Finland 1996 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Centre Party won 4 of 16 seats with 24.4% of the vote; 57.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Finland
- Held
European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Party | 4 | 24.4 | 548,041 |
| Social Democratic Party of Finland | 4 | 21.5 | 482,577 |
| National Coalition Party | 4 | 20.2 | 453,729 |
| Democratic Union / Left Alliance | 2 | 10.5 | 236,490 |
| Green League | 1 | 7.6 | 170,670 |
| Swedish People's Party of Finland | 1 | 5.8 | 129,425 |
| Young Finns | 0 | 3.0 | 68,134 |
| Christian Democrats | 0 | 2.8 | 63,279 |
| Anti-EU Movement | 0 | 2.1 | 47,687 |
Votes by party
- Centre Party 548,041
- Social Democratic Party of Finland 482,577
- National Coalition Party 453,729
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance 236,490
- Green League 170,670
- Swedish People's Party of Finland 129,425
- Young Finns 68,134
- Christian Democrats 63,279
- Anti-EU Movement 47,687
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
57.6% of the 4,108,703 registered voters cast a ballot (2,366,504 ballots). 2,249,411 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Centre Party24.4% of votes25.0% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Finland21.5% of votes25.0% of seats
- National Coalition Party20.2% of votes25.0% of seats
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance10.5% of votes12.5% of seats
- Green League7.6% of votes6.3% of seats
- Swedish People's Party of Finland5.8% of votes6.3% of seats
- Young Finns3.0% of votes0.0% of seats
- Christian Democrats2.8% of votes0.0% of seats
- Anti-EU Movement2.1% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.9 by votes and 4.7 by seats; Centre Party led Social Democratic Party of Finland by 2.9 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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