Finnish parliamentary election, 1970

  • SKDL: 36
  • SDP: 52
  • SMP: 18
  • LKP: 8
  • RKP: 12
  • KESK: 36
  • KOK: 37
  • SKL: 1

The parliamentary elections in Finland 1970 was held on 15 and 16 March 1970. It was the election of the 25th Parliament of Finland.

Once in the last election, a shift to the left led to a coalition between the Social Democrats and People's Democrats, in 1970 more right-wing forces, the winner of the election. The conservative Coalition Party also gained eleven seats and was behind the Social Democratic Party became the second largest party. The Country Party won more than 10% and introduced for the first time a fraction. Among the losers were in addition to the Social Democratic Party and the People's Democratic Union, the Centre Party ( loss of 13 seats ) and the Social Democratic Confederation of Workers and small peasantry, who lost all of its seven seats and could not get into parliament.

Starting position

After the 1966 election, the Social Democrats Rafael Paasio and Mauno Koivisto Prime Minister and leader of a left -dominated government had become. In Koivisto the Swedish People's Party was part of the government in addition to the Social Democratic Party, the Agrarian League, the People's Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Confederation of Workers and small peasantry. In society, a sense of concern for the old values ​​and traditions made ​​during its increasingly wide, which is reinforced by the leftist government phase. Benefited during the election campaign, the conservative National Coalition Party, and especially the designated country as a protest party Party of Finland.

Participating parties

There were 10 different parties to choose from.

The following parties were already represented in the Parliament:

Election result

The turnout was 82.2 %, 2.7 percentage points below the turnout at the last parliamentary election in 1966.

  • (* ) Comparative amounts for the Country Party of Finland are the election results of 1966, the Smallholders' Party of Finland.
  • (** ) Åland mandate

After the election

The coalition negotiations dragged on why President Urho Kekkonen first commissioned Teuvo Aura of the Liberal People's Party with the formation of a transitional government. In the summer of 1970 we finally agreed on a grand coalition under the leadership of center politician Ahti Karjalainen. The coalition included not only the Centre Party of the Social Democratic Party, the Swedish People's Party, the Liberal People's Party and the People's Democratic Union. In the fall of 1970, the government was put to the test as the income negotiations ended without result. In 1971, there was finally a general strike and the disputes between the Social Democratic Party and the Agrarian League were getting bigger, so that Urho Kekkonen was that dissolve Parliament and call new elections for January 1972 ordered. Until then, he commissioned ernauet Teuvo Aura with the formation of a Übergangsregeriung.

Overview of the cabinets:

  • 52 ) Cabinet Aura I - Teuvo Aura (Liberal People's Party) - Transitional Government (May 14, 1970 to July 15, 1970 )
  • 53 ) Cabinet Karjalainen II - Ahti Karjalainen ( Centre Party ) - Government of the Centre Party, the Social Democratic Party, the Swedish People's Party, Liberal People's Party, People's Democratic Union (July 15, 1970 to October 29, 1971 )
  • 54 ) Cabinet Aura II - Teuvo Aura (Liberal People's Party) - Transitional Government (October 29, 1971 to February 23, 1972 )
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