Finland’s Right-Wing National Coalition Party on Track to Win Election; Prime Minister Marin 3rd

The National Coalition Chairman Petteri Orpo speaks to supporters at the party's parliamentary election party, following the Finnish parliamentary elections, in Helsinki, on April 2, 2023. Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP via Getty Images

HELSINKI—Finland’s opposition right-wing National Coalition Party (NCP) was on track to narrowly win Sunday’s parliamentary election in a tight three-way race, public broadcaster Yle projected, with 71 percent of votes counted.

The NCP was seen winning 48 of the 200 seats in parliament, ahead of the nationalist Finns Party with 46 seats and Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Social Democrats on 43 seats, Yle’s projection showed.