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1909 Finnish parliamentary election

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1–3 May 1909

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All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Edvard Valpas-Hänninen
Party	SDP	Finnish	Young Finnish
Last election	38.40%, 83 seats	25.44%, 55 seats	14.23%, 26 seats
Seats won	84	48	29
Seat change	1	7	3
Popular vote	337,685	199,920	122,770
Percentage	39.89%	23.62%	14.50%
Swing	1.49pp	1.82pp	0.27pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Axel Lille	Otto Karhi	Antti Kaarne
Party	RKP	Agrarian	SKrTL
Last election	12.74%, 24 seats	6.31%, 10 seats	2.33%, 2 seats
Seats won	25	13	1
Seat change	1	3	1
Popular vote	104,191	56,943	23,259
Percentage	12.31%	6.73%	2.75%
Swing	0.43pp	0.34pp	0.42pp

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Grand Duchy of Finland between 1 and 3 May 1909.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party	337,685	39.89	84	+1
	Finnish Party	199,920	23.62	48	–7
	Young Finnish Party	122,770	14.50	29	+3
	Swedish People's Party	104,191	12.31	25	+1
	Agrarian League	56,943	6.73	13	+3
	Christian Workers' Union	23,259	2.75	1	–1
	Others	1,703	0.20	0	–
Total		846,471	100.00	200	0

Valid votes		846,471	99.27
Invalid/blank votes		6,212	0.73
Total votes		852,683	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,305,305	65.32
Source: Mackie & Rose

References

Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1982) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p103
Mackie & Rose, pp104–106

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