Yle's latest opinion poll suggests the Finns Party's fortunes might have reached rock bottom. The party's numbers rose by one percentage point from the previous poll last month, which marked a low point since the last parliamentary election.
Tuomo Turja, from pollsters Taloustutkimus, said that the 11.8 percent recorded this time is down to support among white collar workers.
"The Finns Party's support shows that they still have low support among blue collar workers," said Turja. "The Left Alliance is a more popular party among workers than the Finns party."
The Finns Party had long been the most popular party for blue collar workers. The party has agreed to a series of measures weakening worker rights, but recently said it would not back further measures in relation to short term contracts.
That decision is still not evident in the party's support, however.
The Finns Party held a party congress in mid-June, but that had little effect on the support numbers that week, according to Turja.
SDP increases gap with NCP
The Social Democrats remain the largest party in Yle's latest poll, in which its support remained at 25.1 percent.
The gap between the SDP and the National Coalition increased, however, as the NCP's support fell 0.7 of a percentage point.
"The decline in support for the National Coalition is quite small," said Turja, who added that NCP voters are not switching to other parties so much as declining to support any of the parties.
The Centre Party, on the other hand, has seen support fall in three polls in succession since the county council elections. Turja suggests that after their success in the elections their support has dropped back to its previous level.
Greens lose support
The Greens' support fell by slightly more than a percentage point to 7.6 percent, which is one of their weakest numbers in this parliamentary term.
Turja suggests that the drop is down to former Green supporters switching to parties to their left, or declining to support any of the parties.
In particular the SDP and Left Alliance have benefited from that phenomenon. The left Alliance recorded support at 9.8 percent, up slightly on the last poll.
The Swedish People's Party, the Christian Democrats and Movement Now all saw support increase by 0.3 of a percentage point.
Both the Christian Democrats and the SPP saw support at four percent, while Movement Now was backed by 1.2 percent of respondents.
Taloustutkimus interviewed 2,421 people, of whom 1,799 (74.1 percent) gave their party preference.
People were asked which party they would vote for, if a parliamentary election were held now.
Interviews were conducted between 9.6.2025 and 30.6.2025. Pollsters targeted over-18s resident in Finland, excluding Åland.
The margin of error is +- 2 percentage points.
The full poll data can be found here.
