Social Democrats lead in Finland elections
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HELSINKI: Finland’s Social Democratic Party retained a narrow lead to emerge as the top parliamentary election vote-getter on Sunday.
The Social Democrats secured 40 seats in Finland’s 200-member parliament based on a preliminary tally of more than 94 percent of ballots. The eurosceptics won 39 after campaigning on the message that the Finnish government should overdo its efforts to combat climate change.
The election, held six weeks ahead of elections to the European Union’s legislature, was being watched for indications of how eurosceptic parties might do across the EU.
Published in Dawn, April 15th, 2019
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Apr 15, 2019 04:28pm
Welcome to the club of democracy and true democratic elections. Keep it up and hang on tough.
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Apr 15, 2019 07:36pm
Being a pakistani- Finn it's great to see this welcome change . Hopefully Greens and Leftist party will join hands in new coalition government.
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