1995 Finnish parliamentary election

1995 Finnish parliamentary election
Finland
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All 200 seats in the Eduskunta
101 seats needed for a majority
Turnout68.58%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
SDP Paavo Lipponen 28.25 63 +15
Centre Esko Aho 19.85 44 −11
National Coalition Sauli Niinistö 17.89 39 −1
Left Alliance Claes Andersson 11.16 22 +3
Green Pekka Haavisto 6.52 9 −1
RKP Ole Norrback 5.14 11 0
Christian League Toimi Kankaanniemi 2.96 7 −1
Young Finns Risto E. J. Penttilä 2.81 2 New
Rural Party Raimo Vistbacka 1.30 1 −6
Ecological Greens Veltto Virtanen 0.28 1 New
Liberals for Åland Gunnar Jansson 0.22 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Most voted-for party by province
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Esko Aho
Centre		 Paavo Lipponen
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Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 19 March 1995.[1][2]

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) achieved the best result of any party since World War II, winning 63 of the 200 seats in the Eduskunta and defeating the incumbent centre-right coalition led by the Centre Party. The result was attributed to the government's unpopular austerity policies as well as 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.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Berglund, Sten (1995). "The Finnish parliamentary election of 1995". Electoral Studies. 14 (4): 461–464. doi:10.1016/0261-3794(96)81772-0. ISSN 0261-3794.