1983 Finnish Parliamentary Election
20–21 March 1983 · Recession and the Rainbow Coalition · 200 seats, 101 for a majority
Social Democratic Party finished first with 57 of 200 seats on 26.7% of the vote. Turnout 75.7%. Kalevi Sorsa stayed in office.
Prime Minister before
Kalevi Sorsa
SDP
Prime Minister (continued)
Kalevi Sorsa
SDP
Largest force
Social Democratic Party
57 of 200 seats
Turnout
75.7%
The result
| Share of the Eduskunta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | — | 57 | +5 | 795,953 | 26.7% | — | |
| National Coalition Party | — | 44 | -3 | 659,078 | 22.1% | — | |
| Centre Party–Liberal People's Party | — | 38 | -2 | 525,207 | 17.6% | — | |
| Finnish People's Democratic League | — | 26 | -9 | 400,930 | 13.5% | — | |
| Finnish Rural Party | — | 17 | +10 | 288,711 | 9.7% | — | |
| Swedish People's Party | — | 10 | +1 | 137,423 | 4.6% | — | |
| Finnish Christian League | — | 3 | -6 | 90,410 | 3.0% | — | |
| Greens | — | 2 | — | 43,754 | 1.5% | — | |
| Constitutional Right Party | — | 1 | +1 | 11,104 | 0.4% | — | |
| Åland Coalition | — | 1 | 0 | 9,458 | 0.3% | — | |
| League for Civil Democracy | — | 0 | — | 2,335 | 0.1% | — | |
| Others | — | 1 | +1 | 15,331 | 0.5% | — |