Editing Turku (section)

==Government and politics==
[[File:Turun hovioikeus.jpg|thumb|The {{ill|Turku Court of Appeal|fi|Turun hovioikeus|lt=Court of Appeal}} and Academy House of Turku]]
[[File:Turun kaupungintalo.jpg|thumb|[[Turku City Hall]], on the west side of the Aura River]]
Being both a [[regions of Finland|regional]] and [[provinces of Finland|provincial]] capital, Turku is an important administrative centre, hosting the seat of the [[Archdiocese of Turku|Archbishop of Finland]] and a [[Appellate court|Court of Appeal]]. [[Minna Arve]] has been the mayor of Turku since 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=17 October 2017 |title=Minna Arve elected as the new Mayor of Turku |url=https://www.turku.fi/en/news/2017-10-17_minna-arve-elected-new-mayor-turku |url-status=live |access-date=7 September 2021 |website=turku.fi |language=en |archive-date=7 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907141057/https://www.turku.fi/en/news/2017-10-17_minna-arve-elected-new-mayor-turku }}</ref> Since August 2021 her role as the mayor has been an elected office instead of a hired position.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=18 August 2021 |title=Turun pormestarit |url=https://www.turku.fi/organisaatio/kaupungin-johto/pormestarit |url-status=live |access-date=7 September 2021 |website=turku.fi |language=fi |archive-date=7 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907141058/https://www.turku.fi/organisaatio/kaupungin-johto/pormestarit }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 August 2021 |title=Turku saa pormestarin 100 vuoden tauon jälkeen |url=https://www.is.fi/turun-seutu/art-2000008204411.html |access-date=7 September 2021 |website=Ilta-Sanomat |language=fi |archive-date=7 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907141054/https://www.is.fi/turun-seutu/art-2000008204411.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[city council]] of Turku has 67 seats. Following the [[2021 Finnish municipal elections|2021 municipal election]], the council seats are allocated in the following way: National Coalition Party 16 seats, Social Democrats 13, Left Alliance 11, Green League 10, True Finns 9, Centre Party 3, Swedish People's Party 3, Movement Now 1, and Christian Democrats 1.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/KV-2021/en/kutulos_853.html |title=Turku: Results by party and by joint list |publisher=Ministry of Justice |date=22 June 2021 |access-date=27 July 2021 |archive-date=27 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027160836/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/KV-2021/en/kutulos_853.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The current chair of the city board is [[Sini Ruohonen]] from National Coalition Party.

Results of the [[2019 Finnish parliamentary election]] in Turku:

* [[National Coalition Party]] 20.5%
* [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]] 17.1%
* [[Left Alliance (Finland)|Left Alliance]] 16.8%
* [[True Finns]] 15.7%
* [[Green League]] 13.8%
* [[Swedish People's Party]] 5.5%
* [[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre Party]] 4.7%
* [[Movement Now]] 1.9%
* [[Christian Democrats (Finland)|Christian Democrats]] 1.6%