Finland’s right-wing National Coalition Party claims election victory

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Updated: Apr 2, 2023, 20:01 GMT+00:00

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's right-wing opposition National Coalition Party leader Petteri Orpo on Sunday claimed victory in the Nordic country's tightly-fought parliamentary election.

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s right-wing opposition National Coalition Party leader Petteri Orpo on Sunday claimed victory in the Nordic country’s tightly-fought parliamentary election.

“We got the biggest mandate,” Orpo said in a speech to followers.

With 93.4% of the votes counted, his party looked set to get the most seats in parliament, 48 out of 200 in total, and with 20.5% support among votes cast, justice ministry election data showed.

(Reporting by Anne Kauranen, editing by Terje Solsvik)

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