1995 Finnish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 19 March 1995.[1]

1995 Finnish parliamentary election

19 March 1995
All 200 seats in the Eduskunta 101 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	68.6%
Party Leader % Seats ± Social Democratic Paavo Lipponen 28.3% 63 +15 Centre Esko Aho 19.8% 44 -11 National Coalition Sauli Niinistö 17.9% 39 -1 Left Alliance Claes Andersson 11.2% 22 +3 Green League Pekka Haavisto 6.5% 9 -1 Swedish People's Ole Norrback 5.1% 11 0 Christian League Toimi Kankaanniemi 3.0% 7 -1 Young Finns Risto E. J. Penttilä 2.8% 2 New Rural Party Raimo Vistbacka 1.3% 1 -6 KiPu Veltto Virtanen 0.3% 1 New Liberals for Åland Gunnar Jansson 0.2% 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister Esko Aho Centre Paavo Lipponen Social Democratic

Results by province.

Social Democratic Party    Centre Party

The previous centre-right, non-socialist cabinet fell as the Social Democratic Party (SDP) made strong gains and achieved the best result of any party since World War II, winning 63 of the 200 seats in the Eduskunta. The main reason for the defeat of the Centre Party-led coalition was its unpopular austerity program and lingering effects of the early 1990s recession.

After the election, a five party "Rainbow Coalition" was formed, between the SDP, National Coalition Party, Left Alliance, Swedish People's Party and the Green League, with SDP leader Paavo Lipponen appointed Prime Minister.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party	785,637	28.3	63	+15
	Centre Party	552,003	19.8	44	–11
	National Coalition Party	497,624	17.9	39	–1
	Left Alliance	310,340	11.2	22	+3
	Green League	181,198	6.5	9	–1
	Swedish People's Party	142,874	5.1	11	0
	Finnish Christian League	82,311	3.0	7	–1
	Young Finns	78,066	2.8	2	New
	Finnish Rural Party	36,185	1.3	1	–6
	Alliance for Free Finland	28,067	1.0	0	New
	Liberal People's Party	16,247	0.6	0	–1
	Women's Party	7,919	0.3	0	New
	Ecological Party the Greens	7,865	0.3	1	New
	Natural Law Party	6,819	0.2	0	New
	Liberals for Åland	6,038	0.2	1	0
	Pensioners for People	5,124	0.2	0	0
	Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism	4,784	0.2	0	0
	Pensioners' Party	3,974	0.1	0	0
	Borgerlig samlingslista (C–FS–Ob)	2,958	0.1	0	0
	Joint Responsibility Party	1,706	0.1	0	0
	Åland Social Democrats	940	0.0	0	0
	Others	22,273	0.8	0	–
Invalid/blank votes		22,681	–	–	–
Total		2,803,602	100	200	0
Registered voters/turnout		4,088,358	68.6	–	–
Source: Tilastokeskus, ASUB

Popular vote SDP   28.25% KESK   19.85% KOK   17.89% VAS   11.16% VIHR   6.52% RKP   5.14% SKL   2.96% NUOR   2.81% SMP   1.30% VSL   1.01% Others   3.11%

Parliament seats SDP   31.50% KESK   22.00% KOK   19.50% VAS   11.00% RKP   5.50% VIHR   4.50% SKL   3.50% NUOR   1.00% SMP   0.50% Others   1.00%

By Province

Province	Social Democratic Party	Centre Party	National Coalition Party	Left Alliance	Green League	Swedish People's Party	Christian League	Young Finns	Rural Party	Alliance for Free Finland	Liberal People's Party	Electorate	Votes	Valid votes	Invalid votes
Southern Savonia	31,890	26,559	13,841	3,082	4,899	0	4,157	1,076	3,753	1,300	123	135,397	92,275	91,384	891
Northern Savonia	32,905	42,915	16,674	21,203	7,369	0	4,364	2,474	2,877	1,629	274	199,660	134,227	133,259	968
North Karelia	36,839	25,251	11,714	5,065	4,134	0	6,226	708	1,868	717	224	135,731	94,191	93,539	652
Kainuu	6,724	16,366	4,935	12,709	2,109	0	1,084	471	388	1,614	1,031	72,939	48,598	48,118	480
Uusimaa	192,889	36,779	143,737	61,533	72,789	64,218	12,067	37,658	2,949	7,497	2,084	909,997	658,294	652,716	5,578
Eastern Uusimaa	14,097	3,954	4,814	2,649	2,299	15,507	536	1,132	193	320	51	65,300	47,086	46,697	389
Southwest Finland	67,865	36,880	57,235	32,634	14,320	11,017	4,559	10,665	2,624	2,290	487	334,154	247,761	245,994	1,767
Tavastia Proper	33,434	15,617	22,893	8,229	5,696	0	3,655	1,317	423	505	85	127,549	94,859	93,925	934
Päijänne Tavastia	33,601	13,274	29,766	9,873	5,725	109	4,853	2,400	1,633	1,016	468	153,856	104,974	104,040	934
Kymenlaakso	43,682	15,851	23,889	9,442	7,111	0	3,352	1,290	229	953	262	152,169	108,372	107,559	813
South Karelia	27,828	18,919	15,752	2,681	5,190	0	2,455	1,164	579	653	784	110,296	77,004	76,357	647
Central Finland	43,916	35,886	18,467	17,947	8,427	0	9,724	2,361	943	1,212	475	197,959	141,369	140,306	1,063
Southern Ostrobothnia	18,168	57,084	19,671	4,940	3,419	254	3,359	924	5,762	544	113	152,617	115,865	115,171	694
Ostrobothnia	19,876	9,966	6,765	7,407	1,965	47,267	2,892	823	677	476	533	131,511	99,754	99,100	654
Satakunta	46,996	29,443	26,692	21,057	4,395	1	4,700	1,111	3,091	604	929	191,292	142,330	141,164	1,166
Pirkanmaa	73,178	33,646	48,750	33,277	15,790	0	6,392	5,613	3,395	2,278	3,399	333,840	242,226	240,209	2,017
Central Ostrobothnia	7,429	17,106	2,539	2,549	1,184	2,862	3,533	841	1,288	320	99	53,280	40,414	40,080	334
Northern Ostrobothniaa	30,798	72,673	17,314	24,898	11,008	0	2,547	4,547	2,384	3,487	4,471	254,316	182,207	180,758	1,449
Lapland	20,333	42,590	9,779	27,675	2,558	0	1,545	1,165	995	537	265	151,860	109,448	108,397	1,051
Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18,938	9,874	9,799
Source: European Election Database

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7