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

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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.