Parliamentary election in Finland 1983

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Result (in%)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

26.7

22.1

17.6

13.5

9.7

4.6

3.0

1.5

1.3

SDP

COOK

KESK

SKDL

SMP

RKP

SKL

VIHR

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1979

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

+2.8

+0.4

+0.3

-4.4

+5.1

+0.4

-1.8

+1.5

-4.3

SDP

COOK

KESK

SKDL

SMP

RKP

SKL

VIHR

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

        

A total of 200 seats

• SKDL : 26
• SDP : 57
• Otherwise: 4
• SMP : 17
• RKP : 11
• KESK : 38
• KOK : 44
• SKL : 3

The parliamentary elections in Finland in 1983 took place on March 20 and 21, 1983. It was the election of the 29th Finnish Parliament .

The Rural Party of Finland and the ruling Social Democratic Party were the biggest winners in the elections. The left-wing People's Democratic Union suffered great losses and the Christian Union also lost two thirds of its previous seats. The Green Bund, which received 1.5% of the vote, made it into parliament for the first time. Kalevi Sorsa of the Social Democratic Party remained Prime Minister and took the newly strengthened Finnish Rural Party into government.

Participating parties

Ten 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	Ilkka Suominen
	Democratic Union of the Finnish People Suomen Kansan Demokraattinen Liitto (SKDL) Demokratiska Förbundet för Finlands Folk (DFFF)	socialist	Kalevi Kivistö
	Finnish Center Party Suomen Keskusta (KESK) Centern i Finland	social liberal	Paavo Väyrynen
	Christian Federation of Finland Suomen Kristillinen Liitto (SKL) Finlands Kristliga Förbund	Christian Democratic	Esko Almgren
	Finnish Rural Party Suomen Maaseudun Puolue (SMP) Finlands Landsbygdsparti	centrist	Pekka Vennamo
	Swedish People's Party Ruotsalainen Kansanpuolue (RKP) Svenska Folkpartiet (SFP)	liberal	Par Stenbäck

Election result

The turnout was 75.7 percent, 0.4 percentage points higher than the turnout in the last parliamentary election in 1979.

Result of the parliamentary election in Finland in 1983

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)	795.953	26.71	+2.82	57	+5
	National Collection Party (KOK)	659.078	22.12	+0.47	44	−3
	Finnish Center Party (KESK)	525.207	17.63	+0.34	38	+2
	Democratic Union of the Finnish People (SKDL)	400,930	13.46	−4.44	26th	−9
	Finnish Rural Party (SMP)	288.711	9.69	+5.11	17th	+10
	Swedish People's Party (RKP)	137.423	4.61	+0.38	10	+1
	Christian Federation of Finland (SKL)	90.410	3.03	−1.74	3	−6
	The Greens (VIHR)	43,754	1.47	+1.47	2	+2
	Constitutional Right Party (POP)	11,104	0.37	−0.84	1	+1
	Åländsk Samling (*)	9,458	0.32	-	1	-
	Federation for Civil Democracy (**)	2,335	0.08	−0.24	-	-
	Other (***)	15,331	0.51	+0.50	1	+1
total		2,979,694	100.00		200
Valid votes		2,979,694	99.56
Invalid votes		13,276	0.44
voter turnout		2,992,970	75.73
Eligible voters		3,951,932	100.00
Source:

• (*) Åland mandate
• (**) Comparative value: result of the National Unity Party of Finland in the last election in 1979
• (***) Including Esko-Juhani Tennilä from the constituency of Lapland, who was able to win a mandate and joined the parliamentary group of the SKDL

After the election

Kalevi Sorsa continued his coalition of Social Democrats, the Center and the Swedish People's Party. He also formed a coalition with the Land Party of Finland. It became the first Finnish majority government to last a full term.

Overview of the cabinets:

63. Sorsa IV Cabinet - Kalevi Sorsa (Social Democratic Party) - Government of Social Democratic Party, Center Party, Swedish People's Party, Rural Party of Finland (May 6, 1983 to April 30, 1987)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Official result of the 1983 parliamentary 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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