Election

2015 Finnish parliamentary election

Turnout 70.1% 2011  ← 19 April 2015 → 2019
All 200 seats to the Parliament of Finland 101 seats needed for a majority
	Centre	Finns	National Coalition
Alliance	Governing coalition	Governing coalition	Governing coalition
Leader	Juha Sipilä	Timo Soini	Alexander Stubb
Leader since	2012	1997	2014
Last election	35 seats, 15.8%	39 seats, 19.1%	44 seats, 20.4%
Seats won	49	38	37
Seat change	14	1	7
Popular vote	626,218	524,054	540,212
Percentage	21.1%	17.7%	18.2%
Swing	5.3%	1.4%	2.2%
	Social Democratic	Green League	Left Alliance
Alliance	Opposition party	Opposition party	Opposition party
Leader	Antti Rinne	Ville Niinistö	Paavo Arhinmäki
Leader since	2014	2011	2009
Last election	42 seats, 19.1%	10 seats, 7.3%	14 seats, 8.1%
Seats won	34	15	12
Seat change	8	5	2
Popular vote	490,102	253,102	211,702
Percentage	16.5%	8.5%	7.1%
Swing	2.6%	1.3%	1.0%
	Swedish People's	Christian Democrat	Åland Coalition
Alliance	Opposition party	Opposition party	Opposition party
Leader	Carl Haglund	Päivi Räsänen	Mats Löfström
Leader since	2012	2004
Last election	9 seats, 4.3%	6 seats, 4.0%	1 seat, 0.3%
Seats won	9	5	1
Seat change	—	1	—
Popular vote	144,802	105,134	10,910
Percentage	4.9%	3.5%	0.4%
Swing	0.6%	0.5%	0.1%
Governing coalition      Centre Party      Finns Party      National Coalition Party Opposition parties      Social Democratic Party      Green League      Left Alliance      Swedish People's Party + Åland Coalition      Christian Democrats
Prime Minister before election Alexander Stubb National Coalition Party Elected Prime Minister Juha Sipilä Centre Party

2008 United States presidential election

Turnout 58.2% 2004  ← 4 November 2008 → 2012
All 538 electoral votes of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win
	Democratic	Republican
Nominee	Barack Obama	John McCain
Home state	Illinois	Arizona
Running mate	Joe Biden	Sarah Palin
Electoral vote	365	173
States carried	28 + DC + NE-02	22
Popular vote	69,498,516	59,948,323
Percentage	52.9%	45.7%
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states/districts won by Obama/Biden. Red denotes those won by McCain/Palin. Numbers indicate electoral votes allotted to the winner of each state. Obama won one electoral vote (from Nebraska's 2nd congressional district) of Nebraska's five.
President before election George W. Bush Republican Party Elected President Barack Obama Democratic Party

Template

• Election

Includes

• Infobox will only display the answered lines
  • Up to 9 Parliamentary parties or 3 Presidential nominees
  • 2 map images
• The background, border and party are variables to offer color-coding
• File:FIN.png
• File:USA.png
• File:Increase.png
• File:Decrease.png
•      Template:ColorCube‎

Usage

{{Election
 | background      = #f9f9f9
 | border          = #aaa

 | election name   = 2015 Finnish parliamentary election
 | flag image      = FIN.png
 | previous year   = 2011
 | previous election = 2011 Finnish parliamentary election
 | election date   = 19 April 2015
 | next year       = 2019
 | next election   = 2019 Finnish parliamentary election

