1970 Finnish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 15 and 16 March 1970.

1970 Finnish parliamentary election
15–16 March 1970
All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Rafael Paasio Juha Rihtniemi Johannes Virolainen
Party SDP National Coalition Centre
Last election 27.23%, 55 seats 13.79%, 26 seats 21.23%, 49 seats
Seats won 52 37 36
Seat change 3 11 13
Popular vote 594,185 457,582 434,150
Percentage 23.43% 18.05% 17.12%
Swing 3.80pp 4.26pp 4.11pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Ele Alenius Veikko Vennamo Jan-Magnus Jansson
Party SKDL Rural Party RKP
Last election 21.20%, 41 seats 1.03%, 1 seat 5.69%, 11 seats
Seats won 36 18 11
Seat change 5 17
Popular vote 420,556 265,939 135,465
Percentage 16.58% 10.49% 5.34%
Swing 4.62pp 9.46pp 0.39pp
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Pekka Tarjanne Eino Sares
Party Liberal People's Christian League ÅS
Last election 6.47%, 9 seats 0.45%, 0 seats 0.30%, 1 seat
Seats won 8 1 1
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 150,823 28,547 8,971
Percentage 5.95% 1.13% 0.35%
Swing 0.52pp 0.68pp 0.05pp
Prime Minister before election

Mauno Koivisto
SDP

 Prime Minister after election

Teuvo Aura
Independent

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