding of the Finnish position on the war—that as it had not been sanctioned by the United Nations it was illegal.
		The official position of Lipponen’s government, upon which it stood in the elections, was that Finland remained committed to upholding the UN’s authority.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/jul2003/finl-j01.shtml (1086 words)

	CNN.com - First woman premier for Finland? - Mar. 16, 2003
		Juha Ahola, a banker, was one of the first to vote when a polling station opened at a school in a Helsinki suburb.
		Finland adopted a new constitution in 2000 which reduced the powers of the president, who will no longer choose a candidate from one of the leading parties to head government formation talks.
		Conducted by Finland's Gallup from March 6-11, the poll had a margin of error of 2 percentage points.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/03/16/finland.elections.ap/index.html (603 words)

	ICL - Finland - Constitution
		In this election, the candidates shall be the two persons who received the greatest number of votes in the first election.
		The election shall be performed according to the procedure provided for the election of the Speaker of Parliament.
		Otherwise another election shall be carried out immediately and, if nevertheless no candidate receives an absolute majority, a further election shall be carried out between the two candidates who received the greatest number of votes in the second election.
	www.oefre.unibe.ch /law/icl/fi01000_.html (8211 words)

	AllRefer.com - Finland - The Presidential Election of 1982 and Koivisto's Presidency \| Finnish Information Resource
		He was the first member of the SDP to be elevated to the country's highest post, and his election meant the full integration of social democrats into Finnish public life and an end to the postwar dominance of Kesk.
		During the 1970s, as governor of the Bank of Finland and, for a short time, as minister of finance, he had won the public's respect for the accuracy of his economic forecasts.
		Seen by Kesk politicians as a threat to their party's hold on the presidency after Kekkonen's inevitable retirement, Koivisto was pressured to resign in the spring of 1981.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/finland/finland150.html (758 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809.
		elections: president elected by popular vote for a six-year term; election last held 16 January 2000 and 6 February 2000 (next to be held February 2006); the president appoints the prime minister and deputy prime minister from the majority party or the majority coalition after parliamentary elections and the parliament must approve the appointment
		Finland has a highly industrialized, largely free-market economy, with per capita output roughly that of the UK, France, Germany, and Italy.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/fi.html (1214 words)

	European Parliament Elections
		Citizens of other EU Member States aged 18 or over are eligible to vote if they are domiciled in Finland and if they apply for the right to vote by 25 March 1999.
		Citizens of other EU Member States who registered to vote in the 1996 EP elections in Finland and who are still domiciled in Finland will automatically have the right to vote in the 1999 EP elections.
		EU citizens who have lost their right to vote in their Member State of origin may not vote in the Finnish EP elections.
	www3.europarl.eu.int /election/law/en/lafi01en.htm (514 words)

	Statement by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the Presidential Elections in Indonesia - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Statement by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the Presidential Elections in Indonesia - presidency.finland.fi - News - CFSP Statements
		The election was carried out in a transparent and democratic manner, thus bringing Indonesia to the threshold of a new era.
		The elections represent new important milestones after the June election in Indonesia´s road to democracy.
	www.presidency.finland.fi /netcomm/news/showarticle1568.html (171 words)

	Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A more detailed analysis of the results of this election is to be expected tomorrow, but immediate indications are that it was more of a subdued routine affair than an occasion for angry popular protest.
		Initial figures from the municipal elections forecast a win for the Social Democrats at the expense of their government coalition partners in the Centre Party.
		Nevertheless, the fact that the Centre Party and the Social Democrats were neck-and-neck (SDP 24.9%, Centre 24.8%) when the absentee advance ballots were calculated at 8.00 p.m, the time the polling stations closed, is an indicator that Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen’s Centrists will almost certainly lose the 0.7%-point lead they held in 2000.
	www.helsinginsanomat.fi /english/article/1076154326193 (887 words)

	CNN.com - Finland's opposition makes gains in municipal elections - October 23, 2000
		HELSINKI, Finland (AP) -- The opposition Centre Party made sizable gains in nationwide municipal elections to become the country's largest party, but turnout was a record low at 55.8 percent, according to results released on Monday.
		The Centre Party won 23.8 percent of the vote in Sunday's election, in which 12,000 candidates ran for positions on municipal councils and in local governments.
		In the previous local elections in 1996, 61 percent of the 4 million voters turned out.
	www.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/10/23/finland.elections.ap/index.html (449 words)

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