1922 Finnish parliamentary election

1922 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 Väinö Tanner Pekka Heikkinen Antti Tulenheimo Party SDP Agrarian National Coalition Last election 37.98%, 80 seats 19.70%, 42 seats 15.71%, 26 seats Seats won 53 45 35 Seat change 27 3 9 Popular vote 216,861 175,401 157,116 Percentage 25.06% 20.27% 18.15% Swing 12.92pp 0.57pp 2.44pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Niilo Wälläri Eric von Rettig Oskari Mantere Party Socialist Workers' RKP National Progressive Last election – 12.13%, 22 seats 12.81%, 26 seats Seats won 27 25 15 Seat change new 3 11 Popular vote 128,181 107,414 79,676 Percentage 14.81% 12.41% 9.21% Swing new 0.28pp 3.60pp
Prime Minister before election Aimo Cajander Independent Prime Minister after election Kyösti Kallio Agrarian

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Parliamentary elections were held in Finland between 1 and 3 July 1922.^[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in Parliament with 53 of the 200 seats. The caretaker government of Professor Aimo Cajander (Progressive), that President Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg had appointed in June 1922, following the resignation of Prime Minister Juho Vennola (Progressive), remained in office until Kyösti Kallio formed an Agrarian-Progressive minority government in November 1922. Voter turnout was 58.5%.^[2]