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Finland 1987 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1987 parliamentary election in Finland?

Social Democratic Party of Finland won 56 of 200 seats with 24.1% of the vote. 72.1% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Finland won 56 of 200 seats with 24.1% of the vote; 72.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.7 points on 1983.

  • Social Democratic Party of Finland 56 −1 seat 24.1% −2.6 points
  • National Coalition Party 53 +9 seats 23.1% +1.0 points
  • Centre Party 40 +2 seats 17.6% 0.0 points
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance 16 −10 seats 9.4% −4.1 points
  • Finnish Party / True Finns 9 −8 seats 6.3% −3.4 points
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland 12 +2 seats 5.3% +0.7 points
  • Democratic Alternative 4 4.2%
  • Green League 4 +2 seats 4.0% +2.6 points
  • Christian Democrats 5 +2 seats 2.6% −0.4 points
  • Åland Coalition 1 0 seats 0.3% 0.0 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Finland 1983 parliamentary election, party by party.

101 of 200 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 24.1%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democratic Party of Finland

    Social Democratic Party of Finland won 56 of 200 seats. A majority needs 101.

  2. +9 seats

    Seats gained by National Coalition Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1983. Democratic Union / Left Alliance lost 10 seats.

  3. 72.1%

    Voter turnout

    Down 3.7 points on 1983.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party of Finland56−124.1−2.6695,331
National Coalition Party53+923.1+1.0666,236
Centre Party40+217.60.0507,460
Democratic Union / Left Alliance16−109.4−4.1270,433
Finnish Party / True Finns9−86.3−3.4181,938
Swedish People's Party of Finland12+25.3+0.7152,597
Democratic Alternative44.2122,181
Green League4+24.0+2.6115,988
Christian Democrats5+22.6−0.474,209
Finnish Pensioners Party01.235,100
National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party01.027,824
Åland Coalition100.30.09,401

± is the change against the Finland 1983 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland 695,331
  • National Coalition Party 666,236
  • Centre Party 507,460
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance 270,433
  • Finnish Party / True Finns 181,938
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland 152,597
  • Democratic Alternative 122,181
  • Green League 115,988
  • Christian Democrats 74,209
  • Finnish Pensioners Party 35,100
  • National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party 27,824
  • Åland Coalition 9,401

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

72.1% of the 4,018,248 registered voters cast a ballot (2,895,488 ballots), down 3.7 points on 1983. 2,880,093 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1945.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democratic Party of Finland24.1% of votes28.0% of seats
  • National Coalition Party23.1% of votes26.5% of seats
  • Centre Party17.6% of votes20.0% of seats
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance9.4% of votes8.0% of seats
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland5.3% of votes6.0% of seats
  • Finnish Party / True Finns6.3% of votes4.5% of seats
  • Christian Democrats2.6% of votes2.5% of seats
  • Democratic Alternative4.2% of votes2.0% of seats
  • Green League4.0% of votes2.0% of seats
  • Åland Coalition0.3% of votes0.5% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.2 by votes and 4.9 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Finland led National Coalition Party by 1.0 point of the vote.

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