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
Social Democratic Party
22.9% of votes · -12 seats
51
seats
Centre Party
22.4% of votes · +4 seats
48
seats
National Coalition Party
21.0% of votes · +7 seats
46
seats
Left Alliance
10.9% of votes · -2 seats
20
seats
Green League
7.3% of votes · +2 seats
11
seats
Swedish People's Party
5.1% of votes · 0 seats
11
seats
Finnish Christian League
4.2% of votes · +3 seats
10
seats
Reform Group
1.1% of votes
1
seats
Young Finns
1.1% of votes · -2 seats
0
seats
Finns Party
1.0% of votes
1
seats
Communist Party
0.8% of votes
0
seats
Ecological Party the Greens
0.4% of votes · -1 seats
0
seats