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Yle poll: Social Democrats lose ground as Finns Party continues to rise

From Helsingin Sanomat · () Finnish

Translated from Finnish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Support for Finland’s Social Democratic Party fell 1.2 percentage points to 22.6% in Yle’s latest voter survey.
  • The Finns Party rose to 16.3%, while the Centre Party reached 13.5% and the Left Alliance climbed to a record 11.7% in Yle’s polling history.
  • Taloustutkimus interviewed 2,502 people, with a maximum margin of error of 1.9 percentage points.

Support for Finland’s Social Democratic Party has dropped to 22.6%, according to Yle’s latest voter survey. The party’s backing fell by 1.2 percentage points from the previous poll.

The Finns Party continued its upward trend, gaining 0.7 points to reach 16.3%. The Centre Party also improved, rising 0.8 points to 13.5%.

The Left Alliance recorded the biggest increase. Its support rose by nearly 1.5 percentage points to 11.7%, the highest level in Yle’s polling history for the party.

Support for the National Coalition Party remained unchanged at 17%. The Greens stood at 8.2%, while the Swedish People’s Party received 3.6%, the Christian Democrats 3.4% and Movement Now 1.9%.

Taloustutkimus interviewed 2,502 people for the survey. A total of 1,878 respondents disclosed their party preference. The poll’s maximum margin of error was 1.9 percentage points in either direction.

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Originally published by Helsingin Sanomat in Finnish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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