Elsi Katainen
Renew Europe · KESK
Details
How they were elected
- List
- Suomen Keskusta215,165 votes, 11.8%, 2 seats
- Personal votes
- 67,39231.3% 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 Suomen Keskusta 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: 215,165 votes, 11.8% of valid votes.
Strongest areas (at least 1,000 valid votes)
- SiikalatvaNorth Ostrobothnia57.4% · 791
- NivalaNorth Ostrobothnia55.0% · 1,472
- PielavesiNorth Savo54.7% · 739
- HaapajärviNorth Ostrobothnia53.6% · 925
- SieviNorth Ostrobothnia53.5% · 596
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 Elsi Katainen 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
21 of 356 comparable votes- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 87769
- The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU's external borders
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize MON 87460
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean GMB151 x DAS-44406-6
- Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive: Proposal for rejection
- Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 87705
- Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets
- Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 94637
- European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: workers affected by imminent job displacement
- Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application
- Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)
- Activities of the European Ombudsman - annual report 2024
- European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026
- Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
- Application of the 'safe third country' concept
- Application of the 'safe third country' concept: Proposal for rejection (amendment 14= 15= 16=)
- Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level
- Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies
No vote matches the filter.
Votes in 2026
Alignment with each group
Share of Elsi Katainen's votes that matched each group's position
In Parliament
- Country
- Finland
- Group
- Renew Europe
- National party
- KESK
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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