Presidential election in Finland 1982

The 1982 presidential election in Finland took place on January 17 and January 18, 1982 .

Since the previous President Urho Kekkonen resigned from the Center Party for health reasons, the elections were brought forward. The Social Democrat Mauno Koivisto won over 43% of the vote in the elections to the Electoral Committee. Since Kalevi Kivistö had asked his party's electors to vote for Koivisto, which most of them did, he was elected president in the first ballot.

Election to the electoral committee

Party / list	candidate	Result		Elective men
		be right	%
Social Democratic Party of Finland	Mauno Koivisto	1 370 314	43.1	144
National rally party	Harri Holkeri	593 271	18.7	58
Center Party	Johannes Virolainen	534 515	16.8	53
Democratic Union of the Finnish People	Kalevi Kivistö	348 359	11.0	32
Swedish People's Party	Jan-Magnus Jansson	121 519	3.8	11
Peasant party	Veikko Vennamo	71 947	2.3	1
Christian covenant	Raino Westerholm	59 885	1.9	0
Liberal People's Party	Helvi Sipilä	56 070	1.8	1
Åländsk Samling		11 119	0.3	1
Constitutional right-wing party		9 532	0.2	0
Unity Party of the Finnish People		994	0.0	0
Total			100.0	301

presidential election

Party / list	electors	candidate	1st ballot
Social Democratic Party of Finland	144	Mauno Koivisto	167
National rally party	58	Harri Holkeri	58
Center Party	53	Paavo Väyrynen	53
Democratic Union of the Finnish People	32	Kalevi Kivistö	11
Swedish People's Party	11	Jan-Magnus Jansson	11
Liberal People's Party	1	Helvi Sipilä	1
Peasant party	1	-
Åländsk Samling	1	-
Total	301		301

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Janne Virkkunen: Onnittelijoiden joukot kilpailivat presidentin naisten suosiosta. Helsingin Sanomat January 27, 1982.