1979 Finnish Parliamentary Election
18–19 March 1979 · War and the Paasikivi-Kekkonen years · 200 seats, 101 for a majority
Social Democratic Party finished first with 52 of 200 seats on 23.9% of the vote. Turnout 75.3%. Mauno Koivisto replaced Kalevi Sorsa.
Prime Minister before
Kalevi Sorsa
SDP
Prime Minister after
Mauno Koivisto
SDP
Largest force
Social Democratic Party
52 of 200 seats
Turnout
75.3%
The result
| Share of the Eduskunta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | — | 52 | -2 | 691,512 | 23.9% | — | |
| National Coalition Party | — | 47 | +12 | 626,764 | 21.6% | — | |
| Finnish People's Democratic League | — | 35 | -5 | 518,045 | 17.9% | — | |
| Centre Party | — | 36 | -3 | 500,478 | 17.3% | — | |
| Finnish Christian League | — | 9 | 0 | 138,244 | 4.8% | — | |
| Finnish Rural Party | — | 7 | +5 | 132,457 | 4.6% | — | |
| Swedish People's Party | — | 9 | 0 | 122,418 | 4.2% | — | |
| Liberal People's Party | — | 4 | -5 | 106,560 | 3.7% | — | |
| Constitutional People's Party | — | 0 | -1 | 34,958 | 1.2% | — | |
| Finnish People's Unity Party | — | 0 | -1 | 9,316 | 0.3% | — | |
| Åland Coalition | — | 1 | 0 | 9,286 | 0.3% | — | |
| Socialist Workers Party | — | 0 | 0 | 2,955 | 0.1% | — | |
| Party of Finnish Entrepreneurs | — | 0 | 0 | 1,233 | 0.0% | — | |
| Others | — | 0 | — | 220 | 0.0% | — |