None of the 13 smaller parties that were vying for votes in this election secured enough voter backing to get a candidate into parliament, with many falling far short of the mark.
Sanna Kurronen of the Liberal Party was one of the two candidates standing for the smaller parties to receive over 1,000 votes, with the Bank of Finland economist garnering 2,338 ballots. This was not however enough to win Kurronen a seat in parliament.
The Liberal Party received much media attention during the campaign following the publication of a budgetary plan aimed at trimming Finland's state expenditure by some nine billion euros. However, aside from Kurronen, the party gained a scattering of support, with party chair Lassi Kivinen receiving just 842 votes.
Ossi Tiihonen of the Freedom Alliance was just behind Kurronen among the other smaller party candidates, as he received 2,042 votes.
The right-wing conservative Freedom Alliance broke with MP Ano Turtiainen's Power Belongs to the People Party (VKK) in early 2022 due to Turtiainen's pro-Russia stance. The party supports Finland's exit from the EU and the euro, and opposes Finland's Nato membership.
VKK party secretary Marko Hiltunen took part in a smaller-party debate, broadcast by Yle on 16 March, but the publicity did not lead to electoral success, with Hiltunen securing only 237 votes.
The party was the only representative in that debate to already have an MP in parliament — the party leader and former Finns Party member Turtiainen — this is no longer the case as the controversial MP received just 632 votes in this election and will not return to parliament.
Among the other participants in the Yle-televised debate, none managed to secure more than 1,000 votes:
Open Party chair Petrus Pennanen (674 votes)
Animal Justice Party of Finland vice-chair Saana-Maria Majatie (428)
Feminist Party chair Emilia Taskinen (249)
Citizens' Union candidate Jorma Grönlund (74)
Finnish Reform Movement chair Petri Roininen (608)
Crystal Party chair Juho Lyytikäinen (594)
Pirate Party chair Pekka Mustonen (126)
Blue-and-Black Movement chair Tuukka Kuru (312)
Finnish Nation First chair Riikka Salmi (not nominated)
Communist Party of Finland Secretary General Tiina Sandberg (129).
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