Parliamentary election in Finland 1933

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Result (in%)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

37.3

22.5

16.9

10.4

7.4

3.4

2.1

SDP

ML

KOK ^c

RKP

ED

SPP

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1930

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

+3.1

-4.8

± 0.0

+0.4

+1.6

+1.5

-1.8

SDP

ML

KOK ^c

RKP

ED

SPP

Otherwise.

Remarks:

^c The KOK stoodfor electionin an alliance with the ICL .

Distribution of seats

       

A total of 200 seats

• SDP : 78
• Otherwise: 5
• ED : 11
• RKP : 21
• ML : 53
• KOK : 18
• ICL : 14

The parliamentary elections in Finland in 1933 ( Finnish Eduskuntavaalit 1933 ; Swedish Riksdagsvalet 1933 ) took place from July 1st to 3rd, 1933. It was the election for the 15th Finnish parliament .

The election took place at a time of domestic political tension. In 1932 supporters of the right-wing Lapua movement founded the Patriotic People's Movement, which in 1933 took part in the election for the first time in an electoral alliance with the rallying party. Toivo Kivimäki (Progressive Party), who had been Prime Minister of Finland since December 14, 1932, was seen as a fighter against extreme groups. In April 1933 the so-called sedition law was passed, which forbade the wearing of party uniforms and forbade military organizations.

The Social Democrats were able to significantly increase their result from the 1930 election. The rallying party, which formed an alliance with a Patriotic People's Movement, suffered heavy losses. The Landbund also lost votes.

Participating parties

Eleven different parties and several different lists and alliances ran for election.

The following parties were already represented in parliament:

Political party		Alignment	Top candidate
	Social Democratic Party of Finland Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue (SDP) Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti	social democratic	Kaarlo Harvala
	Landbund Maalaisliitto (ML) Agrarförbundet	social liberal	Petter Heikkinen
	National Collection Party Kansallinen Kokoomus (KOK) Samlingspartiet	conservative	Paavo Virkkunen
	Swedish People's Party Ruotsalainen Kansanpuolue (RKP) Svenska Folkpartiet (SFP)	liberal	Eric from Rettig
	National Progressive Party Kansallinen Edistyspuolue (ED) Framstegspartiet	liberal	Oskari Mantere
	Small farmers' party of Finland Suomen Pienviljelijäin Puolue (SPP)	Left

Election result

The turnout was 62.2 percent, 3.7 percentage points below the turnout in the last parliamentary election in 1930.

Result of the parliamentary election in Finland in 1933

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)	413,551	37.33	+3.17	78	+12
	Land Federation (ML)	249,758	22.54	−4.74	53	−6
	National Collection Party (KOK)	187,527	16.93	-	18th	−24
	Patriotic People's Movement (ICL)				14th	+14
	Swedish People's Party (RKP)	115,433	10.42	+0.39	21st	+1
	National Progressive Party (ED)	82.129	7.41	+1.58	11	-
	Small Farmers Party of Finland (SPP)	37,544	3.39	+1.62	3	+2
	People's Party	9,390	0.85	+0.85	2	+2
	Finnish People's Organization (SKJ)	2,733	0.25	+0.25	-	-
	"Party for the Workers" list	2,667	0.24	-	-	-
	Electoral list Real Finns, abstainers, etc.	1,476	0.13	-	-	-
	National Socialist Federation of Finland (SKSL)	1.406	0.13	+0.13	-	-
	Electoral alliance of workers, small farmers and intellectuals	787	0.07	-	-	-
	Electoral alliance for men in need	645	0.06	-	-	-
	Finnish Labor Party	537	0.05	+0.05	-	-
	Electoral alliance of the poor and the people's party	370	0.03	-	-	-
	List "VF Johanson and M. Saarikoski"	101	0.01	-	-	-
	Economic electoral alliance	96	0.01	-	-	-
	Others	1,528	0.14	−0.03	-	-
total		1,107,823	100.00		200
Valid votes		1,107,823	99.56
Invalid votes		4,917	0.44
voter turnout		1,112,740	62.19
Eligible voters		1,789,331	100.00
Source:

After the election

Toivo Kivimäki's government remained in office. The coalition of the Progress Party, Sweden and the Landbund was thus retained.

Overview:

20. Kivimäki Cabinet - Toivo Kivimäki (Ed.) - Government: Ed., ML, RKP ( December 14, 1932 to October 7, 1936 )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Official result of the 1933 general election yle.fi (Finnish)
2. ↑ Finnish Postage Stamps - Between the Wars
3. ↑ Eduskuntavaalit 1907–2003 ( Memento of January 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), vaalit.fi, PDF file (Finnish)
4. ↑ Eduskuntavaalit vuonna 1933 doria.fi , PDF file (Finnish)