1970 Finnish parliamentary election

1970 Finnish parliamentary election

15–16 March 1970

All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Rafael Paasio Juha Rihtniemi Johannes Virolainen
Party SDP National Coalition Centre
Last election 27.23%, 55 seats 13.79%, 26 seats 21.23%, 49 seats
Seats won 52 37 36
Seat change 3 11 13
Popular vote 594,185 457,582 434,150
Percentage 23.43% 18.05% 17.12%
Swing 3.80pp 4.26pp 4.11pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Ele Alenius Veikko Vennamo Jan-Magnus Jansson
Party SKDL Rural Party RKP
Last election 21.20%, 41 seats 1.03%, 1 seat 5.69%, 11 seats
Seats won 36 18 11
Seat change 5 17
Popular vote 420,556 265,939 135,465
Percentage 16.58% 10.49% 5.34%
Swing 4.62pp 9.46pp 0.39pp

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Pekka Tarjanne Eino Sares
Party Liberal People's Christian League ÅS
Last election 6.47%, 9 seats 0.45%, 0 seats 0.30%, 1 seat
Seats won 8 1 1
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 150,823 28,547 8,971
Percentage 5.95% 1.13% 0.35%
Swing 0.52pp 0.68pp 0.05pp

Prime Minister before election

Mauno Koivisto
SDP

Prime Minister after election

Teuvo Aura
Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 15 and 16 March 1970.