1939 Finnish parliamentary election

1939 Finnish parliamentary election

← 1936 1–2 July 1939 1945 →

All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
  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 Increase 2 Increase 3 Increase 5
Popular vote 515,980 296,529 176,215
Percentage 39.77% 22.86% 13.58%
Swing Increase 1.18pp Increase 0.45pp Increase 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 Decrease 3 Decrease 6 Decrease 1
Popular vote 124,720 86,219 62,387
Percentage 9.61% 6.68% 4.81%
Swing Decrease 1.59pp Decrease 1.66pp Decrease 1.47pp

  Seventh party
 
Party Party of Smallholders and Rural People
Last election 2 seats, 2.60%
Seats won 2
Seat change Steady 0
Popular vote 27,783
Percentage 2.14%
Swing Decrease 0.46pp

Prime Minister before election

Aimo Cajander
National Progressive

Prime Minister after election

Aimo Cajander
National Progressive

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.

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7