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Li Andersson

The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL) · VAS

89%participation, 324 of 364 votesMedian: The Left 87% · Finland 89% · all MEPs 89%
81%of votes matched the position of The Left
73%of For and Against votes on the winning side
62votes off the group line, of 319 comparable

Details

How they were elected

List
Vasemmistoliitto316,859 votes, 17.3%, 3 seats
Personal votes
247,72378.2% 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 Li Andersson voted

Most recent first

Source: European Parliament roll-call votes, via HowTheyVote (ODbL). Collected 8 November 2026.

Off the group line

62 of 319 comparable votes

Votes in 2026

For 211Abstain 32Against 81Did not vote 40

Alignment with each group

Share of Li Andersson's votes that matched each group's position

EPP59%
S&D71%
PfE38%
ECR46%
Renew67%
Greens/EFA82%
The Leftown group81%
ESN25%

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