Sun, 04 May, 2014 12:02:37 AM 251 to contest in European Parliamentary polls FTimes Report, May 4  File picture of EU parliament. Photo - Lehtikuva. A total of 251 candidates have been nominated for the European Parliament elections 2014.
Fourteen out of the 16 registered political parties in the country have nominated the candidates, said a release of the Statistics Finland.
According to the release, in addition to the political parties, a constituency association also has nominated a candidate.
Of the candidates, 150 are men and 101 women.
Candidates by age group (number) and by sex in the European Parliament elections 2014. Source: Statistics Finland. The average age of candidates is 45 years, which is more than three years lower than in the 2009 European Parliament elections (48.2 years).
There are 38 candidates aged below 30, whereas in the previous election there were 29.
Altogether, 41 candidates are aged 60 or more, while in the 2009 elections they numbered 55.
The political party whose candidates have the lowest average age in this election 2014 is the Pirate Party of Finland (average age 35) while the For the Poor Party has the oldest candidates (average age 63), according to the release issued on April 30.
Number of candidates by sex and party in the European Parliament elections 2004. Source: Statistics Finland. The elections of the Members of European Parliament are scheduled to be held in the 28 countries of the European Union between 22 and 25 May 2014.
In Finland, the election day is 25 May. Advance voting takes place in Finland on 14 to 20 May and abroad on 14 to 17 May 2014.
The European Parliament elections are held in each member state in accordance with the national election legislation. In addition, the stipulations of the EU’s election regulation are followed.
A total of 751 members are elected for the parliament’s five-year term, and 13 of these members are elected from Finland.
Each party or electoral alliance can nominate at most 20 candidates and all candidates are nominated for the entire country.
Number of candidates by sex and party in the European Parliament elections 2014
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