1999 Finnish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 21 March 1999. Despite suffering significant losses, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) remained the largest party of the Eduskunta and Paavo Lipponen remained Prime Minister.

1999 Finnish parliamentary election
21 March 1999
All 200 seats in Parliament
101 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Paavo Lipponen Esko Aho Sauli Niinistö
Party SDP Centre National Coalition
Last election 63 seats, 28.3% 44 seats, 19.9% 39 seats, 17.9%
Seats won 51 48 46
Seat change 12 4 7
Popular vote 612,963 600,592 563,835
Percentage 22.9% 22.4% 21.0%
Swing 5.4pp 2.6pp 3.1pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Suvi-Anne Siimes Satu Hassi Jan-Erik Enestam
Party Left Alliance Green RKP
Last election 22 seats, 11.2% 9 seats, 6.5% 11 seats, 5.1%
Seats won 20 11 11
Seat change 2 2 0
Popular vote 291,675 194,846 137,330
Percentage 10.9% 7.3% 5.1%
Swing 0.3pp 0.8pp 0.0pp
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Bjarne Kallis Risto Kuisma Timo Soini
Party Christian League Reform Finns
Last election 7 seats, 3.0% New party 1 seat, 1.3% (SMP)
Seats won 10 1 1
Seat change 3 1 0
Popular vote 111,835 28,549 26,440
Percentage 4.2% 1.1% 1.0%
Swing 1.1pp 1.1pp 0.3pp
Prime Minister before election

Paavo Lipponen
SDP

 Prime Minister after election

Paavo Lipponen
SDP

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