Finland 2007 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Centre Party won 51 of 200 seats with 23.1% of the vote; 65.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.7 points on 2003.
- Finland
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Party | 51 | −4 | 23.1 | −1.6 | 640,428 |
| National Coalition Party | 50 | +10 | 22.3 | +3.7 | 616,841 |
| Social Democratic Party of Finland | 45 | −8 | 21.4 | −3.1 | 594,194 |
| Democratic Union / Left Alliance | 17 | −2 | 8.8 | −1.1 | 244,296 |
| Green League | 15 | +1 | 8.5 | +0.5 | 234,429 |
| Christian Democrats | 7 | 0 | 4.9 | −0.4 | 134,790 |
| Swedish People's Party of Finland | 9 | +1 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 126,520 |
| Finnish Party / True Finns | 5 | +2 | 4.1 | +2.5 | 112,256 |
| Communist Party of Finland (Unity) | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | −0.1 | 18,277 |
| Åland Coalition | 1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 11,168 |
± is the change against the Finland 2003 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Centre Party 640,428
- National Coalition Party 616,841
- Social Democratic Party of Finland 594,194
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance 244,296
- Green League 234,429
- Christian Democrats 134,790
- Swedish People's Party of Finland 126,520
- Finnish Party / True Finns 112,256
- Communist Party of Finland (Unity) 18,277
- Åland Coalition 11,168
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
65.0% of the 4,292,436 registered voters cast a ballot (2,790,752 ballots), down 1.7 points on 2003. 2,771,236 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 Party23.1% of votes25.5% of seats
- National Coalition Party22.3% of votes25.0% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Finland21.4% of votes22.5% of seats
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance8.8% of votes8.5% of seats
- Green League8.5% of votes7.5% of seats
- Swedish People's Party of Finland4.6% of votes4.5% of seats
- Christian Democrats4.9% of votes3.5% of seats
- Finnish Party / True Finns4.1% of votes2.5% of seats
- Åland Coalition0.4% of votes0.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.9 by votes and 5.1 by seats; Centre Party led National Coalition Party by 0.8 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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