Parliamentary election in Finland 1999

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Result (in%)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

22.9

22.4

21.0

10.9

7.3

5.1

4.2

1.1

5.1

SDP

KESK

COOK

VAS

VIHR

RKP

SKL

NUORS

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1995

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

-5.4

+2.5

+3.1

-0.3

+0.8

± 0.0

+1.2

-1.7

-0.2

SDP

KESK

COOK

VAS

VIHR

RKP

SKL

NUORS

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

        

A total of 200 seats

• VAS : 20
• SDP : 51
• VIHR : 11
• Otherwise: 2
• RKP : 12
• KESK : 48
• KOK : 46
• SKL : 10

The 1999 parliamentary elections in Finland took place on March 21, 1999. It was the election for the 33rd Finnish Parliament .

Despite losses, the Social Democrats were barely the strongest force in front of the center and the conservative rallying party. In addition to the center and the rallying party, the Green Bund and the Christian Democrats also made slight profits. The virgin women who entered parliament with two seats in 1995 did not get another entry.

The Communist Party of Finland , which was newly registered in 1997, took part in the parliamentary elections for the first time. With 0.8%, however, she received no mandate.

After the elections , Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen (Social Democratic Party), who has ruled since 1995, continued the so-called rainbow coalition.

Participating parties

Eighteen 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	Paavo Lipponen
	Finnish Center Party Suomen Keskusta (KESK) Centern i Finland	social liberal	Esko ahoy
	National Collection Party Kansallinen Kokoomus (KOK) Samlingspartiet	conservative	Sauli Niinistö
	Left Alliance Vasemmistoliitto (VAS) Vänsterförbundet	socialist	Suvi-Anne Siimes
	Green Bund Vihreä liitto (VIHR) Gröna förbundet	green	Satu Hassi
	Swedish People's Party Ruotsalainen kansanpuolue (RKP) Svenska folkpartiet (SFP)	liberal	Jan-Erik Enestam
	Christian Federation of Finland Suomen Kristillinen Liitto (SKL) Finlands Kristliga Förbund	Christian Democratic	Bjarne Kallis
	Base fins Perussuomalaiset (PS) Sannfinländarna	right-wing populist	Timo Soini

Election result

The turnout was 65.3 percent, 3.3 percentage points below the turnout in the last parliamentary elections in 1995.

Result of the parliamentary elections in Finland in 1999

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)	612.963	22.86	−5.39	51	−12
	Finnish Center Party (KESK)	600,592	22.40	+2.55	48	+4
	National Collection Party (KOK)	563,835	21.03	+3.14	46	+7
	Left Alliance (VAS)	291,675	10.88	−0.28	20th	−2
	Green Bund (VIHR)	194,846	7.27	+0.75	11	+2
	Swedish People's Party (RKP)	137,330	5.12	−0.02	11	-
	Christian Federation of Finland (SKL)	111,835	4.17	+1.21	10	+3
	Reform Group (REM)	28,549	1.06	+1.06	1	+1
	Jung fins (NUORS)	28,084	1.05	−1.76	-	−2
	Base fins * (PS)	26,440	0.99	−0.31	1	-
	Communist Party of Finland (SKP)	20,442	0.76	+0.76	-	-
	Kirjava "puolue" - Elonkehän puolesta ** (KIPU)	10,378	0.39	+0.11	-	−1
	Federation of Free Finland (VSL)	10,104	0.38	−0.63	-	-
	Pensioners for the People (EKA)	5,451	0.20	+0.02	-	-
	Liberal People's Party (LKP)	5,194	0.19	−0.39	-	-
	Pensioners' Party of Finland (SEP)	4,481	0.17	+0.03	-	-
	Natural Law Party (LLP)	3,903	0.15	−0.10	-	-
	Communist Labor Party (KTP)	3,455	0.13	−0.04	-	-
	Other ***	21,734	0.81	−0.35	1	-
total		2,681,291	100.00		200
Valid votes		2,681,291	98.94
Invalid votes		28,804	1.06
voter turnout		2,710,095	65.27
Eligible voters		4,152,430	100.00
Source:
Notes: * previously Rural Party of Finland (SMP) ** previously Ecological Party The Greens *** 5,870 votes for the Liberals for Åland (Åland mandate).

After the election

Paavo Lipponen (Social Democratic Party) remained Prime Minister and continued the so-called Rainbow Coalition.

67. Cabinet Lipponen II - Paavo Lipponen (Social Democratic Party) - government made up of the Social Democratic Party, the National Collection Party, the Swedish People's Party, the Left Alliance and the Green Bund (April 15, 1999 to April 17, 2003)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Official result of the 1999 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