1948 Finnish parliamentary election

1948 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 V. J. Sukselainen Emil Skog Kusti Kulo
Party Agrarian SDP SKDL
Last election 49 seats, 21.35% 50 seats, 25.08% 49 seats, 23.47%
Seats won 56 54 38
Seat change Increase 7 Increase 4 Decrease 11
Popular vote 455,635 494,719 375,538
Percentage 24.24% 26.32% 19.98%
Swing Increase 2.89pp Increase 1.24pp Decrease 3.49pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Arvo Salminen Ralf Törngren Akseli Nikula
Party National Coalition RKP National Progressive
Last election 28 seats, 15.04% 14 seats, 7.90% 9 seats, 5.17%
Seats won 33 13 5
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 1 Decrease 4
Popular vote 320,366 137,981 73,444
Percentage 17.04% 7.34% 3.91%
Swing Increase 2.00pp Decrease 0.56pp Decrease 1.26pp
  Seventh party
 
Party ÅS
Last election –
Seats won 1
Seat change new
Popular vote 6,567
Percentage 0.35%
Swing new
Prime Minister before election

Mauno Pekkala
SKDL

Prime Minister after election

Karl-August Fagerholm
SDP

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Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1948.[1]

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