1991 Finnish Parliamentary Election
17 March 1991 · Recession and the Rainbow Coalition · 200 seats, 101 for a majority
Centre Party finished first with 55 of 200 seats on 24.8% of the vote. Turnout 68.4%. Esko Aho replaced Harri Holkeri.
Prime Minister before
Harri Holkeri
National Coalition
Prime Minister after
Esko Aho
Centre
Largest force
Centre Party
55 of 200 seats
Turnout
68.4%
The result
| Share of the Eduskunta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Party | — | 55 | +15 | 676,717 | 24.8% | — | |
| Social Democratic Party | — | 48 | -8 | 603,080 | 22.1% | — | |
| National Coalition Party | — | 40 | -13 | 526,487 | 19.3% | — | |
| Left Alliance | — | 19 | -1 | 274,639 | 10.1% | — | |
| Green League | — | 10 | +6 | 185,894 | 6.8% | — | |
| Swedish People's Party | — | 11 | -1 | 149,476 | 5.5% | — | |
| Finnish Rural Party | — | 7 | -2 | 132,133 | 4.8% | — | |
| Finnish Christian League | — | 8 | +3 | 83,151 | 3.0% | — | |
| Liberal People's Party | — | 1 | +1 | 21,210 | 0.8% | — | |
| Women's Party | — | 0 | — | 12,725 | 0.5% | — | |
| Pensioners' Party | — | 0 | 0 | 10,762 | 0.4% | — | |
| Constitutional Right Party | — | 0 | 0 | 7,599 | 0.3% | — | |
| Liberals for Åland–Freeminded–Greens | — | 1 | 0 | 6,546 | 0.2% | — | |
| Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism | — | 0 | — | 6,201 | 0.2% | — | |
| Independent Non-aligned Pensioners | — | 0 | — | 5,230 | 0.2% | — | |
| Greens | — | 0 | — | 3,835 | 0.1% | — | |
| Humanity Party | — | 0 | — | 2,831 | 0.1% | — | |
| Joint Responsibility Party of Pensioners and the Greens | — | 0 | — | 2,807 | 0.1% | — | |
| Åland Centre | — | 0 | 0 | 1,858 | 0.1% | — | |
| Åland Social Democrats | — | 0 | 0 | 940 | 0.0% | — | |
| Others | — | 0 | — | 11,797 | 0.4% | — |