1987 Finnish Parliamentary Election
15–16 March 1987 · Recession and the Rainbow Coalition · 200 seats, 101 for a majority
Social Democratic Party finished first with 56 of 200 seats on 24.1% of the vote. Turnout 72.1%. Harri Holkeri replaced Kalevi Sorsa.
Prime Minister before
Kalevi Sorsa
SDP
Prime Minister after
Harri Holkeri
National Coalition
Largest force
Social Democratic Party
56 of 200 seats
Turnout
72.1%
The result
| Share of the Eduskunta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | — | 56 | -1 | 695,331 | 24.1% | — | |
| National Coalition Party | — | 53 | +9 | 666,236 | 23.1% | — | |
| Centre Party | — | 40 | +2 | 507,460 | 17.6% | — | |
| Finnish People's Democratic League | — | 16 | -10 | 270,433 | 9.4% | — | |
| Finnish Rural Party | — | 9 | -8 | 181,938 | 6.3% | — | |
| Swedish People's Party | — | 12 | +2 | 152,597 | 5.3% | — | |
| Democratic Alternative | — | 4 | — | 122,181 | 4.2% | — | |
| Greens | — | 4 | +2 | 115,988 | 4.0% | — | |
| Finnish Christian League | — | 5 | +2 | 74,209 | 2.6% | — | |
| Pensioners' Party | — | 0 | — | 35,100 | 1.2% | — | |
| Liberal People's Party | — | 0 | — | 27,824 | 1.0% | — | |
| Liberals for Åland–Social Democrats | — | 1 | 0 | 7,019 | 0.2% | — | |
| Constitutional Right Party | — | 0 | -1 | 3,096 | 0.1% | — | |
| Åland Centre–Freeminded Cooperation | — | 0 | 0 | 1,843 | 0.1% | — | |
| Free Åland | — | 0 | 0 | 539 | 0.0% | — | |
| Others | — | 0 | — | 18,299 | 0.6% | — |