1936 Finnish parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1936.[1] Following the election Prime Minister Toivo Mikael Kivimäki of the National Progressive Party was defeated in a confidence vote in September 1936 and resigned in October. Kyösti Kallio of the Agrarian League formed a centrist minority government after Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (National Coalition Party) refused to allow the Social Democrats to join the government. After Svinhufvud's defeat in the February 1937 presidential election, Kallio took office as the new President in March 1937, and he allowed the Social Democrats, Agrarians and Progressives to form the first centre-left or "red soil" ("red" for the Social Democrats and "soil" for the Agrarians) Finnish government. Aimo Cajander (Progressive) became Prime Minister, although the real strong men of the government were Finance Minister Väinö Tanner (Social Democrat) and Defence Minister Juho Niukkanen (Agrarian).
Background
Finland had clearly recovered from the
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Social Democratic Party | 452,751 | 38.59 | 83 | +5 | |
Agrarian League | 262,917 | 22.41 | 53 | 0 | |
Swedish People's Party | 131,440 | 11.20 | 21 | 0 | |
National Coalition Party | 121,619 | 10.36 | 20 | +2 | |
Patriotic People's Movement | 97,891 | 8.34 | 14 | 0 | |
National Progressive Party | 73,654 | 6.28 | 7 | –4 | |
Small Farmers' Party | 23,159 | 1.97 | 1 | –2 | |
People's Party | 7,449 | 0.63 | 1 | –1 | |
Others | 2,502 | 0.21 | 0 | – | |
Total | 1,173,382 | 100.00 | 200 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 1,173,382 | 99.57 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 5,030 | 0.43 | |||
Total votes | 1,178,412 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,872,908 | 62.92 | |||
Source: Tilastokeskus 2004[4] Suomen virallinen tilasto[5] |
References
- ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Seppo Zetterberg et al., eds., A Small Giant of the Finnish History / Suomen historian pikkujättiläinen, Helsinki: WSOY, 2003
- ^ Sakari Virkkunen, Finland's Presidents I / Suomen presidentit I, Helsinki: WSOY, 1994
- ^ Tiedosto "595. Eduskuntavaalit 1927–2003 (Tilastokeskus 2004)
- ^ Suomen virallinen tilasto 29 A, XVII.