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1917 Finnish parliamentary election

General election

General election

FieldValue
countryFinland
flag_year1809
typeparliamentary
previous_election1916 Finnish parliamentary election
previous_year1916
next_election1919 Finnish parliamentary election
next_year1919
seats_for_electionAll 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
majority_seats101
election_date1–2 October 1917
image1KullervoManner.jpg
leader1Kullervo Manner
party1Social Democratic Party of Finland
last_election147.29%, 103 seats
seats1**92**
popular_vote1**444,670**
percentage1**44.79%**
swing12.50pp
party2Finnish–Young Finnish–People's
last_election229.99%, 56 seats
seats261
popular_vote2299,516
percentage230.17%
seat_change25
swing20.18pp
image4Filip Saalasti (cropped).jpg
leader4Filip Saalasti
party4Agrarian League (Finland)
last_election49.00%, 19 seats
seats426
popular_vote4122,900
percentage412.38%
seat_change47
swing43.38pp
image53x4.svg
leader5Eric von Rettig
party5Swedish People's Party of Finland
last_election511.76%, 21 seats
seats521
popular_vote5108,190
percentage510.90%
seat_change5
swing50.86pp
seat_change111

Parliamentary elections were held in the Grand Duchy of Finland on 1 and 2 October 1917. The general voter turnout was higher than in previous elections. The Social Democrats lost the absolute majority that they had had in the previous two elections (although they, like the other parties, had increased their number of votes in absolute terms). In other words, the "bourgeois" (non-socialist) parties taken together now had more than half the seats.

Background

The elections were the result of the constitutional crisis in Finland caused by the Russian revolution. As Russian Tsar Nicholas, head of state in Finland, had abdicated without a successor, the Finnish Parliament stated that it would become the highest power in internal matters. The Russian Provisional Government did not accept this, but ordered premature parliamentary elections, which was thought illegal by the Socialists.

Campaign

The Social Democrats demanded the quick implementation of eight-hour work day and the quick freeing of tenant farmers. The bourgeois parties, on average, wanted first to ensure that Finland would become fully independent, and only then to implement such social and economic reforms.

Results

References

References

  1. Seppo Zetterberg et al (2003) ''A Small Giant of the Finnish History'' WSOY
  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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