1966 Finnish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 20 and 21 March 1966. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) overtook the Centre Party as the largest faction in Parliament. Rafael Paasio of the SDP subsequently became Prime Minister and formed a popular front government consisting of the SDP, the Centre Party, the People's Democratic League (SKDL), and the Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders (TPSL) in May 1966.

20–21 March 1966

All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Rafael Paasio	Johannes Virolainen	Kusti Kulo
Party	SDP	Centre	SKDL
Last election	19.50%, 38 seats	22.95%, 53 seats	22.02%, 47 seats
Seats won	55	49	41
Seat change	17	4	6
Popular vote	645,339	503,047	502,374
Percentage	27.23%	21.23%	21.20%
Swing	7.73pp	1.72pp	0.82pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Juha Rihtniemi	Lars Erik Taxell	Mikko Juva
Party	National Coalition	RKP	Liberal People's
Last election	15.06%, 32 seats	6.11%, 13 seats	6.86%, 14 seats
Seats won	26	11	9
Seat change	6	2	5
Popular vote	326,928	134,831	153,259
Percentage	13.79%	5.69%	6.47%
Swing	1.27pp	0.42pp	0.39p

	Seventh party	Eighth party	Ninth party

Leader	Aarre Simonen	Veikko Vennamo
Party	TPSL	Smallholders' Party	ÅS
Last election	4.36%, 2 seats	2.16%, 0 seats	0.32%, 1 seat
Seats won	7	1	1
Seat change	5	1
Popular vote	61,274	24,351	7,118
Percentage	2.59%	1.03%	0.30%
Swing	1.77pp	1.13pp	0.02pp

Prime Minister before election

Johannes Virolainen
Centre

Prime Minister after election

Rafael Paasio
SDP

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