1945 Finnish parliamentary election

1945 Finnish parliamentary election

← 1939 17–18 March 1945 1948 →
All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland 101 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Onni Hiltunen Cay Sundström Viljami Kalliokoski Party SDP SKDL Agrarian Last election 85 seats, 39.77% – 56 seats, 22.86% Seats won 50 49 49 Seat change 35 new 7 Popular vote 425,948 398,618 362,662 Percentage 25.08% 23.47% 21.35% Swing 14.69pp new 1.51pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Edwin Linkomies Ernst von Born Tyko Tarponen Party National Coalition RKP National Progressive Last election 25 seats, 13.58% 18 seats, 9.61% 6 seats, 4.81% Seats won 28 14 9 Seat change 5 4 3 Popular vote 255,394 134,106 87,868 Percentage 15.04% 7.90% 5.17% Swing 1.46pp 1.71pp 0.36pp   Seventh party   Party Swedish Left Last election 0 seats, 0.46% Seats won 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 8,192 Percentage 0.48% Swing 0.02pp
Prime Minister before election Juho Kusti Paasikivi National Coalition Prime Minister after election Juho Kusti Paasikivi National Coalition

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Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 17 and 18 March 1945. The broad-based centre-left government of Prime Minister Juho Kusti Paasikivi (National Coalition/Independent) remained in office after the elections.