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Finland 2015 parliamentary election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Centre Party won 49 of 200 seats with 21.1% of the vote; 66.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.5 points on 2011.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Centre Party49+1421.1+5.3626,218
National Coalition Party37−718.2−2.2540,212
Finnish Party / True Finns38−117.6−1.4524,054
Social Democratic Party of Finland34−816.5−2.6490,102
Green League15+58.5+1.2253,102
Democratic Union / Left Alliance12−27.1−1.0211,702
Swedish People's Party of Finland904.9+0.6144,802
Christian Democrats5−13.5−0.5105,134
Pirate Party Finland000.8+0.325,086
Åland Coalition100.6+0.416,731

± is the change against the Finland 2011 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Centre Party 626,218
  • National Coalition Party 540,212
  • Finnish Party / True Finns 524,054
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland 490,102
  • Green League 253,102
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance 211,702
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland 144,802
  • Christian Democrats 105,134
  • Pirate Party Finland 25,086
  • Åland Coalition 16,731

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

66.9% of the 4,463,333 registered voters cast a ballot (2,983,856 ballots), down 0.5 points on 2011. 2,968,459 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Centre Party21.1% of votes24.5% of seats
  • Finnish Party / True Finns17.6% of votes19.0% of seats
  • National Coalition Party18.2% of votes18.5% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland16.5% of votes17.0% of seats
  • Green League8.5% of votes7.5% of seats
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance7.1% of votes6.0% of seats
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland4.9% of votes4.5% of seats
  • Christian Democrats3.5% of votes2.5% of seats
  • Åland Coalition0.6% of votes0.5% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.6 by votes and 5.8 by seats; Centre Party led National Coalition Party by 2.9 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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