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1913 Finnish parliamentary election

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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 +/–
bgcolor=Template:Social Democratic Party of Finland/meta/color| Social Democratic Party of Finland 312,214 43.11 90 +4
bgcolor=Template:Finnish Party/meta/color| Finnish Party 143,982 19.88 38 –5
bgcolor=Template:Young Finnish Party/meta/color| Young Finnish Party 102,313 14.13 29 +1
bgcolor=Template:Swedish People's Party of Finland/meta/color| Swedish People's Party 94,672 13.07 25 –1
bgcolor=Template:Agrarian League (Finland)/meta/color| Agrarian League 56,977 7.87 18 +2
bgcolor=Template:Christian Workers' Union (Finland)/meta/color| Christian Workers' Union 12,850 1.77 0 –1
Others 1,296 0.18 0
Total 724,304 100 200 0
Valid votes 724,304 99.13
Invalid/blank votes 6,345 0.87
Total votes cast 730,649 100
Registered voters/turnout 1,430,135 51.09
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)