Presidential election in Finland 1931

Pehr Evind Svinhufvud

The presidential election in Finland in 1931 was the third election for the presidency in Finland.

Pehr Evind Svinhufvud from the conservative National Collection Party narrowly prevailed in the third ballot against Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg , who had previously served as president.

Elections to the electoral committee

The elections to the Electoral Committee took place on January 15 and 16, 1931.

1931 Presidential Election - Electoral Committee
Political party	percent	be right	electors
Social Democratic Party of Finland Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue (SDP) Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti	30.18	252 550	90
National Collection Party Kansallinen Kokoomuspuolue Samlingspartiet	21.56	180 378	64
Landbund Maalaisliitto (ML) Agrarförbundet	20.03	167 574	69
National Progressive Party Kansallinen Edistyspuolue Framstegspartiet	17.74	148 430	50
Swedish People's Party Ruotsalainen Kansanpuolue (RKP) Svenska Folkpartiet (SFP)	9.01	75 382	25th
Small farmers' party of Finland Suomen Pienviljelijäin Puolue (SPP)	1.41	11 772	2
other	0.08	672
total	100	836 758	300

The turnout was 47.3%.

Election result

1931 presidential election
Political party	electors	candidate	1st ballot	2nd ballot	3rd ballot
			be right	be right	be right
National Collection Party Kansallinen Kokoomuspuolue Samlingspartiet	64	Pehr Evind Svinhufvud	88	98	151
National Progressive Party Kansallinen Edistyspuolue Framstegspartiet	50	Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg	58	149	149
Landbund Maalaisliitto (ML) Agrarförbundet	69	Kyösti Kallio	64	53	-
Social Democratic Party of Finland Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue (SDP) Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti	90	Väinö Tanner	90	-	-
Swedish People's Party Ruotsalainen Kansanpuolue (RKP) Svenska Folkpartiet (SFP)	25th	not a candidate	-	-	-
Small farmers' party of Finland Suomen Pienviljelijäin Puolue (SPP)	2	not a candidate	-	-	-
total	300		300	300	300

Web links

• Finnish presidential election results