Finnish municipal elections, 1996

Finnish municipal election, 1996 was held in Finland on 20 October. Election had to be renewed in Keminmaa on June 8th, due uncertainties with advance voting.

National results

Party		Votes		Council seats
		Number	%	Number	Net ±
	Social Democratic	583,562	24.55%	2,743	-387
	Centre	518,305	21.81%	4,459	+461
	National Coalition	514,313	21.64%	2,167	+158
	Left Alliance	246,412	10.37%	1,128	-191
	Green League	149,334	6.28%	292	-51
	Swedish People's	129,518	5.45%	671	+7
	Christian Democrat	75,494	3.18%	353	±0
	Young Finns	31,429	1.32%	29	new
	Finns	21,999	0.93%	138	-216
	Liberals	8,766	0.37%	25	-24
	Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism	4,483	0.19%	3	+2
	Pensioners' Party	2,417	0.10%	1	-1
	Seniors' Party	2,033	0.09%	2	-3
	Independence Party	1,364	0.06%	6	new
	Natural Law Party	1,217	0.05%	0	new
	KIPU	874	0.04%	1	-2
	Others	85,420	3.59%	464	+123
Total		2,376,940		12,482	-89