1945 Finnish parliamentary election

1945 Finnish parliamentary election
17–18 March 1945
All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Onni Hiltunen Cay Sundström Viljami Kalliokoski
Party SDP SKDL Agrarian
Last election 85 seats, 39.77% – 56 seats, 22.86%
Seats won 50 49 49
Seat change 35 new 7
Popular vote 425,948 398,618 362,662
Percentage 25.08% 23.47% 21.35%
Swing 14.69pp new 1.51pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Edwin Linkomies Ernst von Born Tyko Tarponen
Party National Coalition RKP National Progressive
Last election 25 seats, 13.58% 18 seats, 9.61% 6 seats, 4.81%
Seats won 28 14 9
Seat change 5 4 3
Popular vote 255,394 134,106 87,868
Percentage 15.04% 7.90% 5.17%
Swing 1.46pp 1.71pp 0.36pp
  Seventh party
 
Party Swedish Left
Last election 0 seats, 0.46%
Seats won 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 8,192
Percentage 0.48%
Swing 0.02pp
Prime Minister before election

Juho Kusti Paasikivi
National Coalition

 Prime Minister after election

Juho Kusti Paasikivi
National Coalition

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 17 and 18 March 1945. The broad-based centre-left government of Prime Minister Juho Kusti Paasikivi (National Coalition/Independent) remained in office after the elections.

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