1931 Finnish presidential election

1931 Finnish presidential election

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Candidate Pehr Evind Svinhufvud Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg Party National Coalition National Progressive Electoral vote 151 149 Popular vote 180,378 148,430

President before election Lauri Kristian Relander Agrarian Elected President Pehr Evind Svinhufvud National Coalition

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Two-stage presidential elections were held in Finland in 1931. On 15 and 16 January the public elected presidential electors to an electoral college.^[1] They in turn elected the President.The result was a victory for Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, who won on the third ballot by just two votes.^[2] The turnout for the popular vote was 47.3%.^[3]