Parliamentary election in Finland 1991

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Result (in%)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

24.8

22.1

19.3

10.1

6.8

5.5

4.9

3.1

3.4

KESK

SDP

COOK

VAS

VIHR

RKP

SMP

SKL

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1987

 % p

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

+7.2

-2.0

-3.8

+0.7

+2.8

+0.2

-1.4

+0.5

-4.2

KESK

SDP

COOK

VAS

VIHR

RKP

SMP

SKL

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

        

A total of 200 seats

• VAS : 19
• SDP : 48
• VIHR : 10
• Otherwise: 8
• RKP : 12
• KESK : 55
• KOK : 40
• SKL : 8

The parliamentary elections in Finland in 1991 took place on March 17, 1991. It was the election to the 31st Finnish Parliament .

The Center Party under Esko Aho was able to increase its share of the vote by 7.2 percentage points and became the strongest force ahead of the Social Democratic Party. The National Collection Party suffered the greatest losses.

Participating parties

17 different parties ran for election.

The following parties were already represented in parliament:

Political party		Alignment	Top candidate
	Social Democratic Party of Finland Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue (SDP) Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti	social democratic	Pertti Paasio
	National Collection Party Kansallinen Kokoomus (KOK) Samlingspartiet	conservative	Ilkka Suominen
	Finnish Center Party Suomen Keskusta (KESK) Centern i Finland	social liberal	Esko ahoy
	Left Alliance Vasemmistoliitto (VAS) Vänsterförbundet	socialist	Claes Andersson
	Finnish Rural Party Suomen Maaseudun Puolue (SMP) Finlands Landsbygdsparti	centrist	Heikki Riihijärvi
	Swedish People's Party Ruotsalainen Kansanpuolue (RKP) Svenska Folkpartiet (SFP)	liberal	Ole Norrback
	Christian Federation of Finland Suomen Kristillinen Liitto (SKL) Finlands Kristliga Förbund	Christian Democratic	Bjarne Kallis
	Green Bund Vihreä Liitto (VIHR) Gröna Förbundet	green	Heidi Hautala

Election result

The turnout was 68.4 percent, 3.7 percentage points below the turnout in the last parliamentary election in 1987.

Result of the parliamentary election in Finland in 1991

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Finnish Center Party (KESK)	676.717	24.83	+7.21	55	+15
	Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)	603.080	22.12	−2.02	48	−8
	National Collection Party (KOK)	526.487	19.31	−3.82	40	−13
	Left Alliance (VAS)	274,639	10.08	+0.69	19th	+3
	Green Bund (VIHR)	185.894	6.82	+2.79	10	+6
	Swedish People's Party (RKP)	149.476	5.48	+0.18	11	−1
	Finnish Rural Party (SMP)	132.133	4.85	−1.47	7th	−2
	Christian Federation of Finland (SKL)	83.151	3.05	+0.47	8th	+3
	Liberal People's Party (LKP)	21,210	0.78	−0.19	1	+1
	Women's Party (NAISP)	12,725	0.47	+0.47	-	-
	Pensioners' Party of Finland (SEP)	10,762	0.39	−0.82	-	-
	Constitutional Right Party (POP)	7,599	0.28	+0.17	-	-
	Communist Labor Party (KTP)	6,201	0.23	+0.23	-	-
	Independent Neutral Pensioners from Finland (RSES)	5,230	0.19	+0.19	-	-
	Green	3,835	0.14	+0.14	-	-
	Humanity Party (IPU)	2,831	0.10	+0.10	-	-
	Pensioners and Greens Joint Responsibility Party (EVY)	2,807	0.10	+0.10	-	-
	Other **	21,141	0.78	−0.18	1	-
total		2,725,918	100.00		200
Valid votes		2,725,918	98.16
Invalid votes		51,066	1.84
voter turnout		2,776,984	68.39
Eligible voters		4,060,778	100.00
Source:
Notes: * Comparative value: Election result of the Democratic Union of the Finnish People (SKDL) 1987 ** 6,546 votes for List C ( Liberals for Åland , Åland's Liberals and Åland's Greens ), which received the mandate.

After the election

Esko Aho from the center formed a center-right coalition with the conservative National Collection Party, the Swedish People's Party and the Christian Union.

Overview of the cabinets:

65. Cabinet Aho - Esko Aho (center) - government made up of the center, the gathering party, the Swedish People's Party and the Christian Union (April 26, 1991 to April 13, 1995)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Official result of parliamentary election 1991 yle.fi (Finnish)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Valtiolliset ja kunnalliset vaalit, 1951–2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. stat.fi , Excel file