1924 Finnish parliamentary election

1924 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 Väinö Tanner Pekka Heikkinen Antti Tulenheimo
Party SDP Agrarian National Coalition
Last election 25.06%, 53 seats 20.27%, 45 seats 18.15%, 35 seats
Seats won 60 44 38
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 1 Increase 3
Popular vote 255,068 177,982 166,880
Percentage 29.02% 20.25% 18.99%
Swing Increase 3.96pp Decrease 0.02pp Increase 0.84pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Eric von Rettig Oskari Mantere
Party RKP STPV National Progressive
Last election 12.41%, 25 seats 9.21%, 15 seats
Seats won 23 18 17
Seat change Decrease 2 New Increase 2
Popular vote 105,733 91,839 79,937
Percentage 12.03% 10.45% 9.09%
Swing Decrease 0.38pp New Decrease 0.12pp

Prime Minister before election

Aimo Cajander
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Lauri Ingman
National Coalition

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 April 1924.[1] Although the Social Democratic Party remained the largest in Parliament with 60 of the 200 seats, Lauri Ingman of the National Coalition Party formed a centre-right majority government in May 1924. It remained intact until the Agrarians left in November 1924. Voter turnout was 57.4%.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p613

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