 Asked immediately by the president to form a new government, Sorsa did so, but with the LKP taking the place of the SKDL.The government's slender majority of 103 votes in the Eduskunta was not an important handicap, for new elections were scheduled for March 1983.Seven weeks of negotiations led to the formation of a four-party coalition composed of the old standbys, the SDP, Kesk, the SFP, and, for the first time, the SMP.