General election
1939 Finnish parliamentary election
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Kaarlo Harvala
Pekka Heikkinen
Pekka Pennanen
Party
SDP
Agrarian
National Coalition
Last election
83 seats, 38.59%
53 seats, 22.41%
20 seats, 10.36%
Seats won
85
56
25
Seat change
2
3
5
Popular vote
515,980
296,529
176,215
Percentage
39.77%
22.86%
13.58%
Swing
1.18pp
0.45pp
3.22pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Ernst von Born
Vilho Annala
Aimo Cajander
Party
RKP
IKL
National Progressive
Last election
21 seats, 11.20%
14 seats, 8.34%
7 seats, 6.28%
Seats won
18
8
6
Seat change
3
6
1
Popular vote
124,720
86,219
62,387
Percentage
9.61%
6.68%
4.81%
Swing
1.59pp
1.66pp
1.47pp
Seventh party
Party
Party of Smallholders and Rural People
Last election
2 seats, 2.60%
Seats won
2
Seat change
0
Popular vote
27,783
Percentage
2.14%
Swing
0.46pp
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1939.[ 1] Following the elections, the National Progressive Party -led government of Aimo Cajander continued in office. However, he was replaced by Risto Ryti 's Progressive-led war government in December 1939.