1987 Finnish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 15 and 16 March 1987.

15–16 March 1987

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

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Kalevi Sorsa	Ilkka Suominen	Paavo Väyrynen
Party	SDP	National Coalition	Centre
Last election	26.71%, 57 seats	22.12%, 44 seats	17.63%, 38 seats
Seats won	56	53	40
Seat change	1	9	2
Popular vote	695,331	666,236	507,460
Percentage	24.14%	23.13%	17.62%
Swing	2.57pp	1.01pp	0.01pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Esko Helle	Christoffer Taxell	Pekka Vennamo
Party	SKDL	RKP	Rural Party
Last election	13.46%, 26 seats	4.61%, 10 seats	9.69%, 17 seats
Seats won	16	12	9
Seat change	10	2	8
Popular vote	270,433	152,597	181,938
Percentage	9.39%	5.30%	6.32%
Swing	4.07pp	0.69pp	3.37pp

	Seventh party	Eighth party	Ninth party

Leader	Esko Almgren	Kristiina Halkola	Kalle Könkkölä
Party	Christian League	Democratic Alternative	Green
Last election	3.03%, 3 seats	–	1.47%, 2 seats
Seats won	5	4	4
Seat change	2	New	2
Popular vote	74,209	122,181	115,988
Percentage	2.58%	4.24%	4.03%
Swing	0.45pp	New	2.56pp

Prime Minister before election

Kalevi Sorsa
SDP

Prime Minister after election

Harri Holkeri
National Coalition

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The results saw a rightwards shift in Finnish politics, although it was uncertain how far, because the voter turnout — at a comparatively low 75% — hurt the left more than the right and had a variable impact. The centre-right National Coalition Party (KOK) increased its vote share by only 1% yet gained nine seats in the Eduskunta, almost overtaking the Social Democratic Party (SDP) as the largest party. The SDP vote share dropped by 3%, with 100,000 fewer votes, yet they lost only one seat due to the way their votes were distributed across the country. The Centre Party's vote share remained stable and it gained two new seats. The Greens, who had registered a significant gain in the 1984 municipal elections gained two seats, far fewer than expected. Weakened perhaps from its membership in the long-lived government, the Finnish Rural Party (SMP) lost more than one-third of its support and almost half of its seats.

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