1919 Finnish parliamentary election

1919 Finnish parliamentary election

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All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Väinö Tanner Santeri Alkio Hugo Suolahti
Party SDP Agrarian National Coalition
Last election 44.79%, 92 seats 12.38%, 26 seats
Seats won 80 42 26
Seat change Decrease 12 Increase 16 New
Popular vote 365,046 189,297 151,018
Percentage 37.98% 19.70% 15.71%
Swing Decrease 6.81pp Increase 7.32pp New

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Oskari Mantere Eric von Rettig
Party National Progressive RKP
Last election 10.90%, 21 seats
Seats won 26 22
Seat change new Increase 1
Popular vote 123,090 116,582
Percentage 12.81% 12.13%
Swing new Increase 1.23pp

Prime Minister before election

Lauri Ingman
National Coalition

Prime Minister after election

Kaarlo Castrén
National Progressive

Ballot paper

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland between 1 and 3 March 1919.[1] The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest in Parliament with 80 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 67%.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p613