Finnish parliamentary election, 1999

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Finnish parliamentary election, 1999
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All 200 seats to the Parliament
101 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 65.3%

  First party Second party Third party
  Paavo Lipponen 2004.jpg Esko Aho-crop.jpg Sauli Niinisto.jpg
Leader Paavo Lipponen Esko Aho Sauli Niinistö
Party Social Democratic Centre National Coalition
Leader since 1993 1990 1994
Last election 63 seats, 28.3% 44 seats, 19.9% 39 seats, 17.9%
Seats won514846
Seat changeDecrease2.svg12Increase2.svg4Increase2.svg7
Popular vote 612,963 600,592 563,835
Percentage22.9%22.4%21.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg5.4%Increase2.svg2.6%Increase2.svg3.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Suvi-Anne Siimes.jpg Satuhassi.jpg Enestam.jpg
Leader Suvi-Anne Siimes Satu Hassi Jan-Erik Enestam
Party Left Alliance Green League Swedish People's
Leader since 1998 1997 1998
Last election 22 seats, 11.2% 9 seats, 6.5% 11 seats, 5.1%
Seats won201111
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Increase2.svg2Steady2.svg0
Popular vote 291,675 194,846 137,330
Percentage10.9%7.3%5.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg0.3%Increase2.svg0.8%Steady2.svg0.0%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
  Bjarne Kallis vid Nordiska Radets session i Reykjavik pa Island. 2010-11-03.jpg Blank.png Timo Soini A4.jpeg
Leader Bjarne Kallis Risto Kuisma Timo Soini
Party Christian League Reform Finns
Leader since 1995 1998 1997
Last election 7 seats, 3.0%new party 1 seat, 1.3% (SMP)
Seats won1011
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Increase2.svg1Steady2.svg0
Popular vote 111,835 28,549 26 440
Percentage4.2%1.1%1.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg1.1%Increase2.svg1.1%Decrease2.svg0.3%
Prime Minister before election

Paavo Lipponen
Social Democratic

Prime Minister

Paavo Lipponen
Social Democratic

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Results by province .

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 21 March 1999. [1] Despite suffering significant losses, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) remained the largest party of the Eduskunta and Paavo Lipponen remained Prime Minister.

Finland Republic in Northern Europe

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east. Finland is a Nordic country and is situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia. The capital and largest city is Helsinki. Other major cities are Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Oulu and Turku.

Social Democratic Party of Finland registered political party in Finland

The Social Democratic Party of Finland, shortened to the Social Democrats, is a social-democratic political party in Finland. The party holds 35 seats in Finland's parliament. The party has set many fundamental policies of Finnish society during its representation in the Finnish Government. Founded in 1899, the SDP is Finland's oldest active political party. The SDP has a close relationship with Finland's largest trade union, SAK, and is a member of the Socialist International, the Party of European Socialists, and SAMAK.

Paavo Lipponen Finnish politician

Paavo Tapio Lipponen is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was Prime Minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003, and Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005. He also served as Speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2003 to 2007 and was his party's nominee in the 2012 Finnish presidential election but received only 6.7% of the votes, making it the biggest defeat the Social Democratic Party has ever had in Finnish Presidential elections.

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Background

Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen's five-party "rainbow government" consisting of the SDP, National Coalition Party, Left Alliance, Swedish People's Party and the Green League had been in power since April 1995. It had managed to keep Finland's economy growing, to reduce the state's budget deficit and to create jobs, although it had failed to halve the unemployment rate: in 1995, the unemployment had been 15.4% and in 1999, it still stood at 10.2%. This was, as the governing parties pointed out, still a better record than the previous centre-right government's performance; during its term between 1991 and 1995, the unemployment had risen from 6.6% to 15.4%.

