1913 Finnish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in the Grand Duchy of Finland on 1 and 2 August 1913. In 1914, the Russian government decided to suspend the Finnish Parliament for the duration of World War I.

1913 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 Matti Paasivuori
Party SDP Finnish Young Finnish
Last election 40.03%, 86 seats 21.71%, 43 seats 14.88%, 28 seats
Seats won 90 38 29
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 5 Increase 1
Popular vote 312,214 143,982 102,313
Percentage 43.11% 19.88% 14.13%
Swing Increase 3.08pp Decrease 1.83pp Decrease 0.75pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Axel Lille Kyösti Kallio
Party RKP Agrarian
Last election 13.31%, 26 seats 7.84%, 16 seats
Seats won 25 18
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 94,672 56,977
Percentage 13.07% 7.87%
Swing Decrease 0.24pp Increase 0.03pp

Campaign

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Finnish voters' growing frustration with Parliament's performance was reflected by the low voter turnout; the Social Democrats and Agrarians, championing the cause of poor workers and farmers, kept gaining votes at the expense of the Old Finns, whose main concern was the passive defence of Finland's self-government. They disagreed on the social and economic policies, and thus did not formulate very clear positions on them.[1][2]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party312,21443.1190+4
Finnish Party143,98219.8838–5
Young Finnish Party102,31314.1329+1
Swedish People's Party94,67213.0725–1
Agrarian League56,9777.8718+2
Christian Workers' Union12,8501.770–1
Others1,2960.180
Total724,304100.002000
Valid votes724,30499.13
Invalid/blank votes6,3450.87
Total votes730,649100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,430,13551.09
Source: Mackie & Rose[3]

References

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  1. ^ Seppo Zetterberg et al (2008) A Small Giant of the Finnish History WSOJ
  2. ^ Allan Tiitta and Seppo Zetterberg (1992) Finland Through the Ages Reader's Digest
  3. ^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p243 (vote figures)