Mauno Koivisto won the direct vote with 48.9% of valid votes, short of the majority that elects outright, so the college elected the same day decided. Mauno Koivisto was elected by the electoral college on the second ballot with 189 of 301 votes, against Paavo Väyrynen's 68.
On the sources. Turnout is Statistics Finland's figure for citizens living in Finland; counted against every citizen entitled to vote, abroad included, it was 77.8%.
President before
Mauno Koivisto
Social Democratic Party
President (re-elected)
Mauno Koivisto
Social Democratic Party
Decided by
189 of 301
second ballot
Turnout
82.7%
direct vote and electors, same day
The direct vote
A candidate with more than half the valid votes would have been elected outright. Nobody was, so the college elected the same day decided.
Mauno Koivisto
Social Democratic Party · 1,513,234 votes
48.90%
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Paavo Väyrynen
Centre Party · 636,375 votes
20.57%
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Harri Holkeri
National Coalition Party · 570,340 votes
18.43%
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Kalevi Kivistö
Movement 88 · 330,072 votes
10.67%
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Jouko Kajanoja
Democratic Alternative · 44,428 votes
1.44%
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Mauno Koivisto
Social Democratic Party
1,513,234
48.90%
Paavo Väyrynen
Centre Party
636,375
20.57%
Harri Holkeri
National Coalition Party
570,340
18.43%
Kalevi Kivistö
Movement 88
330,072
10.67%
Jouko Kajanoja
Democratic Alternative
44,428
1.44%
Every ballot
Votes of the 301 electors. An absolute majority wins on the first two ballots; a third ballot is a straight choice between the top two.
Mauno Koivisto
Social Democratic Party · 62.8%
189
second ballot
Paavo Väyrynen
Centre Party · 22.6%
68
second ballot
Kalevi Kivistö
Movement 88 · 8.6%
26
second ballot
Harri Holkeri
National Coalition Party · 6.0%
18
second ballot
Jouko Kajanoja
Democratic Alternative
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second ballot
Mauno Koivisto
Social Democratic Party
14447.8%
18962.8%
Paavo Väyrynen
Centre Party
6822.6%
6822.6%
Kalevi Kivistö
Movement 88
268.6%
268.6%
Harri Holkeri
National Coalition Party
6320.9%
186.0%
Jouko Kajanoja
Democratic Alternative
00.0%
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Who filled the college
The popular vote for electors, list by list, and the electors each list won. Lists running together under one candidate are shown with their alliance.
Social Democratic PartySupporters of Mauno Koivisto
1,175,209 votes · 39.4%
128
electors
Centre Party
647,769 votes · 21.7%
68
electors
National Coalition Party
603,180 votes · 20.2%
63
electors
Movement 88
286,833 votes · 9.6%
26
electors
Finnish Rural PartySupporters of Mauno Koivisto
120,043 votes · 4.0%
7
electors
Pro KoivistoSupporters of Mauno Koivisto
88,663 votes · 3.0%
8
electors
Democratic Alternative
56,528 votes · 1.9%
0
electors
Åland CoalitionSupporters of Mauno Koivisto
7,484 votes · 0.3%
1
electors
Social Democratic PartySupporters of Mauno Koivisto