The True Finns Party has gained about 19% of votes in parliamentary election which was held yesterday in Finland.

The liberal-conservatist National Coalition Party has won the election gaining around 19,9% of votes, the second place belongs to Social Democratic Party of Finland (19,4% of votes) and surprisingly the populist True Finns Party has gained 18,7% of votes (so far being a marginal party, in the 2007 election they have gained only 4% of votes). The current largest party in the Parliament - Centre Party - ended up being the fourth on the list. The strong result of the populist and eurosceptic party will complicate political situation in Finland.

More information about Finnish political scene in the article by Markku Heikkilä from AnalysNorden here