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
| Share of the Eduskunta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Party | — | 55 | +7 | 689,391 | 24.7% | — | |
| Social Democratic Party | — | 53 | +2 | 683,223 | 24.5% | — | |
| National Coalition Party | — | 40 | -6 | 517,904 | 18.6% | — | |
| Left Alliance | — | 19 | -1 | 277,152 | 9.9% | — | |
| Green League | — | 14 | +3 | 223,564 | 8.0% | — | |
| Christian Democrats | — | 7 | -3 | 148,987 | 5.3% | — | |
| Swedish People's Party | — | 8 | -3 | 128,824 | 4.6% | — | |
| Finns Party | — | 3 | +2 | 43,816 | 1.6% | — | |
| Communist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 21,079 | 0.8% | — | |
| Forces for Change in Finland | — | 0 | — | 11,485 | 0.4% | — | |
| Liberals | — | 0 | 0 | 8,776 | 0.3% | — | |
| Kirjava ”Puolue” – Elonkehän Puolesta | — | 0 | 0 | 6,659 | 0.2% | — | |
| Pensioners for People | — | 0 | 0 | 5,346 | 0.2% | — | |
| Finnish People's Blue-Whites | — | 0 | — | 4,579 | 0.2% | — | |
| Freeminded Cooperation–Non-aligned Coalition | — | 1 | +1 | 4,306 | 0.1% | — | |
| Liberals for Åland | — | 0 | -1 | 3,323 | 0.1% | — | |
| Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism | — | 0 | 0 | 2,908 | 0.1% | — | |
| Åland Social Democrats | — | 0 | 0 | 2,904 | 0.1% | — | |
| Finland Rises – People Unites | — | 0 | — | 2,640 | 0.1% | — | |
| For the Poor | — | 0 | — | 1,448 | 0.1% | — | |
| Åland Centre | — | 0 | 0 | 1,118 | 0.0% | — | |
| Joint Responsibility Party | — | 0 | — | 404 | 0.0% | — | |
| Others | — | 0 | — | 1,921 | 0.1% | — |