1909 Finnish parliamentary election

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1909 Finnish parliamentary election
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All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Edvard Valpas-Hänninen
Party SDP Finnish Young Finnish
Last election38.40%, 83 seats25.44%, 55 seats14.23%, 26 seats
Seats won844829
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 7Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote337,685199,920122,770
Percentage39.89%23.62%14.50%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.49ppDecrease2.svg 1.82ppIncrease2.svg 0.27pp
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Axel Lille in 1906 (cropped).jpg Otto Karhi 1907.jpg Antti Kaarne 1909.png
Leader Axel Lille Otto Karhi Antti Kaarne
Party RKP Agrarian SKrTL
Last election12.74%, 24 seats6.31%, 10 seats2.33%, 2 seats
Seats won25131
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote104,19156,94323,259
Percentage12.31%6.73%2.75%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.43ppIncrease2.svg 0.34ppIncrease2.svg 0.42pp

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

Results

1909 Eduskunta.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party 337,68539.8984+1
Finnish Party 199,92023.6248–7
Young Finnish Party 122,77014.5029+3
Swedish People's Party 104,19112.3125+1
Agrarian League 56,9436.7313+3
Christian Workers' Union 23,2592.751–1
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]

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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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