1991 Finnish parliamentary election

General election Finland state parliamentary 1987 Finnish parliamentary election 1987 1995 Finnish parliamentary election 1995 All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland 101 17 March 1991 130x130px Visit of Esko Aho, Finnish Prime Minister, to the CEC (cropped).jpg Esko Aho Centre Party (Finland) 17.62%, 40 seats 55 676,717 24.83% 15 7.21pp Portrait of Pertti Paasio, MEP.jpg Pertti Paasio Social Democratic Party of Finland 24.14%, 56 seats 48 603,080 22.12% 8 2.02pp Ilkka Suominen MEP portrait 1999.jpg Ilkka Suominen National Coalition Party 23.13%, 53 seats 40 526,487 19.31% 13 3.82pp Claes Andersson (vanst) Finland.jpg Claes Andersson Left Alliance (Finland) 13.63%, 20 seats 19 274,639 10.08% 1 3.55pp Ole Norrback in 1994 (cropped).jpg Ole Norrback Swedish People's Party of Finland 5.30%, 12 seats 11 1 149,476 5.48% 0.18pp Portrait of Heidi HAUTALA.jpg Heidi Hautala Green League 4.03%, 4 seats 10 6 185,894 6.82% 2.79pp Toimi-Kankaanniemi-1993 (cropped).jpg Toimi Kankaanniemi Finnish Christian League 2.58%, 5 seats 8 3 83,151 3.05% 0.47pp Heikki_Riihijärvi_by_Topi_Ikäläinen_48-71_p8_(cropped).jpg Heikki Riihijärvi Finnish Rural Party 6.32%, 9 seats 7 2 132,133 4.85% 1.47pp Kaarina Koivistoinen Liberal People's 0.97%, 0 seats 1 1 21,210 0.78% 0.19pp Harri Holkeri Prime Minister National Coalition Party Prime Minister after election Esko Aho Centre Party (Finland) Finnish parliamentary election results by province, 1991.png Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 17 March 1991, the first time a Finnish parliamentary election had been held on a single day.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 978-3-8329-5609-7Berglund Sten 1991 The finnish parliamentary election of 1991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0261-3794(91)90016-l Electoral Studies 10 3 256–261 10.1016/0261-3794(91)90016-l 0261-3794 subscription For the first time since 1962 the Social Democratic Party was displaced as the largest party in the Eduskunta, with the Centre Party winning 55 seats and forming the first centre-right, non-social democratic government since 1964,Paavo Väyrynen (1993) It Is Time for the Truth 2: Facts and Memories About Mauno Koivisto's Finland, WSOY with Esko Aho as Prime Minister. Results File:1991 Eduskunta.svg Centre Party 676717 55 +15 Social Democratic Party 603080 48 –8 National Coalition Party 526487 40 –13 Left Alliance 274639 19 –1 Green League 185894 10 +6 Swedish People's Party 149476 11 –1 Finnish Rural Party 132133 7 –2 Finnish Christian League 83151 8 +3 Liberal People's Party 21210 1 +1 Women's Party 12725 0 New Women's Party (Finland) Pensioners' Party 10762 0 0 Pensioners' Party (Finland) Constitutional Right Party 7599 0 0 Liberals for Åland–Freeminded–Greens 6546 1 0 Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism 6201 0 New Independent Non-aligned Pensioners 5230 0 New Senior Citizens' Party of Finland Greens 3835 0 – Humanity Party 2831 0 New Joint Responsibility Party of Pensioners and the Greens 2807 0 New Joint Responsibility Party Åland Centre 1858 0 0 Åland Social Democrats 940 0 0 Others 11797 0 – 51066 0 4060778 Tilastokeskus,Eduskuntavaalit 1927–2003 Tilastokeskus 2004 ASUB By electoral district Electoral districtTotalseatsSeats wonKeskSDPKokVasRKPVihrSKLSMPLKPL–S–GÅland11Central Finland10331111Häme1334411Helsinki201562231Kymi134531Lapland8512North Karelia73211North Savo1052111Oulu18922311Pirkanmaa152442111Satakunta12332211South Savo8332Uusimaa3047824311Vaasa186321411Varsinais-Suomi174442111Total2005548401911108711Source: Statistics FinlandVaalit 1991:2 - Kansanedustajain vaalit 1991 Statistics Finland 1991 Aftermath The new center-right coalition government would not have an easy time governing the country. The fall of the Soviet Union caused a collapse in trade with the east, which together with a worldwide recession, caused major economic problems including high unemployment and ballooning budget deficits. In response, the government adopted strict austerity measures, such as cuts in public spending, the unpopularity of which led to the government's defeat in the 1995 elections. References Category:Parliamentary elections in Finland Parliament Finland