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Finland 1999 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1999 parliamentary election in Finland?

Social Democratic Party of Finland won 51 of 200 seats with 22.9% of the vote. 65.3% 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 51 of 200 seats with 22.9% of the vote; 65.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.3 points on 1995.

  • Social Democratic Party of Finland 51 −12 seats 22.9% −5.4 points
  • Centre Party 48 +4 seats 22.4% +2.6 points
  • National Coalition Party 46 +7 seats 21.0% +3.1 points
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance 20 −2 seats 10.9% −0.3 points
  • Green League 11 +2 seats 7.3% +0.8 points
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland 11 0 seats 5.1% 0.0 points
  • Christian Democrats 10 +3 seats 4.2% +1.2 points
  • Reform Group 1 1.1%
  • Finnish Party / True Finns 1 0 seats 1.0% −0.3 points
  • Åland Coalition 1 0 seats 0.4% 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 1995 parliamentary election, party by party.

101 of 200 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 22.9%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democratic Party of Finland

    Social Democratic Party of Finland won 51 of 200 seats. A majority needs 101.

  2. +7 seats

    Seats gained by National Coalition Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1995. Social Democratic Party of Finland lost 12 seats.

  3. 65.3%

    Voter turnout

    Down 3.3 points on 1995.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party of Finland51−1222.9−5.4612,963
Centre Party48+422.4+2.6600,592
National Coalition Party46+721.0+3.1563,835
Democratic Union / Left Alliance20−210.9−0.3291,675
Green League11+27.3+0.8194,846
Swedish People's Party of Finland1105.10.0137,330
Christian Democrats10+34.2+1.2111,835
Reform Group11.128,549
Young Finns0−21.0−1.828,084
Finnish Party / True Finns101.0−0.326,440
Åland Coalition100.40.010,472

± is the change against the Finland 1995 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland 612,963
  • Centre Party 600,592
  • National Coalition Party 563,835
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance 291,675
  • Green League 194,846
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland 137,330
  • Christian Democrats 111,835
  • Reform Group 28,549
  • Young Finns 28,084
  • Finnish Party / True Finns 26,440
  • Åland Coalition 10,472

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?

65.3% of the 4,152,430 registered voters cast a ballot (2,710,095 ballots), down 3.3 points on 1995. 2,681,291 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 Finland22.9% of votes25.5% of seats
  • Centre Party22.4% of votes24.0% of seats
  • National Coalition Party21.0% of votes23.0% of seats
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance10.9% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Green League7.3% of votes5.5% of seats
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland5.1% of votes5.5% of seats
  • Christian Democrats4.2% of votes5.0% of seats
  • Reform Group1.1% of votes0.5% of seats
  • Finnish Party / True Finns1.0% of votes0.5% of seats
  • Åland Coalition0.4% of votes0.5% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.9 by votes and 5.2 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Finland led Centre Party by 0.5 points of the vote.

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