1939 Finnish parliamentary election

1939 Finnish parliamentary election

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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 Kaarlo Harvala Pekka Heikkinen Pekka Pennanen Party SDP Agrarian National Coalition Last election 83 seats, 38.59% 53 seats, 22.41% 20 seats, 10.36% Seats won 85 56 25 Seat change 2 3 5 Popular vote 515,980 296,529 176,215 Percentage 39.77% 22.86% 13.58% Swing 1.18pp 0.45pp 3.22pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ernst von Born Vilho Annala Aimo Cajander Party RKP IKL National Progressive Last election 21 seats, 11.20% 14 seats, 8.34% 7 seats, 6.28% Seats won 18 8 6 Seat change 3 6 1 Popular vote 124,720 86,219 62,387 Percentage 9.61% 6.68% 4.81% Swing 1.59pp 1.66pp 1.47pp   Seventh party   Party Party of Smallholders and Rural People Last election 2 seats, 2.60% Seats won 2 Seat change 0 Popular vote 27,783 Percentage 2.14% Swing 0.46pp
Prime Minister before election Aimo Cajander National Progressive Prime Minister after election Aimo Cajander National Progressive

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Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1939.^[1] Following the elections, the National Progressive Party-led government of Aimo Cajander continued in office. However, he was replaced by Risto Ryti's Progressive-led war government in December 1939.