Parliamentary election in Finland 1908

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1907Parliamentary election 19081909
Result (in%)
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
38.4
25.4
14.2
12.7
6.4
2.3
0.6
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1907
 % p
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+1.4
-1.9
+0.5
+0.1
+0.6
+0.7
-1.4
Otherwise.
Distribution of seats
      
A total of 200 seats

The parliamentary elections in Finland 1908 ( Finnish Eduskuntavaalit 1908 ; Swedish Riksdagsvalet 1908 ) took place early on July 1st and 2nd, 1908, after which the parliament of the first legislative period was dissolved by the Russian tsar on April 8th for "subversive sentiments". It was the election for the 2nd 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 Edvard Valpas-Hänninen
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 Otto Karhi
Christian Workers' Union of Finland
Suomen Kristillisen Työvänen Liitto (KTL)
Finlands kristliga arbetarförbund
Christian - social democratic

Election result

The turnout was 64.4 percent and thus 6.3 percentage points below the turnout in the last parliamentary election in 1907. The Social Democrats remained the strongest force in front of the Finnish party and gained three seats. Overall, there were no major shifts.

Result of the parliamentary election in Finland in 1908
Political party be right Seats
number % +/- number +/-
Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) 310,826 38.40 +1.37 83 +3
Finnish Party (SP) 205,892 25.44 −1.90 55 −4
Young Finnish Party * (NSP) 115,201 14.23 +0.58 26th -
Swedish People's Party (RKP) 103.146 12.74 +0.14 24 -
Land Federation (ML) 51,756 6.39 +0.65 10 +1
Christian Labor Federation of Finland (KTL) 18,848 2.33 +0.78 2 -
Others 3,772 0.47 −1.61 - -
total 809.441 100.00 200
Valid votes 809.441 99.03
Invalid votes 7,896 0.97
voter turnout 817.337 64.40
Eligible voters 1,269,177 100.00
Source:
Note: * previously Constitutional-Fennomane Party

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Official result of the 1908 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 1907 ja 1908 doria.fi , PDF file (Finnish)