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General election
1991 Finnish parliamentary election
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Esko Aho
Pertti Paasio
Ilkka Suominen
Party
Centre
SDP
National Coalition
Last election
17.62%, 40 seats
24.14%, 56 seats
23.13%, 53 seats
Seats won
55
48
40
Seat change
15
8
13
Popular vote
676,717
603,080
526,487
Percentage
24.83%
22.12%
19.31%
Swing
7.21pp
2.02pp
3.82pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Claes Andersson
Ole Norrback
Heidi Hautala
Party
Left Alliance
RKP
Green
Last election
13.63%, 20 seats
5.30%, 12 seats
4.03%, 4 seats
Seats won
19
11
10
Seat change
1
1
6
Popular vote
274,639
149,476
185,894
Percentage
10.08%
5.48%
6.82%
Swing
3.55pp
0.18pp
2.79pp
Seventh party
Eighth party
Ninth party
Leader
Toimi Kankaanniemi
Heikki Riihijärvi
Kaarina Koivistoinen
Party
Christian League
Rural Party
Liberal People's
Last election
2.58%, 5 seats
6.32%, 9 seats
0.97%, 0 seats
Seats won
8
7
1
Seat change
3
2
1
Popular vote
83,151
132,133
21,210
Percentage
3.05%
4.85%
0.78%
Swing
0.47pp
1.47pp
0.19pp
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 17 March 1991, the first time a Finnish parliamentary election had been held on a single day.[ 1] [ 2] For the first time since 1962 the Social Democratic Party was displaced as the largest party in the Eduskunta , with the Centre Party winning 55 seats and forming the first centre-right , non-social democratic government since 1964,[ 3] with Esko Aho as Prime Minister.
Party Votes % Seats +/– Centre Party 676,717 24.83 55 +15 Social Democratic Party 603,080 22.12 48 –8 National Coalition Party 526,487 19.31 40 –13 Left Alliance 274,639 10.08 19 –1 Green League 185,894 6.82 10 +6 Swedish People's Party 149,476 5.48 11 –1 Finnish Rural Party 132,133 4.85 7 –2 Finnish Christian League 83,151 3.05 8 +3 Liberal People's Party 21,210 0.78 1 +1 Women's Party 12,725 0.47 0 New Pensioners' Party 10,762 0.39 0 0 Constitutional Right Party 7,599 0.28 0 0 Liberals for Åland –Freeminded –Greens 6,546 0.24 1 0 Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism 6,201 0.23 0 New Independent Non-aligned Pensioners 5,230 0.19 0 New Greens 3,835 0.14 0 – Humanity Party 2,831 0.10 0 New Joint Responsibility Party of Pensioners and the Greens 2,807 0.10 0 New Åland Centre 1,858 0.07 0 0 Åland Social Democrats 940 0.03 0 0 Others 11,797 0.43 0 – Total 2,725,918 100.00 200 0 Valid votes 2,725,918 98.16 Invalid/blank votes 51,066 1.84 Total votes 2,776,984 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 4,060,778 68.39 Source: Tilastokeskus,[ 4] ASUB
By electoral district [ edit ]
Province
Centre
Social Democratic
National Coalition
Left Alliance
Green League
Swedish People's
Rural
Christian League
Liberal People's
Electorate
Votes
Valid
Invalid
Southern Savonia
32,762
25,057
15,827
3,098
5,472
0
5,219
4,248
137
136,246
94,026
92,536
1,490
Northern Savonia
50,820
23,808
18,139
18,812
9,369
0
9,603
4,187
644
198,532
137,691
136,008
1,683
North Karelia
31,849
27,616
12,402
4,762
3,687
0
5,219
4,679
456
135,563
93,426
92,018
1,408
Kainuu
25,025
5,415
4,681
10,380
2,032
0
1,643
1,427
276
73,204
52,166
51,522
644
Uusimaa
55,048
133,869
158,204
51,038
72,700
66,636
14,506
15,020
4,506
882,630
624,147
606,833
17,314
Eastern Uusimaa
5,480
9,104
5,656
2,036
2,767
16,423
1,076
736
225
64,626
45,583
44,663
920
Southwest Finland
54,669
54,374
52,863
26,805
11,348
12,473
15,160
4,670
839
331,626
242,317
238,321
3,996
Tavastia Proper
19,830
28,006
22,128
7,458
6,143
0
1,943
2,927
177
126,110
92,593
90,681
1,912
Päijänne Tavastia
18,337
24,896
28,713
8,844
8,248
135
5,601
5,009
217
153,066
103,944
101,664
2,280
Kymenlaakso
21,560
37,777
23,918
6,932
6,797
0
2,980
4,157
559
152,984
108,375
106,177
2,198
South Karelia
22,362
25,293
13,348
2,151
4,738
0
2,738
4,786
1,148
111,298
79,282
77,730
1,552
Central Finland
44,213
35,146
18,862
15,841
7,599
0
10,447
7,217
375
194,921
142,551
140,622
1,929
Southern Ostrobothnia
58,982
13,706
22,198
5,702
2,736
196
10,670
3,276
358
151,962
120,135
119,135
1,000
Ostrobothnia
10,758
17,164
8,336
6,624
3,027
48,646
1,879
2,394
550
130,603
101,151
100,205
946
Satakunta
32,203
39,104
28,548
20,488
6,332
0
6,985
3,916
349
191,700
142,335
139,915
2,420
Pirkanmaa
33,145
57,539
56,606
32,115
16,192
0
25,490
6,957
2,184
330,397
238,809
233,966
4,843
Central Ostrobothnia
18,906
6,442
2,766
2,518
932
3,246
2,326
3,510
283
51,978
41,640
41,174
466
Northern Ostrobothnia
82,748
20,375
20,856
25,405
10,991
0
6,042
2,538
7,367
246,074
180,451
178,227
2,224
Lapland
56,350
15,571
9,951
22,068
3,926
0
2,169
1,153
456
150,094
114,093
112,505
1,588
Åland
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
18,455
9,382
9,263
119
Source: European Election Database Archived 2021-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
The new center-right coalition government would not have an easy time governing the country. The fall of the Soviet Union caused a collapse in trade with the east, which together with a worldwide recession, caused major economic problems including high unemployment and ballooning budget deficits. In response, the government adopted strict austerity measures, such as cuts in public spending, the unpopularity of which led to the government's defeat in the 1995 elections .