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Finland 2019 parliamentary election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Finland won 40 of 200 seats with 17.7% of the vote; 72.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 6.0 points on 2015.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party of Finland40+617.7+1.2546,471
Finnish Party / True Finns39+117.5−0.1538,805
National Coalition Party38+117.0−1.2523,957
Centre Party31−1813.8−7.3423,920
Green League20+511.5+3.0354,194
Democratic Union / Left Alliance16+48.2+1.1251,808
Swedish People's Party of Finland904.5−0.4139,640
Christian Democrats503.9+0.4120,144
Movement Now12.369,427
New Alternative / Blue Reform01.029,943
Åland Coalition100.4−0.211,640

± is the change against the Finland 2015 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland 546,471
  • Finnish Party / True Finns 538,805
  • National Coalition Party 523,957
  • Centre Party 423,920
  • Green League 354,194
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance 251,808
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland 139,640
  • Christian Democrats 120,144
  • Movement Now 69,427
  • New Alternative / Blue Reform 29,943
  • Åland Coalition 11,640

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

72.8% of the 4,255,466 registered voters cast a ballot (3,099,760 ballots), up 6.0 points on 2015. 3,081,916 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1983 in our data. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Social Democratic Party of Finland17.7% of votes20.0% of seats
  • Finnish Party / True Finns17.5% of votes19.5% of seats
  • National Coalition Party17.0% of votes19.0% of seats
  • Centre Party13.8% of votes15.5% of seats
  • Green League11.5% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance8.2% of votes8.0% of seats
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland4.5% of votes4.5% of seats
  • Christian Democrats3.9% of votes2.5% of seats
  • Movement Now2.3% of votes0.5% 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 3.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.5 by votes and 6.4 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Finland led Finnish Party / True Finns by 0.2 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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