Parliamentary election in Finland 1987

← 1983Parliamentary election in Finland 19871991 →

Result (in%)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

24.1

23.1

17.2

9.4

6.3

5.3

4.2

4.0

6.4

SDP

COOK

KESK

SKDL

SMP

RKP

DEVA

VIHR

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1983

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

-2.6

+1.0

-0.4

-4.1

-3.4

+0.7

+4.2

+2.5

+2.1

SDP

COOK

KESK

SKDL

SMP

RKP

DEVA

VIHR

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

         

A total of 200 seats

• SKDL : 16
• DEVA : 4
• SDP : 56
• VIHR : 4
• SMP : 9
• RKP : 13
• KESK : 40
• KOK : 53
• SKL : 5

The 1987 parliamentary elections in Finland took place on March 15-16, 1987. It was the election of the 30th Finnish Parliament .

The Social Democratic Party remained the strongest force with slight losses, while the conservative rallying party gained nine seats. The People's Democrats and the Rural Party incurred the greatest losses.

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	Ilkka Suominen
	Finnish Center Party Suomen Keskusta (KESK) Centern i Finland	social liberal	Paavo Väyrynen
	Democratic Union of the Finnish People Suomen Kansan Demokraattinen Liitto (SKDL) Demokratiska Förbundet för Finlands Folk (DFFF)	socialist	Esko Helle
	Finnish Rural Party Suomen Maaseudun Puolue (SMP) Finlands Landsbygdsparti	centrist	Pekka Vennamo
	Swedish People's Party Ruotsalainen Kansanpuolue (RKP) Svenska Folkpartiet (SFP)	liberal	Christoffer Taxell
	Christian Federation of Finland Suomen Kristillinen Liitto (SKL) Finlands Kristliga Förbund	Christian Democratic	Esko Almgren
	Green overall lists Vihreät Yhteislistat (VIHR)	green	Kalle Könkkölä
	Constitutional right-wing party Perustuslaillinen Oikeistopuolue (POP) Konstitutionella Högerpartiet	right	Panu Toivonen

Election result

The turnout was 72.1 percent, 3.6 percentage points below the turnout in the last parliamentary election in 1983.

Result of the parliamentary elections in Finland in 1987

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)	695.331	24.14	−2.57	56	−1
	National Collection Party (KOK)	666.236	23.13	+1.01	53	+9
	Finnish Center Party (KESK)	507.460	17.62	−0.01	40	+2
	Democratic Union of the Finnish People (SKDL)	270,433	9.39	−4.07	16	−10
	Finnish Rural Party (SMP)	181.938	6.32	−3.37	9	−8
	Swedish People's Party (RKP)	152,597	5.30	+0.69	12	+2
	Democratic Alternative (DEVA)	122.181	4.24	+4.24	4th	+4
	Green overall lists (VIHR)	115,988	4.03	+2.57	4th	+2
	Christian Federation of Finland (SKL)	74.209	2.58	−0.45	5	+2
	Pensioners' Party of Finland (SEP)	35,100	1.22	+1.22	-	-
	Liberal People's Party (LKP)	27,824	0.97	+0.97	-	-
	Constitutional Right Party (POP)	3,096	0.11	−0.26	-	−1
	Other (*)	27,700	0.96	+0.45	1	-
total		2,880,093	100.00		200
Valid votes		2,880,093	99.46
Invalid votes		15,395	0.54
voter turnout		2,895,488	72.08
Eligible voters		4,017,039	100.00
Source:

• (*) including 7019 votes for List A ( Liberals for Åland and Åland's Social Democrats ), which received the mandate

After the election

After the election, Social Democrats and Conservatives formed a grand coalition led by Conservative Harri Holkeri . The coalition was supported by the Swedish People's Party and the Rural Party of Finland, which, however, left the government in 1990.

Overview of the cabinets:

64. Cabinet Holkeri - Harri Holkeri (Collection Party) - Government of the Social Democratic Party, Collection Party, Swedish People's Party, Rural Party of Finland until 1990 (April 30, 1987 to April 26, 1991)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Official result of the 1987 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

• Rapprochement with Europe (1972–1994)