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Finland 2007 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2007 parliamentary election in Finland?

Centre Party won 51 of 200 seats with 23.1% of the vote. 65.0% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Finland
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Centre Party won 51 of 200 seats with 23.1% of the vote; 65.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.7 points on 2003.

  • Centre Party 51 −4 seats 23.1% −1.6 points
  • National Coalition Party 50 +10 seats 22.3% +3.7 points
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland 45 −8 seats 21.4% −3.1 points
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance 17 −2 seats 8.8% −1.1 points
  • Green League 15 +1 seat 8.5% +0.5 points
  • Christian Democrats 7 0 seats 4.9% −0.4 points
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland 9 +1 seat 4.6% 0.0 points
  • Finnish Party / True Finns 5 +2 seats 4.1% +2.5 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 2003 parliamentary election, party by party.

101 of 200 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 23.1%

    Share of the vote won by Centre Party

    Centre Party won 51 of 200 seats. A majority needs 101.

  2. +10 seats

    Seats gained by National Coalition Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2003. Social Democratic Party of Finland lost 8 seats.

  3. 65.0%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.7 points on 2003.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Centre Party51−423.1−1.6640,428
National Coalition Party50+1022.3+3.7616,841
Social Democratic Party of Finland45−821.4−3.1594,194
Democratic Union / Left Alliance17−28.8−1.1244,296
Green League15+18.5+0.5234,429
Christian Democrats704.9−0.4134,790
Swedish People's Party of Finland9+14.60.0126,520
Finnish Party / True Finns5+24.1+2.5112,256
Communist Party of Finland (Unity)000.7−0.118,277
Åland Coalition100.40.011,168

± is the change against the Finland 2003 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Centre Party 640,428
  • National Coalition Party 616,841
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland 594,194
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance 244,296
  • Green League 234,429
  • Christian Democrats 134,790
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland 126,520
  • Finnish Party / True Finns 112,256
  • Communist Party of Finland (Unity) 18,277
  • Åland Coalition 11,168

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?

65.0% of the 4,292,436 registered voters cast a ballot (2,790,752 ballots), down 1.7 points on 2003. 2,771,236 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?

  • Centre Party23.1% of votes25.5% of seats
  • National Coalition Party22.3% of votes25.0% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland21.4% of votes22.5% of seats
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance8.8% of votes8.5% of seats
  • Green League8.5% of votes7.5% of seats
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland4.6% of votes4.5% of seats
  • Christian Democrats4.9% of votes3.5% of seats
  • Finnish Party / True Finns4.1% of votes2.5% 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 3.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.9 by votes and 5.1 by seats; Centre Party led National Coalition Party by 0.8 points of the vote.

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