Finland 1983 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Finland won 57 of 200 seats with 26.7% of the vote; 75.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.4 points on 1979.
- Finland
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Finland | 57 | +5 | 26.7 | +2.8 | 795,953 |
| National Coalition Party | 44 | −3 | 22.1 | +0.4 | 659,078 |
| Centre Partywith National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party | 38 | +2 | 17.6 | +0.3 | 525,207 |
| Democratic Union / Left Alliance | 26 | −9 | 13.5 | −4.4 | 400,930 |
| Finnish Party / True Finns | 17 | +10 | 9.7 | +5.1 | 288,711 |
| Swedish People's Party of Finland | 10 | +1 | 4.6 | +0.4 | 137,423 |
| Christian Democrats | 3 | −6 | 3.0 | −1.8 | 90,410 |
| Green League | 2 | 1.4 | 43,754 | ||
| Independents | 1 | 0.5 | 14,995 | ||
| Constitutional Right Party | 1 | +1 | 0.4 | −0.8 | 11,104 |
| Åland Coalition | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 9,458 |
| Finnish People's Unity Party | 0 | 0.1 | 2,335 |
± is the change against the Finland 1979 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party of Finland 795,953
- National Coalition Party 659,078
- Centre Party 525,207
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance 400,930
- Finnish Party / True Finns 288,711
- Swedish People's Party of Finland 137,423
- Christian Democrats 90,410
- Green League 43,754
- Independents 14,995
- Constitutional Right Party 11,104
- Åland Coalition 9,458
- Finnish People's Unity Party 2,335
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.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
Share of the vote
Turnout
75.7% of the 3,951,932 registered voters cast a ballot (2,992,970 ballots), up 0.4 points on 1979. 2,979,694 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1972 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democratic Party of Finland26.7% of votes28.5% of seats
- National Coalition Party22.1% of votes22.0% of seats
- Centre Party17.6% of votes19.0% of seats
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance13.5% of votes13.0% of seats
- Finnish Party / True Finns9.7% of votes8.5% of seats
- Swedish People's Party of Finland4.6% of votes5.0% of seats
- Christian Democrats3.0% of votes1.5% of seats
- Green League1.4% of votes1.0% of seats
- Constitutional Right Party0.4% of votes0.5% of seats
- Åland Coalition0.3% of votes0.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.5 by votes and 5.2 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Finland led National Coalition Party by 4.6 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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