Finland 1999 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : National Coalition Party won 4 of 16 seats with 25.3% of the vote; 30.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 27.6 points on 1996.
- Finland
- Held
European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Coalition Party | 4 | 0 | 25.3 | +5.1 | 313,960 |
| Centre Party | 4 | 0 | 21.3 | −3.1 | 264,640 |
| Social Democratic Party of Finland | 3 | −1 | 17.9 | −3.6 | 221,836 |
| Green League | 2 | +1 | 13.4 | +5.8 | 166,786 |
| Democratic Union / Left Alliance | 1 | −1 | 9.1 | −1.4 | 112,757 |
| Swedish People's Party of Finland | 1 | 0 | 6.8 | +1.0 | 84,153 |
| Christian Democrats | 1 | +1 | 2.4 | −0.4 | 29,637 |
| Ecological Party | 0 | 2.4 | 29,215 |
± is the change against the Finland 1996 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- National Coalition Party 313,960
- Centre Party 264,640
- Social Democratic Party of Finland 221,836
- Green League 166,786
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance 112,757
- Swedish People's Party of Finland 84,153
- Christian Democrats 29,637
- Ecological Party 29,215
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
30.0% of the 4,165,689 registered voters cast a ballot (1,248,122 ballots), down 27.6 points on 1996. 1,242,303 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- National Coalition Party25.3% of votes25.0% of seats
- Centre Party21.3% of votes25.0% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Finland17.9% of votes18.8% of seats
- Green League13.4% of votes12.5% of seats
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance9.1% of votes6.3% of seats
- Swedish People's Party of Finland6.8% of votes6.3% of seats
- Christian Democrats2.4% of votes6.3% of seats
- Ecological Party2.4% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.8 by votes and 5.3 by seats; National Coalition Party led Centre Party by 4.0 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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