Parliamentary election in Finland 1910

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Result (in%)

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

40.0

22.1

14.4

13.5

7.6

2.2

0.2

SDP

SP

NSP

RKP

ML

KTL

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1909

 % p

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

+0.1

-1.5

-0.1

+1.2

+0.9

-0.6

± 0.0

SDP

SP

NSP

RKP

ML

KTL

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

      

A total of 200 seats

• SDP : 86
• KTL : 1
• RKP : 26
• NSP : 28
• ML : 17
• SP : 42

The parliamentary elections in Finland in 1910 ( Finnish Eduskuntavaalit 1910 ; Swedish Riksdagsvalet 1910 ) took place on February 1st and 2nd. It was the election for the 4th Finnish Parliament . At that time Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy within the Russian Empire .

200 MPs were elected for one year. In the fourth legislative period , too, tense relations with Russia overshadowed parliamentary work; four months after the election, the Duma decided to revoke Finland's autonomy.

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 60.1 percent, 5.2 percentage points below the turnout in the parliamentary elections in 1909. With a slight increase in votes, the Social Democrats remained the strongest force ahead of the Finnish Party, which continued its downward trend from previous elections and lost six seats. The Landbund gained four seats.

Result of the parliamentary election in Finland in 1910

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)	316,951	40.04	+0.15	86	+2
	Finnish Party (SP)	174,661	22.07	−1.55	42	−6
	Young Finnish Party (NSP)	114.291	14.44	−0.06	28	−1
	Swedish People's Party (RKP)	107.121	13.53	+1.22	26th	+1
	Land Federation (ML)	60.157	7.60	+0.87	17th	+4
	Christian Labor Federation of Finland (KTL)	17,344	2.19	−0.56	1	-
	Others	1,034	0.13	−0.07	-	-
total		791,559	100.00		200
Valid votes		791,559	99.37
Invalid votes		5.010	0.63
voter turnout		796,569	60.12
Eligible voters		1,324,931	100.00
Source:

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Official result of the 1910 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 1910 doria.fi , PDF file (Finnish)