Merja Kyllönen
The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL) · VAS
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95%participation, 345 of 364 votesMedian: The Left 87% · Finland 89% · all MEPs 89%
76%of votes matched the position of The Left
78%of For and Against votes on the winning side
83votes off the group line, of 341 comparable
Details
How they were elected
- List
- Vasemmistoliitto316,859 votes, 17.3%, 3 seats
- Personal votes
- 27,0728.5% of the list's votes
- Electoral rule
- In Finland, personal votes for candidates decide, fully or in part, which of a list's candidates win its seats.
List share and seats: European Parliament, 2024 European election results (results.elections.europa.eu). List votes, personal votes: Ministry of Justice of Finland, election results service (https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi), result of the verification count, collected on 13 October 2026. Shares of the list's votes calculated by Parliament Radar.
Where the votes came from
Where the Vasemmistoliitto list won votes in the 2024 European election
The map shows the share of valid votes won by this list in each of the 309 municipalities: 316,859 votes, 17.3% of valid votes.
1.4% to 7.7%7.7% to 11.3%11.3% to 13.6%13.6% to 17.2%17.2% to 39.5%% of valid votes
Strongest areas (at least 1,000 valid votes)
- SuomussalmiKainuu39.5% · 776
- PelloLapland31.3% · 377
- KemiLapland30.6% · 1,636
- KajaaniKainuu29.4% · 2,783
- KolariLapland27.6% · 330
Results by municipality: BLUE_EP (Hublet, F. (2024). BLUE_EP: A Dataset of Municipality-Level Results of European Parliament Elections. Codebook v1. Paris: Groupe d'études géopolitiques. 10.5281/zenodo.14569325, CC BY 4.0), compiled from the official results. Municipal boundaries: Statistics Finland, Municipality-based statistical units, Municipalities 2024 (1:1 000 000), based on National Land Survey of Finland data, CC BY 4.0, simplified.
How Merja Kyllönen voted
Most recent first- Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Black Sea shipping, threatening human life, regional stability and food security
- Cohesion policy in the EU's eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross‑border cooperation
- Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030
- Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030: Proposal for rejection (amendment 6= 7=)
- Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products
- Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products: Proposal for rejection (amendment 119)
- Erasmus+ programme 2028-2034
- Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postponement of certain obligations
- Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postponement of certain obligations: Proposal for rejection (amendment 1= 2=)
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 87769
- Boosting skills in the Union - opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition
- Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States
- Pericles V exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting 2028-2034
- Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2026/004 FI/Etelä-Suomi and Helsinki-Uusimaa paper - Finland
- Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Malta, Italy, Portugal and Spain with regard to storms in 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget - European Council and Council
- General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections
- Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): Certification methodologies for carbon farming activities
- Connecting Europe through high-speed rail
- Combating VAT fraud - the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation when it comes to VAT fraud and its impact on the EU budget
No vote matches the filter.
Source: European Parliament roll-call votes, via HowTheyVote (ODbL). Collected 8 November 2026.
Off the group line
83 of 341 comparable votes- Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Black Sea shipping, threatening human life, regional stability and food security
- Cohesion policy in the EU's eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross‑border cooperation
- General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections
- Connecting Europe through high-speed rail
- Suspending the application of the rules on extended producer responsibility for batteries and waste batteries and packaging and packaging waste (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation)
- Suspending the application of the rules on extended producer responsibility for waste, waste electrical and electronical equipment and single use plastic waste (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation)
- Amendments to the Critical Raw Materials Act
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2), (3) and (4)(c): Lead in gunshot
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2), (3) and (4)(c): Lead in gunshot: Motion for a resolution
- Recommendation on EU-China political relations
- Economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States in the euro area experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability
- Alignment with the EU economic governance framework and further simplification of that framework
- Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE)
- Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE): Proposal for rejection (amendment 3)
- Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung
- Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU's territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure
- EU-Switzerland Agreement on the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime
- Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V)
- Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V): Proposal for rejection (amendment 2)
- Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V)
- Simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and simplification of security and defence procurement (Omnibus V)
- Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V): Proposal for rejection (amendment 64)
- Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield
- Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances
- Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness
- 2025 Commission report on Serbia
- 2025 Commission report on Moldova
- EU-Morocco Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of Morocco in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA): amendment and supplement
- EU-Mexico Interim Agreement on Trade
- EU-Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement
- Digital assets - challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the European Union's financial system
- Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum
- A coherent tax framework for the EU's financial sector
- Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the region
- 2025 Commission report on Georgia
- 2025 Commission report on Kosovo
- 2025 Commission report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2025 Commission report on North Macedonia
- 2025 Commission report on Albania
- 2025 Commission report on Montenegro
- 2025 Commission report on Türkiye
- Role of trade in strengthening the EU's economic security
- Countering transnational repression - towards an EU strategy to protect Europe's sovereignty and democratic values
- European political parties and foundations - 2026 report on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2025/2445 and on the activities funded
- Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain
- Measures necessary for the implementation of the Protocol, annexed to the TEU and to the TFEU, on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and on the Research Fund for Coal and Steel
- Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran
- Periodic roadworthiness tests and technical roadside inspection (Roadworthiness package)
- Opportunities and challenges presented by a comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy for EU trade
- Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly
- The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins
- EU-Canada Agreement laying down the conditions for the participation of Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to procurement under the SAFE Instrument
- United Nations Convention against Cybercrime
- EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
- Research Fund for Coal and Steel: research programme and multiannual technical and financial guidelines
- Tuesday's agenda - Request by the Renew Group - Reduced US military deployment in Europe
- Supporting democratic resilience in Armenia
- Ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia's continued attacks against the civilian population in Ukraine
- Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 - Section I - European Parliament
- Shortcomings and deficiencies of the 'Amnesty Law' in Venezuela
- Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025
- EU-Norway Agreement on transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime
- EU-Iceland agreement on transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences and serious crime
- Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III
- Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034
- EU-China Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV
- Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029
- Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029: Proposal for rejection (amendment 6)
- Flagship European defence projects of common interest
- Tackling barriers to the single market for defence
- Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada's economic stability and sovereignty
- EU enlargement strategy
- European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026
- Increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee
- Four years of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine
- Targeted expulsions of foreign journalists and foreign Christians in Türkiye under national security pretexts
- EU strategic defence and security partnerships
- Amending the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027
- Regulation implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the Ukraine Support Loan for 2026 and 2027
- Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/792 establishing the Ukraine Facility
- European Central Bank - annual report 2025
- Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products
- Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2025
No vote matches the filter.
Votes in 2026
For 251Abstain 21Against 73Did not vote 19
Alignment with each group
Share of Merja Kyllönen's votes that matched each group's position
In Parliament
- Country
- Finland
- Group
- The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL)
- National party
- VAS
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Method
Participation: Share of the votes the Radar follows (HowTheyVote main votes and final roll-call votes) in which the MEP voted. Not attendance; excused absences are not counted. Winning side: Of the For and Against votes, the share on the side of the result: For when adopted, Against when rejected. Abstentions and absences are left out. Off the group line: a vote different from the position of the MEP's own group on that day; divided groups and non-attached members are left out. Full method