1995 Finnish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 19 March 1995.

The previous centre-right, non-socialist cabinet fell as the Social Democratic Party (SDP) made strong gains and achieved the best result of any party since World War II, winning 63 of the 200 seats in the Eduskunta. The main reason for the defeat of the Centre Party-led coalition was its unpopular austerity program and lingering effects of the early 1990s recession.

After the election, a five party "Rainbow Coalition" was formed, between the SDP, National Coalition Party, Left Alliance, Swedish People's Party and the Green League, with SDP leader Paavo Lipponen appointed Prime Minister.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	785,637	28.3	63	+15
Centre Party	552,003	19.8	44	–11
National Coalition Party	497,624	17.9	39	–1
Left Alliance	310,340	11.2	22	+3
Green League	181,198	6.5	9	–1
Swedish People's Party	142,874	5.1	11	0
Finnish Christian League	82,311	3.0	7	–1
Young Finns	78,066	2.8	2	New
Finnish Rural Party	36,185	1.3	1	–6
Alliance for Free Finland	28,067	1.0	0	New
Liberal People's Party	16,247	0.6	0	–1
Åland Coalition	9,905	0.4	1	0
Women's Party	7,919	0.3	0	New
Ecological Party the Greens	7,865	0.3	1	New
Natural Law Party	6,819	0.2	0	New
Pensioners for People	5,124	0.2	0	0
Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism	4,784	0.2	0	0
Pensioners' Party	3,974	0.1	0	0
Joint Responsibility Party	1,706	0.1	0	0
Others	11,797	0.4	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	22,681	–	–	–
Total	2,803,602	100	200	0
Registered voters/turnout	4,088,358	68.6	–	–
Source: Tilastokeskus

Popular vote SDP   28.25% KESK   19.85% KOK   17.89% VAS   11.16% VIHR   6.52% RKP   5.14% SKL   2.96% NUOR   2.81% SMP   1.30% VSL   1.01% Others   3.11%

Parliament seats SDP   31.50% KESK   22.00% KOK   19.50% VAS   11.00% RKP   5.50% VIHR   4.50% SKL   3.50% NUOR   1.00% SMP   0.50% Others   1.00%