Parliamentary election in Finland 1909

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Result (in%)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

39.9

23.6

14.5

12.3

6.7

2.8

0.2

SDP

SP

NSP

RKP

ML

KTL

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1908

 % p

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

+1.5

-1.8

+0.3

-0.4

+0.3

+0.5

-0.4

SDP

SP

NSP

RKP

ML

KTL

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

      

A total of 200 seats

• SDP : 84
• KTL : 1
• RKP : 25
• NSP : 29
• ML : 13
• SP : 48

The parliamentary elections in Finland in 1909 ( Finnish Eduskuntavaalit 1909 ; Swedish Riksdagsvalet 1909 ) took place on May 1st and 3rd, 1909. It was the election for the 3rd Finnish Parliament .

Participating parties

Six different parties ran for election:

Political party		Alignment	Top candidate
	Social Democratic Party of Finland Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue (SDP) Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti	social democratic	Matti Paasivuori
	Finnish party Suomalainen Puolue (SP) Finska partiet	conservative - fennoman
	Young Finnish Party Nuorsuomalainen Puolue (NSP) Ungfinska partiet	national - liberal
	Swedish People's Party Ruotsalainen Kansanpuolue (RKP) Svenska Folkpartiet (SFP)	liberal	Axel Lille
	Landbund Maalaisliitto (ML) Agrarförbundet	social liberal	Kyösti Kallio
	Christian Workers' Union of Finland Suomen Kristillisen Työvänen Liitto (KTL) Finlands kristliga arbetarförbund	Christian - social democratic

Election result

The turnout was 65.3 percent and thus 0.9 percentage points above the turnout in the last parliamentary election in 1908. The Social Democrats remained the strongest force ahead of the Finnish party with an increase in votes.

Result of the parliamentary election in Finland in 1909

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)	337.685	39.89	+1.49	84	+1
	Finnish Party (SP)	199.920	23.62	−1.82	48	−7
	Young Finnish Party (NSP)	122,770	14.50	+0.27	29	+3
	Swedish People's Party (RKP)	104.191	12.31	−0.43	25th	+1
	Land Federation (ML)	56,943	6.73	+0.34	13	+3
	Christian Labor Federation of Finland (KTL)	23,259	2.75	+0.42	1	−1
	Others	1,703	0.20	−0.27	-	-
total		846.471	100.00		200
Valid votes		846.471	99.27
Invalid votes		6.212	0.73
voter turnout		852.683	65.32
Eligible voters		1,305,305	100.00
Source:

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Official result of the 1909 general election yle.fi (Finnish)
2. ↑ Eduskuntavaalit 1907–2003 ( Memento of January 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), vaalit.fi, PDF file (Finnish)
3. ↑ Eduskuntavaalit vuonna 1909 doria.fi , PDF file (Finnish)