General election
1930 Finnish parliamentary election
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Kaarlo Harvala
Pekka Heikkinen
Paavo Virkkunen
Party
SDP
Agrarian
National Coalition
Last election
27.36%, 59 seats
26.15%, 60 seats
14.51%, 28 seats
Seats won
66
59
42
Seat change
7
1
14
Popular vote
386,026
308,280
203,958
Percentage
34.16%
27.28%
18.05%
Swing
6.80pp
1.13pp
3.54pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Eric von Rettig
Eemil Linna
Party
RKP
National Progressive
Small Farmers'
Last election
11.45%, 23 seats
5.60%, 7 seats
1.07%, 0 seats
Seats won
20
11
1
Seat change
3
4
1
Popular vote
113,318
65,830
20,883
Percentage
10.03%
5.83%
1.85%
Swing
1.42pp
0.23pp
0.78pp
Seventh party
Party
Swedish Left
Last election
–
Seats won
1
Seat change
New
Popular vote
9,226
Percentage
0.82
Swing
New
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 October 1930.[ 1] The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest in Parliament with 66 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 65.9%.[ 2]