Finnish PM concedes defeat as opposition wins polls

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin conceded defeat after losing to the center-right opposition in national elections on Sunday, as the country is poised to join NATO.

Preliminary results published on Monday showed that Marin's center-left Social Democrats came in third place, behind the center-right National Coalition Party, or NCP, and the right-wing Finns Party.

With the votes counted, the Social Democrats garnered 19.9 percent of the support, trailing NCP's 20.8 percent and Finns Party's 20.1 percent.