<!-- parliamentary Parliamentary legislative Legislative by-election By-election -->
 | type            = parliamentary
 | seats for election = All 200 seats to the Parliament of Finland
 | majority seats  = 101
 
 | ongoing         = 
 | turnout         = 70.1%

 | party1          = Centre
 | alliance name   = no
 | alliance1       = Governing coalition
 | color1          = #4B9414
 | image1          = No image icon.png
 | leader1         = Juha Sipilä 
 | leader since1   = 2012
 | leaders seat1   = 
 | last election1  = 35 seats, 15.8%
 | seats before1   = 
 | seats needed1   = 
 | seats1          = 49
 | seats after1    = 
 | seat change1    = [[File:Increase.png]] 14
 | popular vote1   = 626,218
 | percentage1     = 21.1%
 | swing1          = [[File:Increase.png]] 5.3%

 | party2          = Finns
 | alliance2       = Governing coalition
 | color2          = #40A9E6
 | image2          = No image icon.png
 | leader2         = Timo Soini
 | leader since2   = 1997
 | leaders seat2   = 
 | last election2  = 39 seats, 19.1%
 | seats before2   = 
 | seats needed2   = 
 | seats2          = 38
 | seats after2    = 
 | seat change2    = [[File:Decrease.png]] 1
 | popular vote2   = 524,054
 | percentage2     = 17.7%
 | swing2          = [[File:Decrease.png]] 1.4%

 | party3          = National Coalition
 | alliance3       = Governing coalition
 | color3          = #3C23BF
 | image3          = No image icon.png
 | leader3         = Alexander Stubb
 | leader since3   = 2014
 | leaders seat3   = 
 | last election3  = 44 seats, 20.4%
 | seats before3   = 
 | seats needed3   = 
 | seats3          = 37
 | seats after3    = 
 | seat change3    = [[File:Decrease.png]] 7
 | popular vote3   = 540,212
 | percentage3     = 18.2%
 | swing3          = [[File:Decrease.png]] 2.2%

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 | data1           = 
 | data2           = 
 | data3           =  

 | party4          = Social Democratic
 | color4          = #FF4A4A
 | alliance4       = Opposition party
 | image4          = No image icon.png
 | leader4         = Antti Rinne
 | leader since4   = 2014
 | leaders seat4   = 
 | last election4  = 42 seats, 19.1%
 | seats before4   = 
 | seats needed4   = 
 | seats4          = 34
 | seats after4    = 
 | seat change4    = [[File:Decrease.png]] 8
 | popular vote4   = 490,102
 | percentage4     = 16.5%
 | swing4          = [[File:Decrease.png]] 2.6%

 | party5          = Green League
 | color5          = #61BF1A
 | alliance5       = Opposition party
 | image5          = No image icon.png
 | leader5         = Ville Niinistö
 | leader since5   = 2011
 | leaders seat5   = 
 | last election5  = 10 seats, 7.3%
 | seats before5   = 
 | seats needed5   = 
 | seats5          = 15
 | seats after5    = 
 | seat change5    = [[File:Increase.png]] 5
 | popular vote5   = 253,102
 | percentage5     = 8.5%
 | swing5          = [[File:Increase.png]] 1.3%


 | party6          = Left Alliance
 | color6          = #B50606
 | alliance6       = Opposition party
 | image6          = No image icon.png
 | leader6         = Paavo Arhinmäki
 | leader since6   = 2009
 | leaders seat6   = 
 | last election6  = 14 seats, 8.1%
 | seats before6   = 
 | seats needed6   = 
 | seats6          = 12
 | seats after6    = 
 | seat change6    = [[File:Decrease.png]] 2
 | popular vote6   = 211,702
 | percentage6     = 7.1%
 | swing6          = [[File:Decrease.png]] 1.0%

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 | data4           = 
 | data5           = 
 | data6           = 

 | party7          = Swedish People's
 | color7          = #FFEF12
 | alliance7       = Opposition party
 | image7          = No image icon.png
 | leader7         = Carl Haglund
 | leader since7   = 2012
 | leaders seat7   = 
 | last election7  = 9 seats, 4.3%
 | seats before7   = 
 | seats needed7   = 
 | seats7          = 9
 | seats after7    = 
 | seat change7    = —
 | popular vote7   = 144,802
 | percentage7     = 4.9%
 | swing7          = [[File:Increase.png]] 0.6%

