Parliamentary election in Finland 1911

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Result (in%)

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

40.0

21.7

14.9

13.3

7.8

2.2

0.1

SDP

SP

NSP

RKP

ML

KTL

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1910

 % p

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

± 0.0

-0.4

+0.5

-0.2

+0.2

± 0.0

+0.1

SDP

SP

NSP

RKP

ML

KTL

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

      

A total of 200 seats

• SDP : 86
• KTL : 1
• RKP : 26
• NSP : 28
• ML : 16
• SP : 43

The parliamentary elections in Finland in 1911 ( Finnish Eduskuntavaalit 1911 ; Swedish Riksdagsvalet 1911 ) took place on January 2nd and 3rd, 1911. It was the election for the 5th 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	Otto Wille Kuusinen
	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 59.8 percent and thus 0.3 percentage points below the turnout in the last parliamentary election in 1910. There were no major changes compared to the election in the previous year: only the Finnish party won a seat while the Landbund lost one seat.

Result of the parliamentary election in Finland in 1911

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)	321.201	40.03	−0.01	86	-
	Finnish Party (SP)	174.177	21.71	−0.38	43	+1
	Young Finnish Party (NSP)	119,361	14.88	+0.44	28	-
	Swedish People's Party (RKP)	106,810	13.31	−0.22	26th	-
	Land Federation (ML)	62,885	7.84	+0.24	16	−1
	Christian Labor Federation of Finland (KTL)	17,245	2.15	−0.04	1	-
	Others	708	0.09	−0.04	-	-
total		802.387	100.00		200
Valid votes		802.387	99.42
Invalid votes		4,707	0.58
voter turnout		807.094	59.78
Eligible voters		1,350,058	100.00
Source:

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Official result of the 1911 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 1911 doria.fi , PDF file (Finnish)