Finland’s PM Marin Concedes Defeat as Center-Right NCP Wins Election

Social Democratic Party SDP chair and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin gives her speech to supporters at the SDP election party event following the Finnish parliamentary elections in Helsinki on April 2, 2023. Finland's centre-right leader Petteri Orpo claimed victory in Sunday's general election, with the right-wing Finns Party in second place ahead of Prime Minister Sanna Marin's Social Democrats in third. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images

Finland’s left-wing Prime Minister Sanna Marin conceded defeat on Sunday in the Nordic country’s parliamentary election as the opposition center-right National Coalition Party (NCP) claimed victory in a tightly fought contest.

The pro-business NCP was expected to win 48 of the 200 seats in parliament, narrowly ahead of the right-wing nationalist Finns Party with 46 seats and Marin’s Social Democrats on 43 seats, justice ministry election data showed with all ballots counted.