Finland · Completed

Finland — Parliamentary election — 1979-03-19

Name: Finland — Parliamentary election — 1979-03-19
Start: 1979-03-19
Location: Finland

Mar 19, 1979

Elections

Stale

Jurisdiction: Finland
Next national election: Mar 19, 1979
Role: Parliamentary election · Legislative
Selection method: Other method
Status: Completed
Round: 1

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Contest rounds

Round 1 · Single round

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

CompletedMar 19, 1979

Published contest rules

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  "early": false,
  "electorate": 3858553,
  "source": "ParlGov",
  "sourceElectionId": 84,
  "sourceElectionType": "parliament",
  "totalSeats": 200,
  "validVotes": 2894446,
  "votesCast": 2906066
}

Candidates

Keskusta

Party

Affiliated party: Keskusta

Kristillisdemokraatit – Kristdemokraterna

Party

Affiliated party: Kristillisdemokraatit – Kristdemokraterna

Perustuslaillinen Oikeistopuolue – Konstitutionella högerpartiet

Party

Affiliated party: Perustuslaillinen Oikeistopuolue – Konstitutionella högerpartiet

Demokraattinen Liitto – Demokratiska Förbundet | Vasemmistoliitto – Vänsterförbundet

Party

Affiliated party: Demokraattinen Liitto – Demokratiska Förbundet | Vasemmistoliitto – Vänsterförbundet

Kansallinen Edistyspuolue | [Suomen] Liberaalinen Kansanpuolue

Party

Affiliated party: Kansallinen Edistyspuolue | [Suomen] Liberaalinen Kansanpuolue

National Coalition Party

Party

Affiliated party: National Coalition Party

Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue – Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti

Party

Affiliated party: Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue – Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti

Ruotsalainen Kansanpuolue – Svenska Folkepartiet i Finland

Party

Affiliated party: Ruotsalainen Kansanpuolue – Svenska Folkepartiet i Finland

Suomen Puolue | Perussuomalaiset

Party

Affiliated party: Suomen Puolue | Perussuomalaiset

Åländsk Samling

Party

Affiliated party: Åländsk Samling

Candidate–opponent strategy evidence

A directional comparison and factual public-message frame for each sourced pair in the same contest.

Preliminary evidence scenario, not a prediction or guarantee of an electoral result. It uses public sources, makes no causal claim and uses no demographic microtargeting. Methodology

There is not enough compatible, sourced evidence to publish a pairwise analysis for this contest yet.

Election results

Finland — Parliamentary election — 1979-03-19 · Åländsk Samling

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 9,286
Seats: 1
Original value: 0.30
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Finland — Parliamentary election — 1979-03-19 · Swedish People’s Party in Finland

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 122,418
Seats: 9
Original value: 4.20
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Finland — Parliamentary election — 1979-03-19 · National Coalition Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 626,764
Seats: 47
Original value: 21.70
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Finland — Parliamentary election — 1979-03-19 · Constitutional Party of Finland

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 34,958
Seats: 0
Original value: 1.20
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Finland — Parliamentary election — 1979-03-19 · True Finns

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 132,457
Seats: 7
Original value: 4.60
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Finland — Parliamentary election — 1979-03-19 · Social Democratic Party of Finland

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 691,512
Seats: 52
Original value: 23.90
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Finland — Parliamentary election — 1979-03-19 · Christian Democrats in Finland

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 138,244
Seats: 9
Original value: 4.80
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Finland — Parliamentary election — 1979-03-19 · Centre Party of Finland

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 500,478
Seats: 36
Original value: 17.30
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Finland — Parliamentary election — 1979-03-19 · Liberals

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 106,560
Seats: 4
Original value: 3.70
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Finland — Parliamentary election — 1979-03-19 · Left Alliance

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 518,045
Seats: 35
Original value: 17.90
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Signal

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Polls

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Forecasts

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Top issues

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Prediction components

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Media profile

Approval · Favorability · Negativity

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Media profile

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Strengths · Weaknesses · Attacks · Controversies

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Campaign signals

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Sources

1WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
2Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026