1975 Finnish parliamentary election

1975 Finnish parliamentary election

21–22 September 1975

All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Rafael Paasio Ele Alenius Johannes Virolainen
Party SDP SKDL Centre
Last election 25.78%, 55 seats 17.02%, 37 seats 16.41%, 35 seats
Seats won 54 40 39
Seat change 1 3 4
Popular vote 683,590 519,483 484,772
Percentage 24.86% 18.89% 17.63%
Swing 0.92pp 1.87pp 1.22pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Harri Holkeri Carl Olof Tallgren Pekka Tarjanne
Party National Coalition RKP Liberal People's
Last election 17.59%, 34 seats 5.06%, 9 seats 5.16%, 7 seats
Seats won 35 9 9
Seat change 1 2
Popular vote 505,145 128,211 119,534
Percentage 18.37% 4.66% 4.35%
Swing 0.78pp 0.40pp 0.81pp

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Raino Westerholm Veikko Vennamo
Party Christian League Rural Party
Last election 2.53%, 4 seats 9.16%, 18 seats
Seats won 9 2
Seat change 5 16
Popular vote 90,599 98,815
Percentage 3.29% 3.59%
Swing 0.76pp 5.57pp

Prime Minister before election

Keijo Liinamaa
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Martti Miettunen
Centre

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 21 and 22 September 1975.