National Coalition Party centre-right political party in Finland

The National Coalition Party is a centre-right political party in Finland considered to be liberal, conservative, and liberal-conservative. Founded in 1918, the National Coalition Party is one of the three largest parties in Finland, along with the Social Democratic Party and the Centre Party. The current party chair is Petteri Orpo, elected on 11 June 2016. The party self-statedly bases its politics on "freedom, responsibility and democracy, equal opportunities, education, supportiveness, tolerance and caring" and supports multiculturalism and gay rights. It is pro-NATO and pro-European as well as a member of the European People's Party (EPP).

Left Alliance (Finland) registered political party in Finland

The Left Alliance is a left-wing political party in Finland.

The Swedish People's Party of Finland is a liberal-centrist political party in Finland aiming to represent the interests of the minority Swedish-speaking population of Finland. An ethnic catch-all party, the party's main election issue has been since its inception the Swedish-speaking Finns' right to their own language and to maintain the Swedish language's position in Finland. The party was in governmental position 1979–2015 with one or two seats in the government and collaborated with the centre-right as well as the centre-left in the Parliament of Finland. After the 2015 election SFP was left out of the government formed by the three largest parties.

Campaign

The largest opposition party, the Centre Party, tried to become the largest party overall, and to re-join the government. They called for labour reform, which they claimed would make it easier for employers to hire new employees and for small enterprises to operate. Finland's largest labour unions rejected the proposed work reform, claiming that it would reduce the employees' job security and would excessively increase the employers' power. The Centrists also accused the government of not improving the Finnish economy enough, and of not slowing down sufficiently the large internal migration of Finns from the rural towns and small cities to the large economic growth centres, like the Helsinki and Tampere regions.

Centre Party (Finland) registered political party in Finland

The Centre Party of Finland is a centrist, liberal, agrarian political party in Finland.

Helsinki Capital city in Uusimaa, Finland

Helsinki is the capital and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of 650,058. The city's urban area has a population of 1,268,296, making it by far the most populous urban area in Finland as well as the country's most important center for politics, education, finance, culture, and research. Helsinki is located 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Tallinn, Estonia, 400 km (250 mi) east of Stockholm, Sweden, and 390 km (240 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It has close historical ties with these three cities.

Tampere City in Pirkanmaa, Finland

Tampere is a city in Pirkanmaa, southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries.

Several parties hired as their candidates previously non-political or only locally politically active celebrities, such as Leena Harkimo, the manager of Helsinki's ice hockey team Jokerit, Lasse Virén, a former long-distance running Olympic champion, and Anni Sinnemäki, the songwriter of pop music group Ultra Bra. Some of these celebrities got elected. After the elections, Prime Minister Lipponen formed a new government of the same five parties. Only one of those parties left the government during the parliamentary term 1999-2003: the Greens moved into the opposition in May 2002, when the Parliament approved the construction of Finland's fifth nuclear power plant. [2] [3]

Jokerit professional ice hockey club based in Helsinki, Finland

Helsingin Jokerit is a professional ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland. They are members of the Bobrov Division of the Western Conference of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The team won six league championships as a member of the Finnish SM-liiga. Jokerit plays its home games at the Hartwall Arena. They joined the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) as of the 2014–15 KHL season, making Finland the first Nordic country to have a team in the league.

Lasse Virén Finnish long-distance runner and politician

Lasse Artturi Virén is a Finnish former long-distance runner, winner of four gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. Virén recaptured the image of the "Flying Finns" promoted by runners like Hannes Kolehmainen, Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola in the 1920s. He was elected Finnish Sportsman of the Year in 1972 and 1976 and later became a politician and a member of Finland's parliament in 1999–2007 and 2010–2011.

