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Finland 2023 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2023 parliamentary election in Finland?

National Coalition Party won 48 of 200 seats with 20.8% of the vote. 72.7% 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 : National Coalition Party won 48 of 200 seats with 20.8% of the vote; 72.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.1 points on 2019.

  • National Coalition Party 48 +10 seats 20.8% +3.8 points
  • Finnish Party / True Finns 46 +7 seats 20.1% +2.6 points
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland 43 +3 seats 19.9% +2.2 points
  • Centre Party 23 −8 seats 11.3% −2.5 points
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance 11 −5 seats 7.1% −1.1 points
  • Green League 13 −7 seats 7.0% −4.5 points
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland 9 0 seats 4.3% −0.2 points
  • Christian Democrats 5 0 seats 4.2% +0.3 points
  • Movement Now 1 0 seats 2.4% +0.1 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 2019 parliamentary election, party by party.

101 of 200 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 20.8%

    Share of the vote won by National Coalition Party

    National Coalition Party won 48 of 200 seats. A majority needs 101.

  2. +10 seats

    Seats gained by National Coalition Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2019. Centre Party lost 8 seats.

  3. 72.7%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.1 points on 2019.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
National Coalition Party48+1020.8+3.8644,555
Finnish Party / True Finns46+720.1+2.6620,981
Social Democratic Party of Finland43+319.9+2.2617,552
Centre Party23−811.3−2.5349,640
Democratic Union / Left Alliance11−57.1−1.1218,430
Green League13−77.0−4.5217,795
Swedish People's Party of Finland904.3−0.2133,518
Christian Democrats504.2+0.3130,694
Movement Now102.4+0.174,995
Largest party without seats00.514,982
Åland Coalition100.40.011,452

± is the change against the Finland 2019 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • National Coalition Party 644,555
  • Finnish Party / True Finns 620,981
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland 617,552
  • Centre Party 349,640
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance 218,430
  • Green League 217,795
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland 133,518
  • Christian Democrats 130,694
  • Movement Now 74,995
  • Largest party without seats 14,982
  • Åland Coalition 11,452

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?

72.7% of the 4,277,487 registered voters cast a ballot (3,110,038 ballots), down 0.1 points on 2019. 3,095,604 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • National Coalition Party20.8% of votes24.0% of seats
  • Finnish Party / True Finns20.1% of votes23.0% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland19.9% of votes21.5% of seats
  • Centre Party11.3% of votes11.5% of seats
  • Green League7.0% of votes6.5% of seats
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance7.1% of votes5.5% of seats
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland4.3% of votes4.5% of seats
  • Christian Democrats4.2% of votes2.5% of seats
  • Movement Now2.4% 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 3.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.7 by votes and 5.6 by seats; National Coalition Party led Finnish Party / True Finns by 0.7 points of the vote.

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