Parliamentary election in Finland 1962

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Result (in%)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

23.0

22.0

19.5

15.1

6.3

6.1

4.4

2.2

1.4

ML

SKDL

SDP

COOK

KP

RKP

TPSL

SPP

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1958

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

-0.1

-1.2

-3.6

-0.2

+0.4

-0.4

+2.6

+2.2

+0.3

ML

SKDL

SDP

COOK

KP

RKP

TPSL

SPP

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

       

A total of 200 seats

• SKDL : 47
• SDP : 38
• Otherwise: 3
• CP : 13
• RKP : 14
• ML : 53
• KOK : 32

Two months after the election, Ahti Karjalainen of the Land Association became the new Prime Minister of Finland.

The parliamentary elections in Finland in 1962 took place on February 4th and 5th, 1962. It was the election to the 23rd Finnish Parliament .

The Landbund, which had provided the Prime Minister with Martti Miettunen since July 1961 , emerged as the winner. The left parties, first and foremost the Social Democratic Party (SDP), but also the People's Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Federation of Workers and Small Peasants, which had formed in 1959 from a split from the SDP, lost seats.

Participating parties

Ten different parties ran for election.

The following parties were already represented in parliament:

Political party		Alignment	Top candidate
	Democratic Union of the Finnish People Suomen Kansan Demokraattinen Liitto (SKDL) Demokratiska Förbundet för Finlands Folk (DFFF)	socialist	Kusti Kulo
	Social Democratic Party of Finland Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue (SDP) Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti	social democratic	Väinö Tanner
	Landbund Maalaisliitto (ML) Agrarförbundet	social liberal	Vieno Sukselainen
	National Collection Party Kansallinen Kokoomus (KOK) Samlingspartiet	conservative	Jussi Saukkonen
	Swedish People's Party Ruotsalainen Kansanpuolue (RKP) Svenska Folkpartiet (SFP)	liberal	Jan-Magnus Jansson
	People's Party of Finland Suomen Kansanpuolue (KP) Finska Folkpartiet (FFP)	liberal	Harras Kytta
	Social-Democratic Federation of Workers and Small Farmers Työvänen ja Pienviljelijäin Sosialidemokraattinen Liitto (TPSL) Arbetarnas och Småbrukarnas Socialdemokratiska Förbund (ASSF)	social democratic

Election result

The turnout was 85.1 percent, 10.1 percentage points higher than the turnout in the last parliamentary election in 1958.

Result of the parliamentary election in Finland in 1962

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Land Federation (ML)	528,409	22.95	−0.11	53	+5
	Democratic Union of the Finnish People (SKDL)	506,829	22.02	−1.14	47	−4
	Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)	448.930	19.50	−3.62	38	−10
	National Collection Party (KOK)	346,638	15.06	−0.22	32	+3
	People's Party of Finland (KP)	146.005	6.34	+0.44	13	+5
	Swedish People's Party (RKP)	140,689	6.11	−0.39	13	-
	Social Democratic Federation of Workers and Small Farmers (TPSL)	100,396	4.36	+2.61	2	−1
	Small Farmers Party of Finland (SPP)	49,773	2.16	+2.16	-	-
	Liberal Federation (VL)	12,000	0.52	+0.18	1	+1
	Center Party of Finland	8,686	0.38	+0.38	-	-
	Åländsk Samling *	7,261	0.32	+0.04	1	-
	Small farmers' party of Finland opposition	6.329	0.27	+0.27	-	-
	Others	53	0.00	−0.01	-	-
total		2,301,998	100.00		200
Valid votes		2,301,998	99.65
Invalid votes		8.092	0.35
voter turnout		2,310,090	85.09
Eligible voters		2,714,838	100.00
Source:
Notes: * Åland mandate

After the election

Ahti Karjalainen from the Landbund became Prime Minister of a government consisting of the Landbund, the Social Democratic Union of Workers and Small Farmers, the Swedish People's Party, the Gathering Party and the People's Party of Finland. There were also three trade unionists in the cabinet, but they left the government in the fall of 1963. Reino Lehto was then commissioned to form a transitional government. The budget situation deteriorated under Lehto. In September 1964, Johannes Virolainen became chairman of a majority government from the Landbund, which had meanwhile been renamed Zentrum, and which consisted of the same parties in the Karjalainen cabinet, with the exception of the Social Democratic Union of Workers 'and Small Peasants' Union. During this period there was an economic boom and numerous reforms were implemented

Overview of the cabinets:

47. Cabinet Karjalainen I - Ahti Karjalainen (Landbund) - Government from the Landbund, Social Democratic Union of Workers and Small Farmers, Swedish People's Party, Gathering Party, People's Party of Finland (April 13, 1962 to December 18, 1963)
48. Lehto Cabinet - Reino Lehto (independent) - Transitional Government (December 18, 1963 to September 12, 1964)
49. Virolainen Cabinet - Johannes Virolainen (center) - Government from Center, Collection Party, Swedish People's Party, People's Party of Finland (September 12, 1964 to May 27, 1966)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Official result of the 1962 general election yle.fi (Finnish)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Valtiolliset ja kunnalliset vaalit, 1951–2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. stat.fi , Excel file  

Web links

• Finnish Postage Stamps - 1962 to 1966