1995 Finnish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 19 March 1995.

19 March 1995

All 200 seats in the Eduskunta
101 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

68.58%

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
SDP	Paavo Lipponen	28.25	63	+15
Centre	Esko Aho	19.85	44	−11
National Coalition	Sauli Niinistö	17.89	39	−1
Left Alliance	Claes Andersson	11.16	22	+3
Green	Pekka Haavisto	6.52	9	−1
RKP	Ole Norrback	5.14	11	0
Christian League	Toimi Kankaanniemi	2.96	7	−1
Young Finns	Risto E. J. Penttilä	2.81	2	New
Rural Party	Raimo Vistbacka	1.30	1	−6
Ecological Greens	Veltto Virtanen	0.28	1	New
Liberals for Åland	Gunnar Jansson	0.22	1	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Most voted-for party by province

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Esko Aho Centre	Paavo Lipponen SDP

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The Social Democratic Party (SDP) achieved the best result of any party since World War II, winning 63 of the 200 seats in the Eduskunta and defeating the incumbent centre-right coalition led by the Centre Party. The result was attributed to the government's unpopular austerity policies as well as lingering effects of the early 1990s recession.

After the election, a five party "Rainbow Coalition" was formed, between the SDP, National Coalition Party, Left Alliance, Swedish People's Party and the Green League, with SDP leader Paavo Lipponen appointed Prime Minister.

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