Helsinki, March 7, 2026 – The Europe Today: Finland’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) has extended its lead over the governing National Coalition Party (NCP) to the widest margin of the current parliamentary term, according to a new opinion poll published by Finnish public broadcaster Yle.
The survey shows the Social Democrats maintaining 25.0 percent support, unchanged from the previous month. Meanwhile, support for the National Coalition Party declined by 0.9 percentage points to 17.9 percent.
The results place the opposition Social Democrats 7.1 percentage points ahead of the ruling party, marking the largest lead recorded since the current government took office. Support for the National Coalition Party has also fallen to its lowest level since December 2020.
The Finns Party recorded the biggest increase in the March poll, with support rising 1.6 percentage points to 14.9 percent. The increase moved the party into third place, surpassing the Centre Party, whose support dropped 1.1 percentage points to 13.2 percent.
The Finns Party had experienced a decline in the previous survey but has now returned to levels broadly consistent with its support since the autumn.
Despite fluctuations among individual parties, the overall support for the governing coalition remained largely stable, as gains by the Finns Party offset the decline seen by the National Coalition Party.
Among the smaller coalition partners, the Swedish People’s Party registered 3.4 percent support, while the Christian Democrats stood at 3.3 percent.
Among opposition parties, the Left Alliance recorded 11.0 percent support and the Green League reached 8.2 percent.
Overall, parties on the left side of the political spectrum collectively attracted about 36 percent support among respondents, a level close to the upper range observed in recent years.
The survey was conducted by Taloustutkimus between 9 February and 3 March, interviewing 2,402 respondents, of whom 1,771 indicated a party preference.
Participants were asked which party they would support if parliamentary elections were held at the time of the survey. The poll carries a margin of error of up to two percentage points in either direction.
