Finland 1927 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Finland won 60 of 200 seats with 28.3% of the vote; 55.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Finland
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Finland | 60 | 28.3 | 257,572 |
| Centre Party | 52 | 22.6 | 205,313 |
| National Coalition Party | 34 | 17.7 | 161,450 |
| Swedish People's Party of Finland | 24 | 12.2 | 111,005 |
| Democratic Union / Left Alliance | 20 | 12.1 | 109,939 |
| National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party | 10 | 6.8 | 61,613 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.1 | 1,341 |
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party of Finland 257,572
- Centre Party 205,313
- National Coalition Party 161,450
- Swedish People's Party of Finland 111,005
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance 109,939
- National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party 61,613
- Largest party without seats 1,341
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
55.8% of the 1,638,864 registered voters cast a ballot (914,371 ballots). 910,191 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democratic Party of Finland28.3% of votes30.0% of seats
- Centre Party22.6% of votes26.0% of seats
- National Coalition Party17.7% of votes17.0% of seats
- Swedish People's Party of Finland12.2% of votes12.0% of seats
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance12.1% of votes10.0% of seats
- National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party6.8% of votes5.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.1 by votes and 4.7 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Finland led Centre Party by 5.7 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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