Number of over-sixties in Finnish Parliament grows
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The number of Members of Parliament under the age of thirty has fallen over the course of the last two Parliamentary terms.
In 1999, the number of MPs under 30 was eight, while in 2003 only three candidates aged under thirty gained a seat in Parliament.
With all the votes counted on Sunday night, it turned out that just two new Members of Parliament are under 30, namely Oras Tynkkynen, 29, from Pirkanmaa and Tuomo Puumala, 24, from Vaasa, both members of the Green League.
Instead, the number of MPs is their sixties is now 32, which is almost double compared with the previous Parliament. Moreover, since the 1999 Parliamentary elections, the number of the over-sixties has more than tripled.
The "most senior" member of the new Parliament is Claes Andersson, 69, (Left Alliance) from Uusimaa. The two next oldest are Valto Koski (SDP) and Erkki Pulliainen (Greens), both 68.
In all, eight candidates aged 65 or over gained a seat in the new Parliament.
The average age of the new Members of Parliament appears to be around 48 years. The average has not risen, as the Parliament has a large number of members aged 30 to 39.
The number of women MPs is now 84, as many as nine more than in the previous term.
In three parties the majority of MPs are women: in the Green League, the Social Democratic Party, and in the Swedish People's Party. Moreover, two out of three Green MPs are women.
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Helsingin Sanomat
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