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Finland 1917 parliamentary election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Finland won 92 of 171 seats with 44.8% of the vote; 68.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Social Democratic Party of Finland9244.8444,670
Finnish Party3230.2299,516
Centre Party2612.4122,900
Swedish People's Party of Finland2110.9108,190
Christian Workers' Union of Finland01.615,489
Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland 444,670
  • Finnish Party 299,516
  • Centre Party 122,900
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland 108,190
  • Christian Workers' Union of Finland 15,489

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.

Share of the vote

Turnout

68.9% of the 1,441,075 registered voters cast a ballot (992,762 ballots). How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Social Democratic Party of Finland44.8% of votes53.8% of seats
  • Finnish Party30.2% of votes18.7% of seats
  • Centre Party12.4% of votes15.2% of seats
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland10.9% of votes12.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 10.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.1 by votes and 2.8 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Finland led Finnish Party by 14.6 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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