Parliamentary election in Finland 1908
Result (in%)
%
40
30th
20th
10
0
38.4
25.4
14.2
12.7
6.4
2.3
0.6
Gains and losses
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.
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
- ↑ a b c Official result of the 1908 general election yle.fi (Finnish)
- ↑ Eduskuntavaalit 1907–2003 ( Memento of January 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), vaalit.fi, PDF file (Finnish)
- ↑ Eduskuntavaalit 1907 ja 1908 doria.fi , PDF file (Finnish)