Parliamentary election in Finland 2003

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Result (in%)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

24.7

24.5

18.6

9.9

8.0

5.3

4.6

1.6

2.8

KESK

SDP

COOK

VAS

VIHR

KD

RKP

PS

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1999

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

+2.3

+1.6

-2.4

-1.0

+0.7

+1.1

-0.5

+0.6

-2.4

KESK

SDP

COOK

VAS

VIHR

KD

RKP

PS

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

        

A total of 200 seats

• VAS : 19
• SDP : 53
• VIHR : 14
• RKP : 9
• KESK : 55
• KOK : 40
• KD : 7
• PS : 3

The parliamentary elections in Finland in 2003 took place on March 16, 2003. It was the election for the 34th Finnish parliament .

The strongest force so far, the Social Democratic Party led by Paavo Lipponen , was able to gain ground, but lagged behind the Center Party with its top candidate Anneli Jäätteenmäki . The center gained seven seats and had two more seats in the new Reichstag than the Social Democrats. The third big party in Finland, the conservative rallying party of Ville Itälä , lost 2.5 percentage points and six seats.

There were also slight losses for the Left Alliance and for the Swedish People's Party. In contrast, the Green Bund, the Christian Democrats and the grassroots Finns brought in profits.

On April 17, 2003, the new Jäätteenmäki cabinet was sworn in. The center was formed by a coalition with the Social Democrats and the Swedish People's Party. However, due to a parliamentary affair, Jäätteenmäki resigned in the summer and Matti Vanhanen , also from the center, was her successor.

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	Anneli Jäätteenmäki
	National Collection Party Kansallinen Kokoomus (KOK) Samlingspartiet	conservative	Ville Itälä
	Left Alliance Vasemmistoliitto (VAS) Vänsterförbundet	socialist	Suvi-Anne Siimes
	Green Bund Vihreä liitto (VIHR) Gröna förbundet	green	Osmo Soininvaara
	Swedish People's Party Ruotsalainen kansanpuolue (RKP) Svenska folkpartiet (SFP)	liberal	Jan-Erik Enestam
	Finnish Christian Democrats Kristillisdemokraatit (KD) Kristdemokraterna	Christian Democratic	Bjarne Kallis
	Base fins Perussuomalaiset (PS) Sannfinländarna	right-wing populist	Timo Soini

Election result

The turnout was 66.7 percent, 1.4 percentage points higher than the turnout in the last parliamentary elections in 1999.

Result of the parliamentary elections in Finland in 2003

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Finnish Center Party (KESK)	689.391	24.69	+2.29	55	+7
	Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)	683.223	24.47	+1.61	53	+2
	National Collection Party (KOK)	517.904	18.55	−2.48	40	−6
	Left Alliance (VAS)	277.152	9.93	−0.95	19th	−1
	Green Bund (VIHR)	223,564	8.01	+0.74	14th	+3
	Finnish Christian Democrats (KD)	148.987	5.34	+1.17	7th	−3
	Swedish People's Party (RKP)	128,824	4.61	−0.51	8th	−3
	Basic fins (PS)	43,816	1.57	+0.58	3	+2
	Communist Party of Finland (SKP)	21,079	0.76	-	-	-
	Power of Change Finland (MVS)	11,485	0.41	+0.41	-	-
	Liberals (LIB)	8,776	0.31	+0.12	-	-
	Kirjava ”puolue” - Elonkehän puolesta (KIPU)	6,659	0.24	−0.15	-	-
	Pensioners for the People (EKA)	5,346	0.19	−0.01	-	-
	The Blue and Whites of the Finnish People (SKS)	4,579	0.16	+0.16	-	-
	Communist Labor Party (KTP)	2,908	0.10	−0.03	-	-
	Suomi Nousee - Kansa Yhdistyy (SNKY)	2,640	0.09	+0.09	-	-
	For the poor (KA)	1,448	0.05	+0.05	-	-
	Yhteisvastuu Puolue (YVP)	404	0.01	+0.01	-	-
	Other *	13,572	0.49	−0.32	1	-
total		2,791,757	100.00		200
Valid votes		2,791,757	99.15
Invalid votes		23,943	0.85
voter turnout		2,815,700	66.71
Eligible voters		4,220,951	100.00
Source:
Notes: * Åland mandate.

Governments

68. JäÄTtenmäki cabinet - Anneli Jäätteenmäki (center) - government made up of the center, the Social Democratic Party and the Swedish People's Party (April 17, 2003 to June 24, 2003)
69. Cabinet Vanhanen I - Matti Vanhanen (center) - Government from the center, Social Democratic Party and Swedish People's Party (June 24, 2003 to April 19, 2007)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Official result of parliamentary elections 2003 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