1962 Finnish parliamentary election

1962 Finnish parliamentary election
4–5 February 1962
All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader V. J. Sukselainen Kusti Kulo Väinö Tanner
Party Agrarian SKDL SDP
Last election 23.06%, 48 seats 23.16%, 50 seats 23.12%, 48 seats
Seats won 53 47 38
Seat change 5 3 10
Popular vote 528,409 506,829 448,930
Percentage 22.95% 22.02% 19.50%
Swing 0.11pp 1.14pp 3.62pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jussi Saukkonen Harras Kyttä Lars Erik Taxell
Party National Coalition People's RKP
Last election 15.28%, 29 seats 5.90%, 8 seats 6.50%, 13 seats
Seats won 32 13 13
Seat change 3 5
Popular vote 346,638 146,005 140,689
Percentage 15.06% 6.34% 6.11%
Swing 0.22pp 0.44pp 0.39pp
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Emil Skog Teuvo Aura
Party TPSL Liberal League ÅS
Last election 1.75%, 3 seats 0.33%, 0 seats 0.28%, 1 seat
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 100,396 12,000 7,261
Percentage 4.36% 0.52% 0.32%
Swing 2.61pp 0.19pp 0.04pp
Prime Minister before election

Martti Miettunen
Agrarian

 Prime Minister after election

Ahti Karjalainen
Agrarian

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 4 and 5 February 1962.

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