Finland's left-wing Prime Minister Sanna Marin conceded defeat on Sunday in the Nordic country's parliamentary election as the opposition right-wing National Coalition Party claimed victory in a tightly fought contest.
Marin's Social Democrats finished third on 43 seats behind the centre-right and the far-right, which posted a record score.
"Congratulations to the winner of the elections, congratulations to the (conservative) National Coalition Party, congratulations to the (far-right) Finns Party. Democracy has spoken," Marin told her supporters.
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