2004 Finnish municipal elections
# 2004 Finnish municipal elections

Municipal elections were held in Finland on 24 October 2004, with advance voting between 13 and 19 October. 11,966 municipal council seats were open for election in 416 municipalities.

## National results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Social Democratic Party | 575,822 | 24.11 | 2,585 | +26 |
| | Centre Party | 543,885 | 22.77 | 4,425 | –200 |
| | National Coalition Party | 521,412 | 21.83 | 2,078 | +50 |
| | Left Alliance | 228,358 | 9.56 | 987 | –40 |
| | Green League | 175,933 | 7.37 | 314 | –24 |
| | Swedish People's Party | 124,011 | 5.19 | 636 | –8 |
| | Christian Democrats | 94,666 | 3.96 | 391 | –52 |
| | Finns Party | 21,417 | 0.90 | 106 | –3 |
| | Communist Party | 12,844 | 0.54 | 16 | +2 |
| | Finnish People's Blue-Whites | 3,173 | 0.13 | 2 | 0 |
| | Alternative League | 2,257 | 0.09 | 1 | +1 |
| | Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism | 1,248 | 0.05 | 1 | –1 |
| | Seniors' Party | 1,242 | 0.05 | 1 | 0 |
| | Independence Party Union of Free Finland | 1,228 | 0.05 | 2 | –1 |
| | Liberals | 1,016 | 0.04 | 1 | 0 |
| | For the Poor | 799 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 |
| | Fatherland | 337 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
| | Others | 78,482 | 3.29 | 420 | –60 |
| Total | Total | 2,388,130 | 100.00 | 11,966 | –312 |
| Source: Tilastokeskus ||||||
