1930 Finnish parliamentary election

1930 Finnish parliamentary election

← 1929 1–2 October 1930 1933 →

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 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 Increase 7 Decrease 1 Increase 14
Popular vote 386,026 308,280 203,958
Percentage 34.16% 27.28% 18.05%
Swing Increase 6.80pp Increase 1.13pp Increase 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 Decrease 3 Increase 4 Increase 1
Popular vote 113,318 65,830 20,883
Percentage 10.03% 5.83% 1.85%
Swing Decrease 1.42pp Increase 0.23pp Increase 0.78pp

  Seventh party
 
Party Swedish Left
Last election
Seats won 1
Seat change New
Popular vote 9,226
Percentage 0.82
Swing New

Prime Minister before election

Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
National Coalition

Prime Minister after election

Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
National Coalition

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]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p607