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Tavastia (formerly Tavastia South) is an electoral district represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative regions of Kanta-Häme and Päijät-Häme, with a combined population of about 364,000 (as of 2002). Tavastia currently elects 14 members of the Eduskunta.
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- Current members of parliament 2011
- National Coalition Party
- Social Democratic Party of Finland
- Centre Party
- Left Alliance
- Christian Democrats
- True Finns
- Current members of parliament 20072011
- References
The constituency is largely urban, centred on the cities of Hämeenlinna and Lahti. The largest party in the 2011 election was the Social Democratic Party of Finland.
Current members of parliament 2011–
In official statistics of Finland the parliamentary elections are always compared with both the previous parliamentary elections and municipal elections. The municipal elections will be held in 2012. In Tavastia electoral district Kanta-Häme wins more parliamentary seats than Päijät-Häme as 1/4 of the votes for the candidates from Kanta-Häme is achieved from Päijät-Häme. As for the Centre Party this has been due to the expertise of the agricultural policies affecting the agrarian surroundings of the city of Lahti and as for the Social Democratic Party of Finland hard campaigning in Lahti and on its surroundings from Kanta-Häme. Both of the regions compete with each other's in the front of the state.