2003 Finnish Parliamentary Election
16 March 2003 · Recession and the Rainbow Coalition · 200 seats, 101 for a majority
Centre Party finished first with 55 of 200 seats on 24.7% of the vote. Turnout 66.7%. Anneli Jäätteenmäki replaced Paavo Lipponen.
Prime Minister before
Paavo Lipponen
SDP
Prime Minister after
Anneli Jäätteenmäki
Centre
Largest force
Centre Party
55 of 200 seats
Turnout
66.7%
The result
Centre Party
24.7% of votes · +7 seats
55
seats
Social Democratic Party
24.5% of votes · +2 seats
53
seats
National Coalition Party
18.6% of votes · -6 seats
40
seats
Left Alliance
9.9% of votes · -1 seats
19
seats
Green League
8.0% of votes · +3 seats
14
seats
Christian Democrats
5.3% of votes · -3 seats
7
seats
Swedish People's Party
4.6% of votes · -3 seats
8
seats
Finns Party
1.6% of votes · +2 seats
3
seats
Communist Party
0.8% of votes · 0 seats
0
seats
Forces for Change in Finland
0.4% of votes
0
seats
Liberals
0.3% of votes · 0 seats
0
seats
Kirjava ”Puolue” – Elonkehän Puolesta
0.2% of votes · 0 seats
0
seats