The district was established as Häme Province North (Finnish: Hämeen läänin pohjoinen vaalipiiri; Swedish: Tavastehus läns norra valkrets)[4] in 1907 when the Diet of Finland was replaced by the Parliament of Finland.

The district currently elects 20 of the 200 members of the Parliament of Finland using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system.

Häme Province North was one 16 electoral districts established by the Election Act of the Grand Duchy of Finland (Suomen Suuriruhtinaanmaan Vaalilaki) passed by the Diet of Finland in 1906.

[5] It consisted of the hundreds (kihlakunta) of Jämsä, Pirkkala and Ruovesi in the province of Häme.

[8][9] The municipalities of Hämeenkyrö, Ikaalinen, Kihniö, Mouhijärvi, Parkano and Viljakkala were transferred from Turku Province North to Häme Province North in 1993.

[8] Kuhmoinen municipality was transferred from Central Finland to Pirkanmaa in 2021.

[13] Pirkanmaa currently elects 20 of the 200 members of the Parliament of Finland using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system.

[14][15] Parties may form electoral alliances with each other to pool their votes and increase their chances of winning seats.

Results of the 1954 parliamentary election held on 7 and 8 March 1954:[106][107][108][109][110] The following candidates were elected:[111] Kustaa Alanko (SDP); Anni Flinck (SDP); Jaakko Hakala (Kok); Väinö Hakkila (SDP); Kaisa Hiilelä (SDP); Lauri Myllymäki (SKDL); Atte Pakkanen (ML); Usko Seppi (SKDL); Aarre Simonen (SDP); Elli Stenberg (SKDL); Leo Suonpää (SKDL); Artturi Tienari (SK); and Toivo Wiherheimo (Kok).

Results of the 1951 parliamentary election held on 1 and 2 July 1951:[112][113][114][115] The following candidates were elected:[116] Kustaa Alanko (SDP); Valfrid Eskola (SDP); Jaakko Hakala (Kok); Väinö Hakkila (SDP); Matti Heikkilä (Kok); Kaisa Hiilelä (SDP); Lauri Myllymäki (SKDL); Atte Pakkanen (ML); Kalle Renfors (SKDL); Usko Seppi (SKDL); Aarre Simonen (SDP); Elli Stenberg (SKDL); and Toivo Wiherheimo (Kok).

Results of the 1948 parliamentary election held on 1 and 2 July 1948:[117][118][119] The following candidates were elected:[120] Kustaa Alanko (SDP); Valfrid Eskola (SDP); Jaakko Hakala (Kok); Väinö Hakkila (SDP); Matti Heikkilä (Kok); Kaisa Hiilelä (SDP); Alpo Lumme (SDP); Lauri Myllymäki (SKDL); Atte Pakkanen (ML); Kalle Renfors (SKDL); Elli Stenberg (SKDL); and Toivo Wiherheimo (Kok).

Results of the 1945 parliamentary election held on 17 and 18 March 1945:[121][122][123] The following candidates were elected:[124] Valfrid Eskola (SDP); Jaakko Hakala (Kok); Matti Heikkilä (Kok); Sulo Heiniö (KE); Kaisa Hiilelä (SDP); Kalle Jutila (ML); Alpo Lumme (SDP); Lauri Myllymäki (SKDL); Elli Stenberg (SKDL); Väinö Voionmaa (SDP); and Karl Wiik (SKDL).