Parliamentary election in Finland 1975

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Result (in%)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

24.9

18.9

18.4

17.6

4.7

4.4

3.6

3.3

4.2

SDP

SKDL

COOK

KESK

RKP

LKP

SMP

SKL

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1972

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

-0.9

+1.9

+0.8

+1.2

-0.4

-0.8

-5.6

+0.8

+3.0

SDP

SKDL

COOK

KESK

RKP

LKP

SMP

SKL

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

        

A total of 200 seats

• SKDL : 40
• SDP : 54
• Otherwise: 4
• LBP : 9
• RKP : 10
• KESK : 39
• KOK : 35
• SKL : 9

The parliamentary elections in Finland in 1975 took place on September 21 and 22, 1975. It was the election of the 27th Finnish parliament .

After the resignation of the Social Democrat Kalevi Sorsa, President Urho Kekkonen ordered new elections. The big loser in the election was the Rural Party of Finland (SMP), which won 18 seats in 1970 and held them in the 1972 elections. In 1975 she lost 16 of her seats. All other parties, with the exception of the Swedish People's Party and the Social Democratic Party, which nonetheless remained the strongest force, won seats.

Starting position

The oil crisis that has raged since 1974 put the Finnish economy to the test. Inflation and unemployment rose and economic growth slow. After Kalevi Sorsa's resignation, the Sorsa I cabinet was followed by a transitional government under Prime Minister Keijo Liinamaa .

Participating parties

12 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	Kalevi Sorsa
	National Collection Party Kansallinen Kokoomus (KOK) Samlingspartiet	conservative	Harri Holkeri
	Democratic Union of the Finnish People Suomen Kansan Demokraattinen Liitto (SKDL) Demokratiska Förbundet för Finlands Folk (DFFF)	socialist	Ele Alenius
	Finnish Center Party Suomen Keskusta (KESK) Centern i Finland	social liberal	Johannes Virolainen
	Finnish Rural Party Suomen Maaseudun Puolue (SMP) Finlands Landsbygdsparti	centrist	Veikko Vennamo
	Liberal People's Party Liberaalinen Kansanpuolue (LKP) Liberala Folkpartiet	liberal	Pekka Tarjanne
	Swedish People's Party Ruotsalainen Kansanpuolue (RKP) Svenska Folkpartiet (SFP)	liberal	Carl Olof Tallgren
	Christian Federation of Finland Suomen Kristillinen Liitto (SKL) Finlands Kristliga Förbund	Christian Democratic	Raino Westerholm

Election result

The turnout was 73.8 percent, 7.6 percentage points below the turnout in the last parliamentary election in 1972.

Result of the parliamentary elections in Finland in 1975

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)	683,590	24.86	−0.92	54	−1
	Democratic Union of the Finnish People (SKDL)	519.483	18.89	+1.87	40	+3
	National Collection Party (KOK)	505.145	18.37	+0.78	35	+1
	Finnish Center Party (KESK)	484.772	17.63	+1.22	39	+4
	Swedish People's Party (RKP)	128.211	4.66	−0.40	9	-
	Liberal People's Party (LKP)	119,534	4.35	−0.81	9	+2
	Finnish Rural Party (SMP)	98,815	3.59	−5.57	2	−16
	Christian Federation of Finland (SKL)	90,599	3.29	+0.76	9	+5
	Finnish People's Unity Party (SKYP)	45.402	1.65	+1.65	1	+1
	Constitutional People's Party of Finland (SPK)	43,344	1.58	+1.58	1	+1
	Private Entrepreneurs Party of Finland (SYP)	11,475	0.42	+0.42	-	-
	Åländsk Samling *	9,482	0.34	+0.04	1	-
	Socialist Workers Party (STP)	9,457	0.34	+0.34	-	-
	Others	509	0.02	+0.02	-	-
total		2,749,818	100.00		200
Valid votes		2,749,818	99.59
Invalid votes		11,405	0.41
voter turnout		2,761,223	73.80
Eligible voters		3,741,460	100.00
Source:
Notes: * Åland mandate

After the election

Martti Miettunen from the Center Party formed a grand coalition after the election, which had a large three-quarters majority in parliament. In September 1976 the coalition disintegrated and Miettunen formed a government without the left parties. However, the government only had 58 elected officials behind it. In May 1977, Kalevi Sorsa of the Social Democratic Party finally formed a government that included the same parties as Miettunen's government after the election.

Overview of the cabinets:

58. Cabinet Miettunen II - Martti Miettunen (Center Party) - Government made up of the Social Democratic Party, Center Party, People's Democratic Union, Swedish People's Party, Liberal People's Party (November 30, 1975 to September 29, 1976)
59. Cabinet Miettunen III - Martti Miettunen (Center Party) - minority government from the Center Party, Swedish People's Party, Liberal People's Party (September 29, 1976 to May 15, 1977)
60. Cabinet Sorsa II - Kalevi Sorsa (Social Democratic Party) - Government composed of the Social Democratic Party, Center Party, Swedish People's Party, Liberal People's Party, People's Democratic Union (May 15, 1977 to May 26, 1979)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Official result of the 1975 general election 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  

Web links

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