1909 Finnish parliamentary election

1909 Finnish parliamentary election
1–3 May 1909
All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Edvard Valpas-Hänninen
Party SDP Finnish Young Finnish
Last election 38.40%, 83 seats 25.44%, 55 seats 14.23%, 26 seats
Seats won 84 48 29
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 7 Increase 3
Popular vote 337,685 199,920 122,770
Percentage 39.89% 23.62% 14.50%
Swing Increase 1.49pp Decrease 1.82pp Increase 0.27pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Axel Lille Otto Karhi Antti Kaarne
Party RKP Agrarian SKrTL
Last election 12.74%, 24 seats 6.31%, 10 seats 2.33%, 2 seats
Seats won 25 13 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 3 Decrease 1
Popular vote 104,191 56,943 23,259
Percentage 12.31% 6.73% 2.75%
Swing Decrease 0.43pp Increase 0.34pp Increase 0.42pp
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Parliamentary elections were held in the Grand Duchy of Finland between 1 and 3 May 1909.[1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party337,68539.8984+1
Finnish Party199,92023.6248–7
Young Finnish Party122,77014.5029+3
Swedish People's Party104,19112.3125+1
Agrarian League56,9436.7313+3
Christian Workers' Union23,2592.751–1
Others1,7030.200–
Total846,471100.002000
Valid votes846,47199.27
Invalid/blank votes6,2120.73
Total votes852,683100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,305,30565.32
Source: Mackie & Rose[2]

References

  1. ^ Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1982) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p103
  2. ^ Mackie & Rose, pp104–106
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