EU Sanna Marin defeated by Finland's conservatives in tight race - More time for clubbing now!

Finnish conservative leader Petteri Orpo has won a nail-biting three-way election race, defeating Prime Minister Sanna Marin's centre left.

"We got the biggest mandate," said the leader of the National Coalition Party, after a dramatic night in which the lead gradually swung away from Ms Marin's Social Democrats.

Mr Orpo was heading for 20.7% of the vote, ahead of the right-wing populist Finns Party and the centre left.

It is a bitter defeat for Ms Marin.

Shortly after the conservative leader claimed victory, she conceded the election.

For weeks the election had been seen as a three-way race, but as results came in, it became too close to call, until a projection from public broadcaster YLE gave Petteri Orpo's National Coalition victory with the biggest number of seats in parliament.

Finns Party leader Riikka Purra congratulated her rival and was overjoyed to have secured the best result in her party's history. She was heading for 20.1% of the vote, while Ms Marin's Social Democrats were on course for 19.9%, with 97% of the results counted.

Sanna Marin became the world's youngest leader when she burst on to the political scene in 2019. She headed a coalition of five parties, all led by women.

Now 37, she has steered Finland to within days of Nato membership, having won plaudits for her country's response to neighbouring Russia's full-scale invasion.

Her poll ratings are still high, but the election was largely fought on Finland's public debt as all the mainstream parties backed Nato membership.

Many Finns see her as a polarising figure. She came under heavy scrutiny last year when a video emerged of her singing, dancing and drinking at a party. Supporters said the controversy was steeped in sexism and women across Finland and the world shared videos of themselves dancing in solidarity.

The conservatives will have the first opportunity in forming a government. Finland's system of proportional representation requires a coalition to muster more than 100 seats in the 200-seat parliament to run the country.



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[Iron Jaguar]

Good. Now tell NATO to GFY

 

[Socrates]

Good to be seeing push back for globohomo in Europe. Between the Dutch farmers, the Italian election and this things are not looking too good for ol' Klaus and his grand plans for "utopia".

Klaus and his retarded conference are a distraction. The people that really run the show do not care about ideology, they will co opt any movement they find useful to increase their own wealth and power.

 

[870EVO]

The thing with polls is they can be accurate; the problem is you need to look at a lot of the meta data to know if it's accurate and how far out the accuracy goes. You can get a poll to say anyone is popular; just conduct most of your polling in a place with a high concentration of like minded political people. Then just say you asked X-number of people and got Y as your result. If you can't, then just put your finger on the scale... and the media is pain propaganda at this point, shouldn't trust anything they say, poll or otherwise.

I remember during Trumps 2016 campaign. He said he was quite confident, despite the media balking at him. Apparently he hired a polling firm that was above board to do all the legwork. It turns out they were correct. And I theorize they told him similar or better numbers would be coming in 2020. Which is why I think he just came out and said, "welp, they rigged it".

 

[Gottahavemysips]

I was hoping for a Finn's party win, but I suppose this is... tolerable? Maybe I can kinda stomach it? European politics are so heavily skewed leftward that I don't really pay much attention to Finnish elections anymore, but maybe this is a sign of some progress. The whole idea that a "center right party" supports gays and multiculturalism really shows how fucky European politics can get. Hell, even the Finn's party is a bit too socialist for my taste, with their love for social benefits, but at least I can chalk that up to fundamentally different social values than the US. At least they want those to go to their countrymen.

 

[WonderWino]

Watch her claim its all a result of far right loons russian interference and incels bringing up her coke and cheating that cost her the election, not that she's a literal cokehead and an incompetent

 

[NewnameRealEmail]

She probably would have won the election if she dropped noodz. A cum rag is probably all this establishment stooge is good for anyway.

 

[ZsaZsaBinks]

Sanna could probably get along well with 50 Cent.

Coming up I was confused, my mommy kissing a girl

Daddy ain't around, probably out committin' felonies

You can find me in the club, bottle full of bub'

I'm into havin' sex, I ain't into makin' love

 

[Overly Serious]

I get representative democracy. It makes things feasible which otherwise wouldn't be whilst still, generally, being democratic.

But I feel something as long-term and fundamental as entering into a military alliance with another nation is the sort of thing that should be put to a referendum. Matters of sovereignty are not the same as dividing up a budget or making domestic laws to keep up with technology changes.