Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 19 March 1995.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606
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.
Results
By electoral district Electoral districtTotalseatsSeats wonSDPKeskKokVasRKPVihrSKLNuorSMPEKOLÅland11Central Finland1043111Häme1352411Helsinki19652231Kymi13523111Lapland81412North Karelia7421North Savo1033121Oulu1839231Pirkanmaa16624211Satakunta114322South Savo83311Uusimaa31112734211Vaasa183621411Varsinais-Suomi17535211Total2006344392211972111Source: Statistics Finland
By region ProvinceSocial DemocraticCentreNational CoalitionLeft AllianceGreen LeagueSwedish People'sChristian LeagueYoung FinnsRural PartyAllianceLiberal People'sElectorateVotesValidInvalidSouth Savo31,89026,55913,8413,0824,89904,1571,0763,7531,300123135,39792,27591,384891North Savo32,90542,91516,67421,2037,36904,3642,4742,8771,629274199,660134,227133,259968North Karelia36,83925,25111,7145,0654,13406,2267081,868717224135,73194,19193,539652Kainuu6,72416,3664,93512,7092,10901,0844713881,6141,03172,93948,59848,118480Uusimaa192,88936,779143,73761,53372,78964,21812,06737,6582,9497,4972,084909,997658,294652,7165,578Eastern Uusimaa14,0973,9544,8142,6492,29915,5075361,1321933205165,30047,08646,697389Southwest Finland67,86536,88057,23532,63414,32011,0174,55910,6652,6242,290487334,154247,761245,9941,767Kanta-Häme33,43415,61722,8938,2295,69603,6551,31742350585127,54994,85993,925934Päijät-Häme33,60113,27429,7669,8735,7251094,8532,4001,6331,016468153,856104,974104,040934Kymenlaakso43,68215,85123,8899,4427,11103,3521,290229953262152,169108,372107,559813South Karelia27,82818,91915,7522,6815,19002,4551,164579653784110,29677,00476,357647Central Finland43,91635,88618,46717,9478,42709,7242,3619431,212475197,959141,369140,3061,063Southern Ostrobothnia18,16857,08419,6714,9403,4192543,3599245,762544113152,617115,865115,171694Ostrobothnia19,8769,9666,7657,4071,96547,2672,892823677476533131,51199,75499,100654Satakunta46,99629,44326,69221,0574,39514,7001,1113,091604929191,292142,330141,1641,166Pirkanmaa73,17833,64648,75033,27715,79006,3925,6133,3952,2783,399333,840242,226240,2092,017Central Ostrobothnia7,42917,1062,5392,5491,1842,8623,5338411,2883209953,28040,41440,080334Northern Ostrobothniaa30,79872,67317,31424,89811,00802,5474,5472,3843,4874,471254,316182,207180,7581,449Lapland20,33342,5909,77927,6752,55801,5451,165995537265151,860109,448108,3971,051Åland0000000000018,9389,8749,799Source: European Election Database
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