Finnish parliamentary election, 1913

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Grand Duchy of Finland on 1 and 2 August 1913. In 1914, the Russian government decided to suspend the Finnish Parliament for the duration of World War I.

Campaign

Finnish voters' growing frustration with Parliament's performance was reflected by the low voter turnout; the Social Democrats and Agrarians, championing the cause of poor workers and farmers, kept gaining votes at the expense of the Old Finns, whose main concern was the passive defence of Finland´s self-government. They disagreed on the social and economic policies, and thus did not formulate very clear positions on them.[1][2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party of Finland312,21443.1190+4
Finnish Party143,98219.8838–5
Young Finnish Party102,31314.1329+1
Swedish People's Party94,67213.0725–1
Agrarian League56,9777.8718+2
Christian Workers' Union12,8501.770–1
Others1,2960.180
Invalid/blank votes6,345
Total730,6491002000
Registered voters/turnout1,430,13551.1
Source: Mackie & Rose[3]
Popular vote
SDP
 
43.11%
SP
 
19.88%
NSP
 
14.13%
RKP
 
13.07%
ML
 
7.87%
KTL
 
1.77%
Others
 
0.18%
Parliament seats
SDP
 
45.00%
SP
 
19.00%
NSP
 
14.50%
RKP
 
12.50%
ML
 
9.00%

References

  1. Seppo Zetterberg et al (2008) A Small Giant of the Finnish History WSOJ
  2. Allan Tiitta and Seppo Zetterberg (1992) Finland Through the Ages Reader´s Digest
  3. Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p243 (vote figures)
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