1929 Finnish parliamentary election

1929 Finnish parliamentary election
1–2 July 1929
All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Pekka Heikkinen Matti Paasivuori Kyösti Haataja
Party Agrarian SDP National Coalition
Last election 22.56%, 52 seats 28.30%, 60 seats 17.74%, 34 seats
Seats won 60 59 28
Seat change 8 1 6
Popular vote 248,762 260,254 138,008
Percentage 26.15% 27.36% 14.51%
Swing 3.59pp 0.94pp 3.23pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Eric von Rettig Oskari Mantere
Party STPV RKP National Progressive
Last election 12.08%, 20 seats 12.20%, 24 seats 6.77%, 10 seats
Seats won 23 23 7
Seat change 3 1 3
Popular vote 128,164 108,886 53,301
Percentage 13.47% 11.45% 5.60%
Swing 1.39pp 0.75pp 1.17pp
Prime Minister before election

Oskari Mantere
National Progressive

 Prime Minister after election

Kyösti Kallio
Agrarian

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1929. The result was a victory for the Agrarian League, which won 60 of the 200 seats in Parliament. Voter turnout was 55.6%.

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