1958 Finnish parliamentary election

1958 Finnish parliamentary election

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All 200 seats in Parliament 101 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Kusti Kulo Väinö Tanner V. J. Sukselainen Party SKDL SDP Agrarian Last election 21.57%, 43 seats 26.25%, 54 seats 24.10%, 53 seats Seats won 50 48 48 Seat change 7 6 5 Popular vote 450,220 449,536 448,364 Percentage 23.16% 23.12% 23.06% Swing 1.59pp 3.13pp 1.04pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jussi Saukkonen Lars Erik Taxell Eino Saari Party National Coalition RKP People's Last election 12.80%, 24 seats 6.76%, 12 seats 7.88%, 13 seats Seats won 29 13 8 Seat change 5 1 5 Popular vote 297,094 126,365 114,617 Percentage 15.28% 6.50% 5.90% Swing 2.48pp 0.26pp 1.98pp   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Emil Skog Party TPSL ÅS Last election – 0.23%, 1 seat Seats won 3 1 Seat change New Popular vote 33,947 5,487 Percentage 1.75% 0.28% Swing New 0.05pp
Prime Minister before election Reino Kuuskoski Independent Prime Minister after election Karl-August Fagerholm SDP

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Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 6 and 7 July 1958.^[1] The communist Finnish People's Democratic League emerged as the largest party, but was unable to form a government.