Finland 1972 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Finland won 55 of 200 seats with 25.8% of the vote; 81.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.8 points on 1970.
- Finland
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Finland | 55 | +3 | 25.8 | +2.4 | 664,724 |
| National Coalition Party | 34 | −3 | 17.6 | −0.4 | 453,434 |
| Democratic Union / Left Alliance | 37 | +1 | 17.0 | +0.4 | 438,757 |
| Centre Party | 35 | −1 | 16.4 | −0.7 | 423,039 |
| Finnish Party / True Finns | 18 | 0 | 9.2 | −1.3 | 236,206 |
| National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party | 7 | −1 | 5.2 | −0.7 | 132,955 |
| Swedish People's Party of Finland | 9 | −2 | 5.1 | −0.2 | 130,407 |
| Christian Democrats | 4 | +3 | 2.5 | +1.4 | 65,228 |
| Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | −0.4 | 25,527 |
| Åland Coalition | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | −0.1 | 7,672 |
± is the change against the Finland 1970 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party of Finland 664,724
- National Coalition Party 453,434
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance 438,757
- Centre Party 423,039
- Finnish Party / True Finns 236,206
- National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party 132,955
- Swedish People's Party of Finland 130,407
- Christian Democrats 65,228
- Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders 25,527
- Åland Coalition 7,672
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
81.4% of the 3,178,169 registered voters cast a ballot (2,587,060 ballots), down 0.8 points on 1970. 2,577,949 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1958 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democratic Party of Finland25.8% of votes27.5% of seats
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance17.0% of votes18.5% of seats
- Centre Party16.4% of votes17.5% of seats
- National Coalition Party17.6% of votes17.0% of seats
- Finnish Party / True Finns9.2% of votes9.0% of seats
- Swedish People's Party of Finland5.1% of votes4.5% of seats
- National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party5.2% of votes3.5% of seats
- Christian Democrats2.5% of votes2.0% of seats
- Åland Coalition0.3% of votes0.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); Social Democratic Party of Finland led National Coalition Party by 8.2 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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