1909 Finnish parliamentary election

1909 Finnish parliamentary election

←  1908 1–3 May 1909 1910  →
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 1 7 3 Popular vote 337,685 199,920 122,770 Percentage 39.89% 23.62% 14.50% Swing 1.49pp 1.82pp 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 1 3 1 Popular vote 104,191 56,943 23,259 Percentage 12.31% 6.73% 2.75% Swing 0.43pp 0.34pp 0.42pp

Parliamentary elections were held in the Grand Duchy of Finland between 1 and 3 May 1909. ^[1]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party	337,685	39.89	84	+1
	Finnish Party	199,920	23.62	48	–7
	Young Finnish Party	122,770	14.50	29	+3
	Swedish People's Party	104,191	12.31	25	+1
	Agrarian League	56,943	6.73	13	+3
	Christian Workers' Union	23,259	2.75	1	–1
	Others	1,703	0.20	0	–
Total		846,471	100.00	200	0
Valid votes		846,471	99.27
Invalid/blank votes		6,212	0.73
Total votes		852,683	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,305,305	65.32
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