2023 Finnish parliamentary election

2023 Finnish parliamentary election

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All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland 101 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	4,540,437
Turnout	72.6% ( 0.2 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Petteri Orpo Riikka Purra Sanna Marin Party National Coalition Finns SDP Last election 38 seats, 17.0% 39 seats, 17.5% 40 seats, 17.7% Seats won 48 46 43 Seat change 10 7 3 Popular vote 644,555 620,981 617,552 Percentage 20.8% 20.1% 19.9% Swing 3.8pp 2.6pp 2.2pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Annika Saarikko Maria Ohisalo Li Andersson Party Centre Green Left Alliance Last election 31 seats, 13.8% 20 seats, 11.5% 16 seats, 8.2% Seats won 23 13 11 Seat change 8 7 5 Popular vote 349,640 217,795 218,430 Percentage 11.3% 7.0% 7.1% Swing 2.5pp 4.5pp 1.1pp   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Anna-Maja Henriksson Sari Essayah Harry Harkimo Party RKP KD Liik Last election 9 seats, 4.5% 5 seats, 3.9% 1 seat, 2.3% Seats won 9 5 1 Seat change 0 0 0 Popular vote 133,518 130,694 74,995 Percentage 4.3% 4.2% 2.4% Swing 0.2pp 0.3pp 0.1pp
Election result by constituencies Leading party by municipalities
Prime Minister before election Sanna Marin SDP Prime Minister after election Petteri Orpo National Coalition

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 2 April 2023 to elect members of the Parliament of Finland.

Following the 2019 election, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) formed a governing coalition with the Centre Party, Greens, Left Alliance, and the Swedish People's Party, with Antti Rinne serving as the prime minister of Finland. Later that year, Rinne was involved in a political scandal regarding the Finnish postal service, after which he resigned and was succeeded by Sanna Marin. Marin's government focused on issues regarding climate change, while her government also faced the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The invasion prompted her to announce that Finland would submit its candidacy to join NATO, which it did in May 2022.

Issues regarding the economy, the budget deficit, climate change, and education were discussed during the campaign period. The election programs or the opposition National Coalition Party (NCP) and Finns Party (Finns) called for budget cuts and austerity to balance the budget, while the SDP's election program focused on economic growth through investments in employment and education. Marin supported more education and public health spending, while the NCP called for balancing the budget, reducing spending on unemployment and housing benefits, and constructing more nuclear plants. The Finns campaigned on an anti-immigration and anti-European Union platform, while the Greens focused on issues regarding mental health and universal basic income. The Centre Party campaigned on regional politics.

The National Coalition Party won the election with 20.8% of the national popular vote, winning 48 seats in parliament, the third-highest result in the party's history. The Finns Party came in a close second place with the ruling Social Democratic Party of Finland under Prime Minister Marin in third place. The National Coalition Party then formed a coalition with the Finns Party, the Swedish People's Party, and the Christian Democrats, with Petteri Orpo as prime minister. For the first time in Finland's history, the Centre Party did not win a plurality of votes in any regional voting districts.^[1] Five government parties and four opposition parties finished with parliamentary seats split at 100–100. This was the first time since 1983 that the top-three finishing parties did not lose a percentage share of votes.