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Finland 2003 parliamentary election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Centre Party won 55 of 200 seats with 24.7% of the vote; 66.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.4 points on 1999.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Centre Party55+724.7+2.3689,391
Social Democratic Party of Finland53+224.5+1.6683,223
National Coalition Party40−618.6−2.4517,904
Democratic Union / Left Alliance19−19.9−1.0277,152
Green League14+38.0+0.7223,564
Christian Democrats7−35.3+1.1148,987
Swedish People's Party of Finland8−34.6−0.5128,824
Finnish Party / True Finns3+21.6+0.643,816
Communist Party of Finland (Unity)00.821,079
Åland Coalition100.40.011,651

± is the change against the Finland 1999 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Centre Party 689,391
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland 683,223
  • National Coalition Party 517,904
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance 277,152
  • Green League 223,564
  • Christian Democrats 148,987
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland 128,824
  • Finnish Party / True Finns 43,816
  • Communist Party of Finland (Unity) 21,079
  • Åland Coalition 11,651

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

66.7% of the 4,220,951 registered voters cast a ballot (2,815,700 ballots), up 1.4 points on 1999. 2,791,757 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Centre Party24.7% of votes27.5% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland24.5% of votes26.5% of seats
  • National Coalition Party18.6% of votes20.0% of seats
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance9.9% of votes9.5% of seats
  • Green League8.0% of votes7.0% of seats
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland4.6% of votes4.0% of seats
  • Christian Democrats5.3% of votes3.5% of seats
  • Finnish Party / True Finns1.6% of votes1.5% of seats
  • Åland Coalition0.4% of votes0.5% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.6 by votes and 4.9 by seats; Centre Party led Social Democratic Party of Finland by 0.2 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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