 | party8          = Christian Democrat
 | color8          = #A3A3A3
 | alliance8       = Opposition party
 | image8          = No image icon.png  
 | leader8         = Päivi Räsänen
 | leader since8   = 2004
 | leaders seat8   = 
 | last election8  = 6 seats, 4.0%
 | seats before8   = 
 | seats needed8   = 
 | seats8          = 5
 | seats after8    = 
 | seat change8    = [[File:Decrease.png]] 1
 | popular vote8   = 105,134
 | percentage8     = 3.5%
 | swing8          = [[File:Decrease.png]] 0.5%

 | party9          = Åland Coalition
 | color9          = #FFEF12
 | alliance9       = Opposition party
 | image9          = No image icon.png 
 | leader9         = Mats Löfström
 | leader since9   = 
 | leaders seat9   = 
 | last election9  = 1 seat, 0.3%
 | seats before9   = 
 | seats needed9   = 
 | seats9          = 1
 | seats after9    = 
 | seat change9    = —
 | popular vote9   = 10,910
 | percentage9     = 0.4%
 | swing9          = [[File:Increase.png]] 0.1%

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 | data7           = 
 | data8           = 
 | data9           = 

 | map image       = Finnish parliamentary election.png
 | map width       = 250
 | map caption     = '''Governing coalition''' <br> {{ColorCube‎|#4B9414}} Centre Party {{ColorCube‎|#40A9E6}} Finns Party {{ColorCube‎|#3C23BF}} National Coalition Party <div style="padding-top:5px"> '''Opposition parties''' </div> {{ColorCube‎|#E11931}} Social Democratic Party {{ColorCube‎|#61BF1A}} Green League {{ColorCube‎|#B50606}} Left Alliance <br> {{ColorCube‎|#FFEF12}}  Swedish People's Party + Åland Coalition {{ColorCube‎|#A3A3A3}} Christian Democrats 
 
 | map2 image      = 
 | map2 width      = 
 | map2 caption    = 

 | title           = Prime Minister
 | before election = Alexander Stubb
 | before party    = National Coalition Party 
 | before color    = #3C23BF
 | after election  = Juha Sipilä
 | after party     = Centre Party
 | after color     = #4B9414
}}

{{Election
 | background      = #f9f9f9
 | border          = #aaa

 | election name   = 2008 United States presidential election
 | flag image      = USA.png
 | previous year   = 2004
 | previous election = 
 | election date   = 4 November 2008
 | next year       = 2012
 | next election   = 

<!-- presidential Presidential -->
 | type            = presidential
 | votes for election = All 538 electoral votes of the Electoral College
 | needed votes    = 270 electoral
 
 | ongoing         = 
 | turnout         = 58.2%

 | party1          = Democratic 
 | color1          = steelblue
 | image1          = No image icon.png
 | nominee1        = Barack Obama
 | candidate1      = 
 | home state1     = Illinois
 | running mate1   = Joe Biden
 | electoral vote1 = 365
 | delegate count1 = 
 | states carried1 = 28 + <abbr title="Washington, D.C.">DC</abbr> + <abbr title="Nebraska's 2nd congressional district">NE-02</abbr>
 | popular vote1   = 69,498,516
 | percentage1     = 52.9%
 | counties won1   = 
 | counties threshold1 = 

 | party2          = Republican
 | color2          = salmon
 | image2          = No image icon.png
 | nominee2        = John McCain
 | candidate2      = 
 | home state2     = Arizona
 | running mate2   = Sarah Palin
 | electoral vote2 = 173
 | delegate count2 = 
 | states carried2 = 22
 | popular vote2   = 59,948,323
 | percentage2     = 45.7%
 | counties won2   = 
 | counties threshold2 = 

 | party3          = 
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 | map image       = United States presidential election.png
 | map width       = 250
 | map caption     = Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states/districts won by Obama/Biden. Red denotes those won by McCain/Palin. Numbers indicate electoral votes allotted to the winner of each state. Obama won one electoral vote (from Nebraska's 2nd congressional district) of Nebraska's five.

 | map2 image      = 
 | map2 width      = 
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 | title           = President
 | before election = George W. Bush
 | before party    = Republican Party 
 | before color    = salmon
 | after election  = Barack Obama
 | after party     = Democratic Party 
 | after color     = steelblue
}}