Finnish parliamentary election, 1979

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[edit] Results

Turnout 81,2% +1,5 [1] & [2]


party seats votes
proportion amount
Social Democratic Party of Finland 52 −2 23,89% −1,0 691 512 +7 922
National Coalition Party 47 +12 21,65% +3,3 626 764 +121 619
People's Democratic League of Finland 35 −5 17,90% −1,0 518 045 −1 438
Centre Party 36 −3 17,29% −0,3 500 478 +15 706
Christian League of Finland 9 -- 4,77% +1,5 138 244 +47 645
Rural Party of Finland 7 +5 4,58% +1,0 132 457 +33 642
Swedish People's Party 9 -- 4,23% −0,4 122 418 −5 793
Liberal People's Party 4 −5 3,68% −0,7 106 560 −12 974
Constitutional People's Party −1 1,21% −0,4 34 958 −8 386
Party for Finnish People's Unity −1 0,32% −1,3 9 316 −36 086
Åländsk Samling 1 -- 0,32% −0,0 9 286 −196
Socialist Workers' Party 0,10% −0,2 2 955 −6 502
Party Organization of Finnish Entrepreneurs 0,04% −0,4 1 233 −10 242
Others 0,01% −0,0 220 −289
Total 200 -- 100% 2 894 446 +144 628
Source: Tilastokeskus (www.stat.fi 2004) link
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