PICTURED: FINNISH PM-ELECT ORPO AFTER THE NCP WON THE APRIL 2 FINNISH ELECTION.
The center-right National Coalition Party (NCP), which won Finland's elections by a tight margin, started talks to form a coalition government with the far-right Finns Party.
The NCP, the Finns, and the center-left Social Democratic received approximately 21%, 20%, and 19%, respectively, of the vote in the April 2 elections.
Since it won the most votes, the NCP can make the first attempt at forming a government.
- Prime Minister-elect Petteri Orpo and the NCP campaigned on cutting government spending and expanding selective and work-based immigration to boost manufacturing and economic growth.
- The Finns ran on an anti-immigration and anti-EU platform.
- The coalition would also include the Swedish People’s Party of Finland and the Christian Democrats, which each received just over 4% of the vote, as junior partners.
- If talks are successful, the coalition will have a slim majority of 108 seats in Finland's 200-seat parliament.
Outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin became Finland's youngest-ever leader when she took office at 34 years old.
