1982 Finnish presidential election

1982 Finnish presidential election

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Candidate Mauno Koivisto Harri Holkeri
Party SDP National Coalition
Electoral vote 167 58
Popular vote 1,370,314 593,271

 
Candidate Johannes Virolainen Kalevi Kivistö
Party Centre SKDL
Electoral vote 53 11
Popular vote 534,515 348,359

President before election

Urho Kekkonen
Centre

Elected President

Mauno Koivisto
SDP

President Koivisto was first elected in 1982.

Two-stage presidential elections were held in Finland in January 1982. The public elected presidential electors to an electoral college on 17 and 18 January.[1] They in turn elected the president. The result was a victory for Mauno Koivisto, the first member of the Social Democratic Party to be elevated to the country's highest post, and his election meant the full integration of Social Democrats into Finnish public life and an end to the postwar dominance of the Centre Party.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p630 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7