1999 Finnish parliamentary election

1999 Finnish parliamentary election

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All 200 seats in Parliament 101 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65.3%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Paavo Lipponen Esko Aho Sauli Niinistö Party SDP Centre National Coalition Last election 63 seats, 28.3% 44 seats, 19.9% 39 seats, 17.9% Seats won 51 48 46 Seat change 12 4 7 Popular vote 612,963 600,592 563,835 Percentage 22.9% 22.4% 21.0% Swing 5.4pp 2.6pp 3.1pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Suvi-Anne Siimes Satu Hassi Jan-Erik Enestam Party Left Alliance Green RKP Last election 22 seats, 11.2% 9 seats, 6.5% 11 seats, 5.1% Seats won 20 11 11 Seat change 2 2 0 Popular vote 291,675 194,846 137,330 Percentage 10.9% 7.3% 5.1% Swing 0.3pp 0.8pp 0.0pp   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Bjarne Kallis Risto Kuisma Timo Soini Party Christian League Reform Finns Last election 7 seats, 3.0% New party 1 seat, 1.3% (SMP) Seats won 10 1 1 Seat change 3 1 0 Popular vote 111,835 28,549 26,440 Percentage 4.2% 1.1% 1.0% Swing 1.1pp 1.1pp 0.3pp
Prime Minister before election Paavo Lipponen SDP Prime Minister after election Paavo Lipponen SDP

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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.