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| Sanna Marin neck and neck with conservatives in early Finland voting | |
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| Sanna Marin, 37, has been prime minister since 2019 | Sanna Marin, 37, has been prime minister since 2019 |
| Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin's centre left are almost level with the opposition conservatives in early results in Sunday's general election. | |
| Her Social Democrats were tied on 20.6% with Petteri Orpo's National Coalition Party based on 48.8% of the vote. | |
| The election has been seen as a three-way race and Riikka Purra's right-wing populist The Finns are close behind on 18.6%. | |
| Leader Riikka Purra says she is still fighting for first place. | |
| Finnish commentators say the results could still swing between parties as the evening progresses, but Ms Marin, 37, was clearly pleased with her party's performance. | |
| When she burst on to the scene four years ago, she was the world's youngest prime minister at the head of a coalition of five parties, all led by women. | |
| Her poll ratings are still high, but many Finns see her as a polarising figure. She came under heavy scrutiny last summer when a video emerged of her singing, dancing and drinking at a party. | |
| Whichever party comes out on top on Sunday evening is likely to have the first opportunity in forming a government. Finland's system of proportional representation requires a coalition to muster more than 100 seats in the 200-seat parliament to run the country. | |
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