European election poll: SPP could lose sole MEP

The Swedish People's Party has had an MEP since Finland's first European election in 1996.

Graphic showing the results of a poll of voting intention in the European Elections, with the NCP on 21.7%, the SDP on 19.7%, the Finns Party on 14.1% and the Centre Party on 13.6%.
The NCP took the top spot in Yle's European election poll. Image: Dmitry Rukhlenko / AOP, Silja Viitala / Yle ja eduskunta, grafiikka: Nanna Särkkä / Yle
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The National Coalition Party is the most popular choice in Yle's poll of voting intention in the European Parliament elections, which are taking place next month.

Some 21.7 percent of respondents said they would go for Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's party. That would translate to four of Finland's 15 MEP slots in the new parliament.

The second most popular party was the Social Democratic Party, on 19.7 percent. That would give them three MEPs.

The Finns Party, meanwhile, polled 14.1 percent and the Centre was the preferred choice of some 13.6 percent of respondents. Both the Left Alliance and the Greens were supported by 10.5 percent of those answering the survey.

All four of those parties would therefore get two MEPs, were these results reproduced in next month's election.

The Swedish People's Party, on the other hand, would lose its only MEP if these results translate to actual voting patterns in June.

The election coalition formed by the Christian Democrats and Movement Now would also be left without representation in the parliament.

SDP strengthen, Greens fall away

The biggest changes in support since the 2019 European elections look to be in the support enjoyed by the Green Party and the SDP.

The Social Democrats' support was measured at more than five percentage points higher than their result in 2019.

The Greens, meanwhile, saw their support drop by 5.5 percentage points.

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