<span style="color: #222222;">Finland's main conservative party has claimed victory in parliamentary elections in a tight three-way race. The poll saw right-wing populists taking second place, leaving Prime Minister Sanna Marin's Social Democratic Party in third. The center-right National Coalition Party (NCP) has claimed victory with all of the votes counted, coming out on top at 20.8 percent. They were followed by right-wing populist party The Finns with 20.1 percent, while the Social Democrats garnered 19.9 percent.</span><br />'' <br />''With the top three parties each getting around 20 percent of the vote, no party is in position to form a government alone.<br />''<br />''The new government will replace the center-left Cabinet by Marin, a highly popular Prime Minister at home and abroad since 2019.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Finland, which is expected to join the NATO in the coming weeks, is a European Union member.</span><br />