Long-distance running Athletic event

Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least eight kilometres (5 miles). Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party 612,96322.951–12
Centre Party 600,59222.448+4
National Coalition Party 563,83521.046+7
Left Alliance 291,67510.920–2
Green League 194,8467.311+2
Swedish People's Party 137,3305.1110
Finnish Christian League 111,8354.210+3
Reform Group 28,5491.11New
Young Finns 28,0841.00–2
Finns Party 26,4401.01New
Communist Party of Finland 20,4420.80New
Ecological Party the Greens 10,3780.40–1
Alliance for Free Finland10,1040.400
Åland Coalition 5,8700.210
Pensioners for People5,4510.200
Liberal People's Party 5,1940.000
Pensioners' Party4,4810.200
Natural Law Party3,9030.100
Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism 3,4550.100
Others15,8640.60–
Invalid/blank votes28,804–––
Total2,710,0951002000
Registered voters/turnout4,152,43065.3––
Source: Tilastokeskus [4]
Popular vote
SDP
 
22.86%
KESK
 
22.40%
KOK
 
21.03%
VAS
 
10.88%
VIHR
 
7.27%
RKP
 
5.12%
SKL
 
4.17%
REM
 
1.06%
NUOR
 
1.05%
PS
 
0.99%
Others
 
3.18%
Parliament seats
SDP
 
25.50%
KESK
 
24.00%
KOK
 
23.00%
VAS
 
10.00%
VIHR
 
5.50%
RKP
 
5.50%
SKL
 
5.00%
REM
 
1.00%
PS
 
0.50%
Others
 
0.50%

By Provinece

Province Social Democratic Party Centre Party National Coalition Party Left Alliance Green League Swedish People's Party Christian League Reform Group Young Finns True Finns Communist ElectorateVotes Valid votes Invalid votes
Southern Savonia 26,02930,23114,7782,2844,19505,1375380578168132,33585,64184,8031,019
Northern Savonia 24,88945,22620,32317,7315,86105,7495717473,4671,140198,391127,436126,6111,143
Northern Karelia 32,46726,7269,9234,4573,72405,5793082,1621,392688133,38988,82588,243790
Kainuu 4,01020,5934,51512,1501,192091945020133258370,68446,60046,201532
Uusimaa 150,58555,513183,70058,35491,81960,28117,90312,34215,9091,2583,831962,873666,338663,8137,536
Eastern Uusimaa 10,8794,8886,5892,3372,74813,8558711,67233513822366,33645,47945,170527
Southwest Finland 54,98839,61663,75327,93918,17811,8815,4211,0101,8085871,640344,072236,766235,2032,465
Tavastia Proper 24,86616,31020,8036,7705,80808,514556487162571127,72887,77686,7831,184
Päijänne Tavastia 26,37415,56927,4819,4005,933366,9231,027313679591153,10897,46396,6561,134
Kymenlaakso 34,44819,21924,9318,3115,45605,0495840178657149,27199,97899,4121,068
South Karelia 22,17219,43317,4152,4693,75104,1754030465572108,57671,95871,337849
Central Finland 33,74441,45920,22316,8167,11624710,8758491,7683001,082202,050136,420135,4551,461
Southern Ostrobothnia 15,04152,12821,7113,8211,9441924,06357408,402272150,517110,174109,683807
Ostrobothnia 15,0519,7418,8096,2302,36947,3344,69424101,371334131,97996,95296,955781
Satakunta 36,72230,58727,94320,4154,044106,0848233852478188,315130,669129,5181,476
Pirkanmaa 55,56936,27856,91836,80016,123010,8172,0733,1171,3852,927343,944236,491234,8232,487
Central Ostrobothnia 6,09016,0323,2881,8227443,2084,62883901,70114453,39939,08038,906376
Northern Ostrobothnia 25,16476,61120,37625,47611,99403,1193,0531,2342,6354,136263,201178,469177,4981,898
Lapland 13,87544,43210,35628,0931,8472861,3156360558405148,965103,754103,7491,122
Åland Islands 0000000000019,13210,46510,472149
Source: European Election Database

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References

  1. ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Hannakatri Hollmén et al (2000) What Where When 2000 - The Citizen's Yearbook, Otava, pp208–211, 240–241
  3. ↑ Jukka Hartikainen et al (2002) What Where When 2003 - The Citizen's Yearbook, Otava, pp15–116
  4. ↑ Eduskuntavaalit 1927–2003 [ permanent dead link ] Tilastokeskus 2004
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