1991 Finnish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 17 March 1991, the first time a Finnish parliamentary election had been held on a single day. For the first time since 1962 the Social Democratic Party was displaced as the largest party in the Eduskunta, with the Centre Party winning 55 seats and forming the first centre-right, non-social democratic government since 1964, with Esko Aho as Prime Minister.

17 March 1991

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

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Esko Aho	Pertti Paasio	Ilkka Suominen
Party	Centre	SDP	National Coalition
Last election	17.62%, 40 seats	24.14%, 56 seats	23.13%, 53 seats
Seats won	55	48	40
Seat change	15	8	13
Popular vote	676,717	603,080	526,487
Percentage	24.83%	22.12%	19.31%
Swing	7.21pp	2.02pp	3.82pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Claes Andersson	Ole Norrback	Heidi Hautala
Party	Left Alliance	RKP	Green
Last election	13.63%, 20 seats	5.30%, 12 seats	4.03%, 4 seats
Seats won	19	11	10
Seat change	1	1	6
Popular vote	274,639	149,476	185,894
Percentage	10.08%	5.48%	6.82%
Swing	3.55pp	0.18pp	2.79pp

	Seventh party	Eighth party	Ninth party

Leader	Toimi Kankaanniemi	Heikki Riihijärvi	Kaarina Koivistoinen
Party	Christian League	Rural Party	Liberal People's
Last election	2.58%, 5 seats	6.32%, 9 seats	0.97%, 0 seats
Seats won	8	7	1
Seat change	3	2	1
Popular vote	83,151	132,133	21,210
Percentage	3.05%	4.85%	0.78%
Swing	0.47pp	1.47pp	0.19pp

Prime Minister before election

Harri Holkeri
National Coalition

Prime Minister after election

Esko Aho
Centre

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