1996 European Parliament election in Finland
[1] According to the Finnish Population Register Center (Väestörekisterikeskus) there were at the end of August 1996 some 72600 foreigners living in Finland.Biggest national groups willing to vote were citizens of Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom.In June Väestrekisterikeskus approached with an official letter all the EU nationals living in Finland.In the European elections candidates could be nominated by the registered political parties and citizens' groups.This meant that a non-party organization wanting to nominate the maximum number (16) of candidates had to collect 64000 signatures altogether.