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1991 Finnish parliamentary election

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1991 Finnish parliamentary election

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All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
  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 Increase 15 Decrease 8 Decrease 13
Popular vote 676,717 603,080 526,487
Percentage 24.83% 22.12% 19.31%
Swing Increase 7.21pp Decrease 2.02pp Decrease 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 Decrease 1 Decrease 1 Increase 6
Popular vote 274,639 149,476 185,894
Percentage 10.08% 5.48% 6.82%
Swing Decrease 3.55pp Increase 0.18pp Increase 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 Increase 3 Decrease 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 83,151 132,133 21,210
Percentage 3.05% 4.85% 0.78%
Swing Increase 0.47pp Decrease 1.47pp Decrease 0.19pp


Prime Minister before election

Harri Holkeri
National Coalition

Prime Minister after election

Esko Aho
Centre

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.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Centre Party676,71724.8355+15
Social Democratic Party603,08022.1248–8
National Coalition Party526,48719.3140–13
Left Alliance274,63910.0819–1
Green League185,8946.8210+6
Swedish People's Party149,4765.4811–1
Finnish Rural Party132,1334.857–2
Finnish Christian League83,1513.058+3
Liberal People's Party21,2100.781+1
Women's Party12,7250.470New
Pensioners' Party10,7620.3900
Constitutional Right Party7,5990.2800
Liberals for ÅlandFreemindedGreens6,5460.2410
Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism6,2010.230New
Independent Non-aligned Pensioners5,2300.190New
Greens3,8350.140
Humanity Party2,8310.100New
Joint Responsibility Party of Pensioners and the Greens2,8070.100New
Åland Centre1,8580.0700
Åland Social Democrats9400.0300
Others11,7970.430
Total2,725,918100.002000
Valid votes2,725,91898.16
Invalid/blank votes51,0661.84
Total votes2,776,984100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,060,77868.39
Source: Tilastokeskus,[4] ASUB

By electoral district

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Electoral district Total
seats
Seats won
Kesk SDP Kok Vas RKP Vihr SKL SMP LKP LSG
Åland 1 1
Central Finland 10 3 3 1 1 1 1
Häme 13 3 4 4 1 1
Helsinki 20 1 5 6 2 2 3 1
Kymi 13 4 5 3 1
Lapland 8 5 1 2
North Karelia 7 3 2 1 1
North Savo 10 5 2 1 1 1
Oulu 18 9 2 2 3 1 1
Pirkanmaa 15 2 4 4 2 1 1 1
Satakunta 12 3 3 2 2 1 1
South Savo 8 3 3 2
Uusima 30 4 7 8 2 4 3 1 1
Vaasa 18 6 3 2 1 4 1 1
Varsinais-Suomi 17 4 4 4 2 1 1 1
Total 200 55 48 40 19 11 10 8 7 1 1
Source: Statistics Finland[5]

By province

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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

Aftermath

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Berglund, Sten (1991). "The finnish parliamentary election of 1991". Electoral Studies. 10 (3): 256–261. doi:10.1016/0261-3794(91)90016-l. ISSN 0261-3794.
  3. ^ Paavo Väyrynen (1993) It Is Time for the Truth 2: Facts and Memories About Mauno Koivisto's Finland, WSOY
  4. ^ Eduskuntavaalit 1927–2003 Tilastokeskus 2004
  5. ^ Vaalit 1991:2 - Kansanedustajain vaalit 1991. Statistics Finland. 1991.