13 June 2004
14 seats
Electoral system: party list system with preferential vote; proportional representation under the d'Hondt system
Kansallinen Kokoomus (centre right party and party and part of the EPP-ED): sports journalist for, TV4 Viivi Avellan (27); - former interior minister Ville Itälä (45), president of the party: - rally driving champion Juha Kankkunen (45); - outgoing MEP Piia-Noora Kauppi (29), legal expert; - outgoing MEP Eja-Riitta Korhola (45), journalist elected in 1999 on the Christian Democrat list; - Jukka Kuoppamäki (62), very well known for his commitment in the evangelical movement; - former minister for the environment Sirpa Pietikäinen (45); - weather presenter Lea Saukkonen (47); - Alexander Stubb (36) who worked in the cabinet of president Prodi after working as specialist on institutional issues at Finland's Permanent Representation in Brussels.
Kristillisdemokraatit (EPP-ED): president of the party Bjarne Kallis
Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue (PES): - politician Mikko Elo (61) president of the Finnish delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; - moderator Maria Guzenina (35) who worked for MTV Europe; - outgoing MEP Ulpu Iivari (56), journalist; - former MP Antero Kekkonen (57); - Kimmo Kiljunen (52) who was very active in the European Convention; - the president of the national psychiatrists' association, Pirkko Lahti (62); - star presenter on Finnish version of "Who wants to be a millionaire?", Lasse Lehtinen (57); - outgoing MEP Riitta Myller (48), journalist; - outgoing MEP Reino Paasilinna (64), journalist; - politician Ilkka Taipale (61).
Suomen Keskusta (Liberal party defending traditional values - ELDR): - former prime minister Anneli Jäätteenmäki (49); - outgoing MEP Samuli Pohjamo (54) journalist; - lecturer in political science Alpo Rusi (54) who had been suspected but found not guilty of spying for the Stasi; - former TV presenter Kari Salmelainen (55); - currently a parliamentarian Hannu Takkula (40) originally from Lapland; - outgoing MEP Kyösti Virrankoski (60) mathematics teacher; - Riitta Väyrynen (58), presenter of a popular television game-show for the last 19 years and a former Miss EUROPE 1976; - outgoing MEP Paavo Väyrynen (58).
Svenska Folkpartiet (ELDR): -national MP Henrik Lax, legal expert; - local councillor Laura Finne-Elonen, doctor.
Vasemmistoliitto (GUE/NGL): - former MEP, between 1996 and 1999, Outi Ojala (58); - outgoing MEP Esko Seppänen (58) very anti-European contrary to the line of his party.
Vihreät and Green independents (Greens/EFA): - outgoing MEP Uma Aaltonen (64); - Palestinian journalist Umayya Abu-Hanna (43); - former minister for the environment Satu Hassi; - parliamentarian Irina Krohn (42); - outgoing MEP Matti Wuori (59), lawyer (who appeared in the film of great stage director Kaurismaki "The Man without a past").
Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue (GUE/NGL): - Yrjö Hakanen.
Liberaalit (liberal right): Martti Calonius.
Perussuomalaiset (far right): Ari Halme.