Sanna Marin

The National Coalition Party (NCP) secured 48 of 200 parliamentary seats versus 43 for the Social Democrats, with the anti-immigration Finns Party securing ...

As a high-profile Social Democrat, she earned widespread praise over the past four years for her handling of the pandemic and adept response to the Ukraine crisis, including Finland’s dramatic [pivot toward NATO](https://www.politico.eu/article/finland-join-nato-memeber-turkey-parliament-vote/). “Our message has got through, the support is there, and Finns believe in the National Coalition Party.” If Orpo turns to the Finns Party and its leader Riikka Purra, they are likely to face differences over immigration policy. For a potential tie-up with the Social Democrats, a compromise would have to be met between the two sides’ sharply different strategies on economic policy. Swedish Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson failed to secure a second term in elections last fall, while Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen only won reelection in November after a series of sharp-right policy turns. Orpo must now decide with whom to team up as the basis for a majority coalition — although all options entail a challenge.

Finland's Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, loses her battle to stay in power for a second term after her centre-left party was narrowly beaten into third place ...

loses the election, and the criticism has been very harsh," Ms Seppänen said. Finland, which is expected to join NATO in the coming weeks, is a European Union member with a population of 5.5 million. "I know Sanna Marin is very popular, and she has done great, and most Finns also think that she has done an amazing job with the coronavirus," another voter, Evelina Mäkelä, said in Helsinki. With the top three parties each getting around 20 per cent of the vote, no party is in position to form a government alone. - With the top three parties each getting around 20 per cent of the vote, no party is in position to form a government alone "I think usually the party that has been in charge and has the prime minister …

Marin remains popular at home but her party's views on the Finnish economy, which emerged as the main campaign theme, were being challenged by ...

NCP is open to co-operation with The Finns as the two parties largely share view on developing Finland’s economy though have differences in climate policies and EU issues. The government will replace the centre-left cabinet by Marin, a highly popular prime minister at home and abroad since 2019. She has been vocal in her support of Ukraine and successfully advocated for Finland to join NATO. It’s that we are an active member of the European Union. That’s an excellent achievement, even if we did not finish first today,” Marin said in a speech to party members. The centre-right National Coalition Party (NCP) claimed victory with all the votes counted, coming out on top at 20.8 per cent.

We don't have enough women leaders globally to lose this many in such a short amount of time. Sanna Marin in election defeat.

Marin became prime minister in 2019 at the age of 34, making history as the youngest-ever female prime minister in the world. She’s regarded for her collaboration, having led a five-way coalition on becoming leader in 2019, with all such party leaders female at the time. Finland, which shares a border with Russia, is also set to join NATO in the coming ways, thanks to a successful campaign led by Marin. Nicola Sturgeon has also stepped down as the First Minister of Scotland (Scotland is not recognised as a separate UN state, instead part of the UK.) “The Finnish people have cast their vote, and the celebration of democracy is always a wonderful thing. With almost 72 per cent of the eligible population voting, it was a tight three-way race.

Finland's center-right National Coalition Party, headed by Petteri Orpo, eked out a narrow victory over a populist party. Sanna Marin's party fell to third ...

This is clear." Finnish women defended her right to cut loose, posting their own videos of dancing and drinking across social media. "We cannot accept this terrible war. And Marin's party, the center-left Social Democrats (SDP), garnered just 19.9%. More than 2,400 candidates across 22 parties ran for a seat in Finland's parliament, [according to a tally by the Associated Press.](https://apnews.com/article/finland-parliamentary-election-sanna-marin-494e6d181a21e6f4cda00524e2468e4a)