The opposition Social Democrats overtook Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's National Coalition Party in Yle's latest political support survey.
The survey found the SDP receiving 22.3 percent of support from respondents, marking an increase of 1.9 percentage points from Yle's survey in August.
The NCP received support from 21.9 of survey respondents, marking a 0.3 percentage point increase in support compared to last month.
The uptick in support for the Social Democrats was due to a general redistribution of support for red-green parties, according to Tuomo Turja, research director at Taloustutkimus, the firm which carried out the poll.
"The Left Alliance now seems to have lost some of the support it received when the party saw good results in the European elections. Support for the Greens has also somewhat decreased. At the same time, the SDP managed to retain support but also probably reclaimed some support from those who favoured the Left Alliance in the summer," Turja explained.
The Finns Party, one of the four parties in government, found itself in third place in Yle's poll, receiving support from 16.7 of respondents, reflecting an increase of 0.8 percentage points. That growth marks the third month in a row that the Finns Party saw increased support in the public broadcaster's poll.
Despite the increase, support for the Finns Party remains lower than the levels (20.1 percent) it received in the 2023 Parliamentary elections.
According to Turja, the Finns Party has managed to hold onto its own voter base better than it has in the past and appears to have regained some of that support.
During the latest polling period, the government's planned budget cuts and anti-racism campaign controversies dominated headlines. As PM Orpo unveiled a campaign to eradicate racism in the country, leaders in the Finns Party were less than enthusiastic about the effort.
"Support for the Finns Party increased slightly over the past couple of weeks, so it would seem the racism issue has not harmed them," Turja explained.
Declines and upticks
The opposition Centre Party saw a 1.1 percentage point decline in support but managed a fourth-place ranking in the poll.
Turja said that while that decline was fairly large, support for the Centre has hovered around 11 percent.
Support for a number of other parties declined, with the Left Alliance losing the most ground. After a decline of 1.6 percentage points, support for the Left stood at 9.3 percent in the latest survey.
The Greens saw a decline of 0.7 percentage points, receiving support from 8.2 percent of respondents.
Meanwhile, the Christian Democrats received more support than its government partner, the Swedish People's Party. According to the survey, the Christian Democrats received 4.1 percent of support while the SPP remained at 3.6.
Parliament's smallest party, Movement Now, received 1.6 percent of support, reflecting a 0.6 percentage point increase.
Taloustutkimus interviewed 2,308 people between 12 August and 3 September 2024, with 1,684 offering their party preferences. The margin of error was two percentage points in either direction.
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