1913 Finnish parliamentary election

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 4 5 1 Popular vote 312,214 143,982 102,313 Percentage 43.11% 19.88% 14.13% Swing 3.08pp 1.83pp 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 1 2 Popular vote 94,672 56,977 Percentage 13.07% 7.87% Swing 0.24pp 0.03pp

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.

Campaign

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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party	312,214	43.11	90	+4
	Finnish Party	143,982	19.88	38	–5
	Young Finnish Party	102,313	14.13	29	+1
	Swedish People's Party	94,672	13.07	25	–1
	Agrarian League	56,977	7.87	18	+2
	Christian Workers' Union	12,850	1.77	0	–1
	Others	1,296	0.18	0	–
Total		724,304	100.00	200	0
Valid votes		724,304	99.13
Invalid/blank votes		6,345	0.87
Total votes		730,649	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,430,135	51.09
Source: Mackie & Rose [3]

References

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)