1991 Finnish parliamentary election
17 March 1991
All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Esko Aho Pertti Paasio Ilkka Suominen
Party Centre SDP National Coalition
Last election 17.62%, 40 seats 24.14%, 56 seats 23.13%, 53 seats
Seats won 55 48 40
Seat change Increase 15 Decrease 8 Decrease 13
Popular vote 676,717 603,080 526,487
Percentage 24.83% 22.12% 19.31%
Swing Increase 7.21pp Decrease 2.02pp Decrease 3.82pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Claes Andersson Ole Norrback Heidi Hautala
Party Left Alliance RKP VIHR
Last election 13.63%, 20 seats 5.30%, 12 seats 4.03%, 4 seats
Seats won 19 11 10
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1 Increase 6
Popular vote 274,639 149,476 185,894
Percentage 10.08% 5.48% 6.82%
Swing Decrease 3.55pp Increase 0.18pp Increase 2.79pp
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Toimi Kankaanniemi Heikki Riihijärvi Kaarina Koivistoinen
Party Christian League Rural Party Liberal People's
Last election 2.58%, 5 seats 6.32%, 9 seats 0.97%, 0 seats
Seats won 8 7 1
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 83,151 132,133 21,210
Percentage 3.05% 4.85% 0.78%
Swing Increase 0.47pp Decrease 1.47pp Decrease 0.19pp
Prime Minister before election

Harri Holkeri
National Coalition

 Prime Minister after election

Esko Aho
Centre

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 17 March 1991, the first time a Finnish parliamentary election had been held on a single day.[1] For the first time since 1962 the Social Democratic Party was displaced as the largest party in the Eduskunta, with the Centre Party winning 55 seats and forming the first centre-right, non-social democratic government since 1964,[2] with Esko Aho as Prime Minister.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Centre Party676,71724.8355+15
Social Democratic Party603,08022.1248–8
National Coalition Party526,48719.3140–13
Left Alliance274,63910.0819–1
Green League185,8946.8210+6
Swedish People's Party149,4765.4811–1
Finnish Rural Party132,1334.857–2
Finnish Christian League83,1513.058+3
Liberal People's Party21,2100.781+1
Women's Party12,7250.470New
Pensioners' Party10,7620.3900
Constitutional Right Party7,5990.2800
Liberals for Åland–Freeminded–Greens6,5460.2410
Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism6,2010.230New
Independent Non-aligned Pensioners5,2300.190New
Greens3,8350.140–
Humanity Party2,8310.100New
Joint Responsibility Party of Pensioners and the Greens2,8070.100New
Åland Centre1,8580.0700
Åland Social Democrats9400.0300
Others11,7970.430–
Total2,725,918100.002000
Valid votes2,725,91898.16
Invalid/blank votes51,0661.84
Total votes2,776,984100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,060,77868.39
Source: Tilastokeskus,[3] ASUB

By electoral district

Electoral district Total
seats		 Seats won
Kesk SDP Kok Vas RKP Vihr SKL SMP LKP L–S–G
Åland 1 1
Central Finland 10 3 3 1 1 1 1
Häme 13 3 4 4 1 1
Helsinki 20 1 5 6 2 2 3 1
Kymi 13 4 5 3 1
Lapland 8 5 1 2
North Karelia 7 3 2 1 1
North Savo 10 5 2 1 1 1
Oulu 18 9 2 2 3 1 1
Pirkanmaa 15 2 4 4 2 1 1 1
Satakunta 12 3 3 2 2 1 1
South Savo 8 3 3 2
Uusima 30 4 7 8 2 4 3 1 1
Vaasa 18 6 3 2 1 4 1 1
Varsinais-Suomi 17 4 4 4 2 1 1 1
Total 200 55 48 40 19 11 10 8 7 1 1
Source: Statistics Finland[4]

By province

Province Centre Social Democratic National Coalition Left Alliance Green League Swedish People's Rural Christian League Liberal People's Electorate Votes Valid Invalid
Southern Savonia32,76225,05715,8273,0985,47205,2194,248137136,24694,02692,5361,490
Northern Savonia50,82023,80818,13918,8129,36909,6034,187644198,532137,691136,0081,683
North Karelia31,84927,61612,4024,7623,68705,2194,679456135,56393,42692,0181,408
Kainuu25,0255,4154,68110,3802,03201,6431,42727673,20452,16651,522644
Uusimaa55,048133,869158,20451,03872,70066,63614,50615,0204,506882,630624,147606,83317,314
Eastern Uusimaa5,4809,1045,6562,0362,76716,4231,07673622564,62645,58344,663920
Southwest Finland54,66954,37452,86326,80511,34812,47315,1604,670839331,626242,317238,3213,996
Tavastia Proper19,83028,00622,1287,4586,14301,9432,927177126,11092,59390,6811,912
Päijänne Tavastia18,33724,89628,7138,8448,2481355,6015,009217153,066103,944101,6642,280
Kymenlaakso21,56037,77723,9186,9326,79702,9804,157559152,984108,375106,1772,198
South Karelia22,36225,29313,3482,1514,73802,7384,7861,148111,29879,28277,7301,552
Central Finland44,21335,14618,86215,8417,599010,4477,217375194,921142,551140,6221,929
Southern Ostrobothnia58,98213,70622,1985,7022,73619610,6703,276358151,962120,135119,1351,000
Ostrobothnia10,75817,1648,3366,6243,02748,6461,8792,394550130,603101,151100,205946
Satakunta32,20339,10428,54820,4886,33206,9853,916349191,700142,335139,9152,420
Pirkanmaa33,14557,53956,60632,11516,192025,4906,9572,184330,397238,809233,9664,843
Central Ostrobothnia18,9066,4422,7662,5189323,2462,3263,51028351,97841,64041,174466
Northern Ostrobothnia82,74820,37520,85625,40510,99106,0422,5387,367246,074180,451178,2272,224
Lapland56,35015,5719,95122,0683,92602,1691,153456150,094114,093112,5051,588
Åland00000000018,4559,3829,263119
Source: European Election Database Archived 2021-06-24 at the Wayback Machine

Aftermath

The new center-right coalition government would not have an easy time governing the country. The fall of the Soviet Union caused a collapse in trade with the east, which together with a worldwide recession, caused major economic problems including high unemployment and ballooning budget deficits. In response, the government adopted strict austerity measures, such as cuts in public spending, the unpopularity of which led to the government's defeat in the 1995 elections.

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Paavo Väyrynen (1993) It Is Time for the Truth 2: Facts and Memories About Mauno Koivisto's Finland, WSOY
  3. ↑ Eduskuntavaalit 1927–2003 Tilastokeskus 2004
  4. ↑ Vaalit 1991:2 - Kansanedustajain vaalit 1991. Statistics Finland. 1991.
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