Parliamentary election in Finland 1991
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.
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:
- 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
- ↑ a b Official result of parliamentary election 1991 yle.fi (Finnish)
- ↑ 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