Awwal 14, 1432, April 18, 2011, SPA -- Finland's nationalist True Finns party scored big electoral gains Sunday and were the third largest party in the country - and perhaps part of the future government. True Finns leader Timo Soini, who names his party's key issue as "social justice," said his party had a "good chance" at joining the next government. He told cheering party faithful the True Finns party was "ready to take responsibility" and it was "pay day." Based on 100 per cent of the vote, the populist party would get 39 seats, a gain of 34 seats, in the 200-seat legislature. This was five seats behind the conservative National Coalition Party, and three behind the opposition Social Democrats, according to a report of DPA. The result is to be officially confirmed in the coming few days. Traditionally the government has been shaped by how three major parties - the Centre Party, the conservatives and the Social Democrats - have fared, with one of the three left in opposition. Conservative leader Jyrki Katainen, 39, who has been finance minister for four years, saw his party drop several points but emerged as the biggest party in the new parliament and therefore will be tasked with forming a new government. It was the first time the conservatives were the biggest in the country. Almost 4.3 million voters were eligible to vote.
