1970 Finnish parliamentary election

1970 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 Rafael Paasio Juha Rihtniemi Johannes Virolainen
Party SDP National Coalition Centre
Last election 27.23%, 55 seats 13.79%, 26 seats 21.23%, 49 seats
Seats won 52 37 36
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 11 Decrease 13
Popular vote 594,185 457,582 434,150
Percentage 23.43% 18.05% 17.12%
Swing Decrease 3.80pp Increase 4.26pp Decrease 4.11pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Ele Alenius Veikko Vennamo Jan-Magnus Jansson
Party SKDL Rural Party RKP
Last election 21.20%, 41 seats 1.03%, 1 seat 5.69%, 11 seats
Seats won 36 18 11
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 17 Steady
Popular vote 420,556 265,939 135,465
Percentage 16.58% 10.49% 5.34%
Swing Decrease 4.62pp Increase 9.46pp Decrease 0.39pp
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Pekka Tarjanne Eino Sares
Party Liberal People's Christian League ÅS
Last election 6.47%, 9 seats 0.45%, 0 seats 0.30%, 1 seat
Seats won 8 1 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 150,823 28,547 8,971
Percentage 5.95% 1.13% 0.35%
Swing Decrease 0.52pp Increase 0.68pp Increase 0.05pp
Prime Minister before election

Mauno Koivisto
SDP

Prime Minister after election

Teuvo Aura
Independent

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Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 15 and 16 March 1970.[1]

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