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Finland 1995 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1995 parliamentary election in Finland?

Social Democratic Party of Finland won 63 of 200 seats with 28.3% of the vote. 68.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Finland
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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 63 of 200 seats with 28.3% of the vote; 68.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.2 points on 1991.

  • Social Democratic Party of Finland 63 +15 seats 28.3% +6.2 points
  • Centre Party 44 −11 seats 19.8% −5.0 points
  • National Coalition Party 39 −1 seat 17.9% −1.4 points
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance 22 +3 seats 11.2% +1.1 points
  • Green League 9 −1 seat 6.5% −0.3 points
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland 11 0 seats 5.1% −0.4 points
  • Christian Democrats 7 −1 seat 3.0% −0.1 points
  • Young Finns 2 2.8%
  • Finnish Party / True Finns 1 −6 seats 1.3% −3.5 points
  • Åland Coalition 1 0 seats 0.4% +0.1 points
  • Ecological Party 1 0.3%
  • 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 1991 parliamentary election, party by party.

101 of 200 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 28.3%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democratic Party of Finland

    Social Democratic Party of Finland won 63 of 200 seats. A majority needs 101.

  2. +15 seats

    Seats gained by Social Democratic Party of Finland

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1991. Centre Party lost 11 seats.

  3. 68.6%

    Voter turnout

    Up 0.2 points on 1991.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party of Finland63+1528.3+6.2785,637
Centre Party44−1119.8−5.0552,003
National Coalition Party39−117.9−1.4497,624
Democratic Union / Left Alliance22+311.2+1.1310,340
Green League9−16.5−0.3181,198
Swedish People's Party of Finland1105.1−0.4142,874
Christian Democrats7−13.0−0.182,311
Young Finns22.878,066
Finnish Party / True Finns1−61.3−3.536,185
League for Free Finland01.028,067
Åland Coalition100.4+0.19,905
Ecological Party10.37,865

± is the change against the Finland 1991 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland 785,637
  • Centre Party 552,003
  • National Coalition Party 497,624
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance 310,340
  • Green League 181,198
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland 142,874
  • Christian Democrats 82,311
  • Young Finns 78,066
  • Finnish Party / True Finns 36,185
  • League for Free Finland 28,067
  • Åland Coalition 9,905
  • Ecological Party 7,865

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?

68.6% of the 4,088,358 registered voters cast a ballot (2,803,602 ballots), up 0.2 points on 1991. 2,780,921 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democratic Party of Finland28.3% of votes31.5% of seats
  • Centre Party19.8% of votes22.0% of seats
  • National Coalition Party17.9% of votes19.5% of seats
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance11.2% of votes11.0% of seats
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland5.1% of votes5.5% of seats
  • Green League6.5% of votes4.5% of seats
  • Christian Democrats3.0% of votes3.5% of seats
  • Young Finns2.8% of votes1.0% of seats
  • Finnish Party / True Finns1.3% of votes0.5% of seats
  • Åland Coalition0.4% of votes0.5% of seats
  • Ecological Party0.3% of votes0.5% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.8 by votes and 4.9 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Finland led Centre Party by 8.5 points of the vote.

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