1966 Finnish Parliamentary Election
20–21 March 1966 · War and the Paasikivi-Kekkonen years · 200 seats, 101 for a majority
Social Democratic Party finished first with 55 of 200 seats on 27.2% of the vote. Turnout 84.9%. Rafael Paasio replaced Johannes Virolainen.
Prime Minister before
Johannes Virolainen
Centre
Prime Minister after
Rafael Paasio
SDP
Largest force
Social Democratic Party
55 of 200 seats
Turnout
84.9%
The result
| Share of the Eduskunta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | — | 55 | +17 | 645,339 | 27.2% | — | |
| Centre Party | — | 49 | -4 | 503,047 | 21.2% | — | |
| Finnish People's Democratic League | — | 41 | -6 | 502,374 | 21.2% | — | |
| National Coalition Party | — | 26 | -6 | 326,928 | 13.8% | — | |
| Liberal People's Party | — | 9 | -5 | 153,259 | 6.5% | — | |
| Swedish People's Party | — | 11 | -2 | 134,831 | 5.7% | — | |
| Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders | — | 7 | +5 | 61,274 | 2.6% | — | |
| Smallholders' Party | — | 1 | +1 | 24,351 | 1.0% | — | |
| Finnish Christian League | — | 0 | — | 10,646 | 0.5% | — | |
| Åland Coalition | — | 1 | 0 | 7,118 | 0.3% | — | |
| Independence Party | — | 0 | — | 513 | 0.0% | — | |
| Christian Women of Western Finland | — | 0 | — | 124 | 0.0% | — | |
| Christian-minded of Northern Savonia | — | 0 | — | 30 | 0.0% | — | |
| Others | — | 0 | — | 51 | 0.0% | — | |
| Write-ins | — | 0 | — | 161 | 0.0% | — |