1999 Finnish Parliamentary Election
21 March 1999 · Recession and the Rainbow Coalition · 200 seats, 101 for a majority
Social Democratic Party finished first with 51 of 200 seats on 22.9% of the vote. Turnout 65.3%. Paavo Lipponen stayed in office.
Prime Minister before
Paavo Lipponen
SDP
Prime Minister (continued)
Paavo Lipponen
SDP
Largest force
Social Democratic Party
51 of 200 seats
Turnout
65.3%
The result
| Share of the Eduskunta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | — | 51 | -12 | 612,963 | 22.9% | — | |
| Centre Party | — | 48 | +4 | 600,592 | 22.4% | — | |
| National Coalition Party | — | 46 | +7 | 563,835 | 21.0% | — | |
| Left Alliance | — | 20 | -2 | 291,675 | 10.9% | — | |
| Green League | — | 11 | +2 | 194,846 | 7.3% | — | |
| Swedish People's Party | — | 11 | 0 | 137,330 | 5.1% | — | |
| Finnish Christian League | — | 10 | +3 | 111,835 | 4.2% | — | |
| Reform Group | — | 1 | — | 28,549 | 1.1% | — | |
| Young Finns | — | 0 | -2 | 28,084 | 1.1% | — | |
| Finns Party | — | 1 | — | 26,440 | 1.0% | — | |
| Communist Party | — | 0 | — | 20,442 | 0.8% | — | |
| Ecological Party the Greens | — | 0 | -1 | 10,378 | 0.4% | — | |
| Alliance for Free Finland | — | 0 | 0 | 10,104 | 0.4% | — | |
| Liberals for Åland | — | 1 | 0 | 5,870 | 0.2% | — | |
| Pensioners for People | — | 0 | 0 | 5,451 | 0.2% | — | |
| Liberal People's Party | — | 0 | 0 | 5,194 | 0.2% | — | |
| Pensioners' Party | — | 0 | 0 | 4,481 | 0.2% | — | |
| Natural Law Party | — | 0 | 0 | 3,903 | 0.1% | — | |
| Åland Centre–Freeminded–Non-aligned | — | 0 | 0 | 3,678 | 0.1% | — | |
| Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism | — | 0 | 0 | 3,455 | 0.1% | — | |
| Åland Social Democrats | — | 0 | 0 | 924 | 0.0% | — | |
| Others | — | 0 | — | 11,262 | 0.4% | — |