Finnish presidential election, 1994
Encyclopedia
Presidential elections were held in Finland
on 16 January 1994, with a second round on 6 February. It was the first time the President had been solely elected by a popular vote and saw Martti Ahtisaari
defeat Elisabeth Rehn
in the second round. Voter turnout was 78.4% in the first round and 78.7% in the second.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
on 16 January 1994, with a second round on 6 February. It was the first time the President had been solely elected by a popular vote and saw Martti Ahtisaari
Martti Ahtisaari
Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari is a Finnish politician, the tenth President of Finland , Nobel Peace Prize laureate and United Nations diplomat and mediator, noted for his international peace work....
defeat Elisabeth Rehn
Elisabeth Rehn
Märta Elisabeth Rehn is a former MP of the Swedish People's Party and the first female Minister of Defence in Finland. In the 1994 presidential elections she was narrowly defeated by Martti Ahtisaari.Elisabeth Rehn spent her childhood in Mäntsälä, where her father worked as a community medical...
in the second round. Voter turnout was 78.4% in the first round and 78.7% in the second.
Results
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Martti Ahtisaari Martti Ahtisaari Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari is a Finnish politician, the tenth President of Finland , Nobel Peace Prize laureate and United Nations diplomat and mediator, noted for his international peace work.... |
Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many... |
828,038 | 25.9 | 1,722,313 | 53.9 |
| Elisabeth Rehn Elisabeth Rehn Märta Elisabeth Rehn is a former MP of the Swedish People's Party and the first female Minister of Defence in Finland. In the 1994 presidential elections she was narrowly defeated by Martti Ahtisaari.Elisabeth Rehn spent her childhood in Mäntsälä, where her father worked as a community medical... |
Swedish People's Party | 702,211 | 22.0 | 1,475,856 | 46.1 |
| Paavo Väyrynen Paavo Väyrynen Paavo Matti Väyrynen is a Finnish veteran politician of the Centre Party. Väyrynen has held several ministerial portfolios and is also a former Member of the European Parliament.-Career:... |
Centre Party Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament... |
623,415 | 19.5 | – | – |
| Raimo Ilaskivi Raimo Ilaskivi Raimo Ilaskivi is a Finnish politician. He holds a doctor's degree of economics from the University of Helsinki and has also studied in the U.S. and in the UK.Ilaskivi is best known as the mayor of Helsinki from 1979 to 1991... |
National Coalition Party | 485,035 | 15.2 | – | – |
| Keijo Korhonen Keijo Korhonen Keijo Korhonen is a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1979 to 1983. He won a bronze medal in the team large hill at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo.... |
Independent | 186,936 | 5.8 | – | – |
| Claes Andersson Claes Andersson Claes-Johan Rudolf Andersson is a Finland-Swedish psychiatrist, author, musician, politician and former member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the Left Alliance and the Finnish People's Democratic League. He was member of Finnish Parliament in 1987-1999 and 2007-2008.-External links:*... |
Left Alliance Left Alliance The Left Alliance is the name of a number of left wing political parties around the world.These include:* Democratic Left Alliance in Poland* Left Alliance * Leeds Left Alliance, now part of the Alliance for Green Socialism... |
122,820 | 3.8 | – | – |
| Veltto Virtanen Veltto Virtanen Pertti Olavi "Veltto" Virtanen is a rock personality, presidential candidate, and a member of the Finnish Parliament from Tampere, Finland.... |
Independent | 95,650 | 3.0 | – | – |
| Eeva Kuuskoski | Independent | 82,453 | 2.6 | – | – |
| Toimi Kankaanniemi | Christian Democrats Christian Democrats (Finland) The Christian Democrats is a Christian democratic political party in Finland. Formerly known as the Finnish Christian League , the Christian Democrats have six seats in the Finnish Parliament and one in the European Parliament.The party was founded in 1958, chiefly from the Christian faction of... |
|31,453 | 1.0 | – | – |
| Sulo Aittoniemi | Finnish Rural Party Finnish Rural Party The Finnish Rural Party was a Finnish populist party. Starting out as a breakaway faction of the Agrarian League in 1959, the party was identified with the person of Veikko Vennamo, a former Agrarian League Member of Parliament known for his opposition to the politics of President Urho Kekkonen... |
30,622 | 1.0 | – | – |
| Pekka Tiainen | Communist Party of Finland Communist Party of Finland The Communist Party of Finland was a communist political party in Finland. The SKP was a section of Comintern and illegal in Finland until 1944.SKP did not participate in any elections with its own name. Instead, front organisations were used... |
7,320 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | 8,578 | – | 14,982 | – | |
| Total | 3,204,531 | 100 | 3,214,761 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||