Finnish parliamentary election, 1983

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[edit] Results

Turnout 81,0% −0,2 [1] & [2]
Votes cast 2 992 970 [3]
Invalid votes 13 276 [4]


party seats votes
proportion amount
Social Democratic Party of Finland 57 +5 26,71% +2,8 795 953 +104 441
National Coalition Party 44 −3 22,12% +0,5 659 078 +32 314
Centre Party 38 +2 17,63% +0,3 525 207 +24 729
People's Democratic League of Finland 26 −9 13,46% −4,4 400 930 −117 115
Rural Party of Finland 17 +10 9,69% +5,1 288 711 +156 254
Swedish People's Party 10 +1 4,61% +0,4 137 423 +15 005
Christian League of Finland 3 −6 3,03% −1,7 90 410 −47 834
Green lists 2 1,47% 43 754
Constitutional People's Party 1 +1 0,37% −0,8 11 104 −23 854
Åländsk Samling 1 -- 0,32% −0,0 9 458 +172
League for Civil Democracy 0,08% −0,2 2 335 −6 981
Others 1a +1 0,51% +0,5 15 331 +15 111
Total 200 -- 100% 2 979 694 +85 248
Source: Tilastokeskus (www.stat.fi 2004) link; The votes of the Green lists in Vihreiden/Vihreän liiton menestys vaaleissa 1983-
(www.vihrealiitto.fi) link.

a Esko-Juhani Tennilä in Lapland electoral district. Tennilä later (re-)joined the parliamentary group of the People's Democratic
League of Finland.

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