1951 Finnish parliamentary election

1951 Finnish parliamentary election
← 1948 1–2 July 1951 1954 →
All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Emil Skog V. J. Sukselainen Kusti Kulo
Party SDP Agrarian SKDL
Last election 26.32%, 54 seats 24.24%, 56 seats 19.98%, 38 seats
Seats won 53 51 43
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 5 Increase 5
Popular vote 480,754 421,613 391,134
Percentage 26.52% 23.26% 21.58%
Swing Increase 0.20pp Decrease 0.98pp Increase 1.60pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Arvo Salminen Ralf Törngren Eino Saari
Party National Coalition RKP People's
Last election 17.04%, 33 seats 7.34%, 13 seats 3.91%, 5 seats
Seats won 28 14 10
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 1 Increase 5
Popular vote 264,044 131,719 102,933
Percentage 14.57% 7.27% 5.68%
Swing Decrease 2.47pp Decrease 0.07pp Increase 1.77pp
  Seventh party
 
Party ÅS
Last election 0.35%, 1 seat
Seats won 1
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 5,686
Percentage 0.31%
Swing Decrease 0.04pp
Prime Minister before election

Urho Kekkonen
Agrarian

Prime Minister after election

Urho Kekkonen
Agrarian

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Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1951.[1]

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