1970 Finnish Parliamentary Election
15–16 March 1970 · War and the Paasikivi-Kekkonen years · 200 seats, 101 for a majority
Social Democratic Party finished first with 52 of 200 seats on 23.4% of the vote. Turnout 82.2%. Teuvo Aura replaced Mauno Koivisto.
Prime Minister before
Mauno Koivisto
SDP
Prime Minister after
Teuvo Aura
Independent
Largest force
Social Democratic Party
52 of 200 seats
Turnout
82.2%
The result
| Share of the Eduskunta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | — | 52 | -3 | 594,185 | 23.4% | — | |
| National Coalition Party | — | 37 | +11 | 457,582 | 18.1% | — | |
| Centre Party | — | 36 | -13 | 434,150 | 17.1% | — | |
| Finnish People's Democratic League | — | 36 | -5 | 420,556 | 16.6% | — | |
| Finnish Rural Party | — | 18 | +17 | 265,939 | 10.5% | — | |
| Liberal People's Party | — | 8 | -1 | 150,823 | 6.0% | — | |
| Swedish People's Party | — | 11 | 0 | 135,465 | 5.3% | — | |
| Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders | — | 0 | -7 | 35,453 | 1.4% | — | |
| Finnish Christian League | — | 1 | +1 | 28,547 | 1.1% | — | |
| Åland Coalition | — | 1 | 0 | 8,971 | 0.3% | — | |
| Entrepreneur Party | — | 0 | — | 248 | 0.0% | — | |
| Others | — | 0 | — | 3,863 | 0.1% | — |