National Coalition, Centre and Social Democrats dominate county elections

THE NATIONAL COALITION has declared victory in the county elections organised in Finland on Sunday, 23 January 2022.

The right-wing opposition party received 21.6 per cent of the votes cast in the elections, with 99.9 per cent of votes counted, emerging as the largest party in six of the 21 counties set up to organise social, health care and rescue services as of 1 January 2023.