Finland 1991 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Centre Party won 55 of 200 seats with 24.8% of the vote; 68.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.7 points on 1987.
- Finland
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Party | 55 | +15 | 24.8 | +7.2 | 676,717 |
| Social Democratic Party of Finland | 48 | −8 | 22.1 | −2.0 | 603,080 |
| National Coalition Party | 40 | −13 | 19.3 | −3.8 | 526,487 |
| Democratic Union / Left Alliance | 19 | +3 | 10.1 | +0.7 | 274,639 |
| Green League | 10 | +6 | 6.8 | +2.8 | 185,894 |
| Swedish People's Party of Finland | 11 | −1 | 5.5 | +0.2 | 149,476 |
| Finnish Party / True Finns | 7 | −2 | 4.8 | −1.5 | 132,133 |
| Christian Democrats | 8 | +3 | 3.1 | +0.5 | 83,151 |
| National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party | 1 | +1 | 0.8 | −0.2 | 21,210 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.5 | 12,725 | ||
| Åland Coalition | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 9,344 |
± is the change against the Finland 1987 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Centre Party 676,717
- Social Democratic Party of Finland 603,080
- National Coalition Party 526,487
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance 274,639
- Green League 185,894
- Swedish People's Party of Finland 149,476
- Finnish Party / True Finns 132,133
- Christian Democrats 83,151
- National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party 21,210
- Largest party without seats 12,725
- Åland Coalition 9,344
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
68.4% of the 4,060,778 registered voters cast a ballot (2,776,984 ballots), down 3.7 points on 1987. 2,725,918 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
- Centre Party24.8% of votes27.5% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Finland22.1% of votes24.0% of seats
- National Coalition Party19.3% of votes20.0% of seats
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance10.1% of votes9.5% of seats
- Swedish People's Party of Finland5.5% of votes5.5% of seats
- Green League6.8% of votes5.0% of seats
- Christian Democrats3.1% of votes4.0% of seats
- Finnish Party / True Finns4.8% of votes3.5% of seats
- National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party0.8% of votes0.5% of seats
- Åland Coalition0.3% of votes0.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.9 by votes and 5.2 by seats; Centre Party led Social Democratic Party of Finland by 2.7 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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