Finland’s PM Sanna Marin Suffers General Election Upset

Finland’s Sanna Marin is set to lose her position as prime minister following an election upset, underscoring how her star power wasn’t enough to offset concerns over a bloated budget and other domestic issues.

The 37-year-old Social Democrat personally drew 35,600 votes on Sunday’s election — an 87% increase over her showing four years ago, but still not enough to defeat populist opponent Riikka Purra.

The world’s youngest sitting prime minister when she took office and head of a five-party cabinet led solely by women, Marin became wildly popular among millennials for her outspokenness and relatability. She frequently posted selfies and videos of herself exercising on Instagram, posed for Vogue and made global headlines after clips of her partying at a Helsinki nightclub went viral.

She also helped steer Finland through the process of joining NATO, one of the most significant foreign policy shifts in the country’s history. Days before announcing the decision to apply, Marin showed up at a high-stakes press conference in a funky leather jacket.

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[mostwantedsol]

"1 million followers on social media" HAHAHA, good luck Finland, you are in a better place now.

[ToddWyattRebelSon]

The people have spoken. Stop sending money to a Coke head.

[rachelj]

No American-style political ways in Finland.

[buravan]

*you're lying... FINNISH PEOPLE didn't like how this WOMAN was exposing them out to US policies, without any consultation.*

[leedonald]

Everyone is tired of do nothing woke leftest

[magnaviator]

It's what happens when you betray your people.

[hostility]

Was that the broad that would record herself getting drunk and partying?

[Horsewithnoname]

WOKE, will lose as people continue to wake up. But hey, at first glance I could see her qualifications…..😂 young and pretty that’s what’s important in a leader.

[stuarthayward]

Just wait till Finland’s citizens realize the true cost of joining NATO

[jackjackal]

At least she's doing great and getting support in terms of social media followers.

[ericwanderweg]

Can we apply liberal American sentiments to these results? “If the left wing candidate loses, it’s because autocratic fascism is on the rise”

[federline]

Aside from her videos showing immaturity as a leader, being a supporter of ukraine & making moves to join NATO is a bad idea which cost her the PM post. The majority of Finns have made up their minds & shown the exit for her. the best of finland 😂😂😂

[ParikshitBhujbal]

Now she can go back doing what she loves best ... partying!

[brooksrobinson]

isn’t it normal for a world leader to have a lot of followers, all this additional slander seems blatantly sexist considering the winner is rarely mentioned.

[TheJaxsonjack]

Maybe Finland should be for the Finns? ... with no foreign entanglements? ... monetarily or otherwise?

[dmendez]

Bad take. Spends more time talking up the defeated PM instead of delving into why she lost if she was such a “star.” Or why the Finnish people opted for her opponent.

[Dev-qsyb]

Lmao wokes getting put in place, the world is healing?!

[sarthakghildiyal]

my cutie sanna don't worry I'll always support you from my heart 😗🙂😩

[capoman]

So Finland's Ukraine supporter is ousted just as Finland joins NATO? Does this mean that Finland was not happy joining NATO and not happy supporting Ukraine?

[adambrowne]

A lefty spending to much? Who's ever heard of such a thing?