1907 Finnish parliamentary election

1907 Finnish parliamentary election

15–16 March 1907 1908 →

All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Edvard Valpas-Hänninen Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
Party SDP Finnish Young Finnish
Seats won 80 59 26
Popular vote 329,946 243,573 121,604
Percentage 37.03% 27.34% 13.65%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Axel Lille Otto Karhi Antti Kaarne
Party RKP Agrarian SKrTL
Seats won 24 9 2
Popular vote 112,267 51,242 13,790
Percentage 12.60% 5.75% 1.55%

Parliamentary elections were held in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland on 15 and 16 March 1907.[1] They were the first parliamentary election in which members were elected to the new Parliament of Finland by universal suffrage and the first in the world in which female members were elected.

  1. ^ "A Century On, Finns Head Back to Ballot Booths". Yle News. March 15, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2022.