Parliamentary election in Finland 1927

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1924General election 19271929
Result (in%)
 %
30th
20th
10
0
28.3
22.6
17.7
12.2
12.1
6.8
0.3
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1924
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-0.7
+2.3
-1.3
+0.2
+1.6
-2.3
+0.2
Otherwise.
Distribution of seats
      
A total of 200 seats

The parliamentary elections in Finland in 1927 ( Finnish Eduskuntavaalit 1927 ; Swedish Riksdagsvalet 1927 ) took place on July 1 and 2, 1927. It was the election for the 12th Finnish Parliament .

In the three years following the last election in 1924, there were four different governments. Most recently, the Social Democrat Väinö Tanner ruled as Prime Minister. However, his SDP had no official coalition and with its 60 seats formed a minority government.

The second strongest force in parliament, the Landbund, was able to achieve the greatest gains: eight more seats than in the previous legislative period were won in the election. The Social Democrats, on the other hand, lost slightly. The conservative rallying party and the liberal Progress Party suffered the greatest losses.

Participating parties

7 different parties and an alliance ran for election:

Political party Alignment Top candidate
Social Democratic Party of Finland
Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue (SDP)
Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti
social democratic Matti Paasivuori
Landbund
Maalaisliitto (ML)
Agrarförbundet
agrarian Petter Heikkinen
National Collection
Party Kansallinen Kokoomus (KOK)
Samlingspartiet
conservative Kyösti Haataja
Swedish People's Party
Ruotsalainen Kansanpuolue (RKP)
Svenska Folkpartiet (SFP)
liberal Eric from Rettig
Socialist workers 'and
peasants' election organization Sosialistinen Työvänen ja Pienviljelijöiden Vaalijärjestö (STPV)
socialist
National Progressive Party
Kansallinen Edistyspuolue (ED)
Framstegspartiet
liberal Oskari Mantere
Peasant electoral alliance
Talonpoika Vaaliliitto
agrarian
Maanviljelijäin Puolue farmers'
party
agrarian

Election result

The turnout was 55.8 percent, 1.6 percentage points below the turnout in the last parliamentary election in 1927.

Result of the parliamentary election in Finland in 1927
Political party be right Seats
number % +/- number +/-
Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) 257,572 28.30 −0.72 60 -
Land Federation (ML) 205.313 22.56 +2.31 52 +8
National Collection Party (KOK) 161,450 17.74 −1.25 34 −4
Swedish People's Party (RKP) 111.005 12.20 +0.17 24 +1
Socialist workers 'and peasants' election organization (STPV) 109,939 12.08 +1.63 20th +2
National Progressive Party (ED) 61,613 6.77 −2.32 10 −7
Peasant election alliance 1,341 0.15 +0.10 - -
Farmer's Party 784 0.09 +0.09 - -
Others 1,174 0.13 +0.01 - -
total 910.191 100.00 200
Valid votes 910.191 99.54
Invalid votes 4,180 0.46
voter turnout 914.371 55.79
Eligible voters 1,638,864 100.00
Source:

After the election

Juho Sunila became the new Prime Minister of Finland on December 17, 1927. His Landbund ruled alone in a minority government. The Landbund remained in government for a year before Oskari Mantere was elected Prime Minister by the Progressive Party. Until August 16, 1929, ministers of the Progress Party ruled together with ministers from the Collection Party, who, however, belonged to the Cabinet on their own initiative and were not sent to it by the Collection Party. New elections took place in July 1929, exactly two years to the day after the 1927 elections.

Overview:

  1. Cabinet Sunila I - Juho Sunila (ML) - Government: ML ( December 17, 1927 to December 22, 1928 )
  2. Cabinet Mantere - Oskari Mantere (Ed.) - Government: Ed. (with ministers from Kok., December 22, 1928 to August 16, 1929 )

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Official result of parliamentary elections 1927 yle.fi (Finnish)
  2. Eduskuntavaalit 1907–2003 ( Memento of January 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), vaalit.fi, PDF file (Finnish)
  3. Eduskuntavaalit vuonna 1927 doria.fi , PDF file (Finnish)