Finland 1987 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Finland won 56 of 200 seats with 24.1% of the vote; 72.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.7 points on 1983.
- Finland
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Finland | 56 | −1 | 24.1 | −2.6 | 695,331 |
| National Coalition Party | 53 | +9 | 23.1 | +1.0 | 666,236 |
| Centre Party | 40 | +2 | 17.6 | 0.0 | 507,460 |
| Democratic Union / Left Alliance | 16 | −10 | 9.4 | −4.1 | 270,433 |
| Finnish Party / True Finns | 9 | −8 | 6.3 | −3.4 | 181,938 |
| Swedish People's Party of Finland | 12 | +2 | 5.3 | +0.7 | 152,597 |
| Democratic Alternative | 4 | 4.2 | 122,181 | ||
| Green League | 4 | +2 | 4.0 | +2.6 | 115,988 |
| Christian Democrats | 5 | +2 | 2.6 | −0.4 | 74,209 |
| Finnish Pensioners Party | 0 | 1.2 | 35,100 | ||
| National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party | 0 | 1.0 | 27,824 | ||
| Åland Coalition | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 9,401 |
± is the change against the Finland 1983 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party of Finland 695,331
- National Coalition Party 666,236
- Centre Party 507,460
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance 270,433
- Finnish Party / True Finns 181,938
- Swedish People's Party of Finland 152,597
- Democratic Alternative 122,181
- Green League 115,988
- Christian Democrats 74,209
- Finnish Pensioners Party 35,100
- National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party 27,824
- Åland Coalition 9,401
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
72.1% of the 4,018,248 registered voters cast a ballot (2,895,488 ballots), down 3.7 points on 1983. 2,880,093 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1945. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democratic Party of Finland24.1% of votes28.0% of seats
- National Coalition Party23.1% of votes26.5% of seats
- Centre Party17.6% of votes20.0% of seats
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance9.4% of votes8.0% of seats
- Swedish People's Party of Finland5.3% of votes6.0% of seats
- Finnish Party / True Finns6.3% of votes4.5% of seats
- Christian Democrats2.6% of votes2.5% of seats
- Democratic Alternative4.2% of votes2.0% of seats
- Green League4.0% of votes2.0% of seats
- Åland Coalition0.3% of votes0.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.2 by votes and 4.9 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Finland led National Coalition Party by 1.0 point 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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