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Finland 1933 parliamentary election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Finland won 78 of 200 seats with 37.3% of the vote; 62.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Social Democratic Party of Finland7837.3413,551
Centre Party5322.5249,758
National Coalition Party1816.9187,527
Swedish People's Party of Finland2110.4115,433
National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party117.482,129
Small Farmers' Party of Finland33.437,544
People's Party20.89,390
Largest party without seats00.22,667
Patriotic People's Movement14
Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland 413,551
  • Centre Party 249,758
  • National Coalition Party 187,527
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland 115,433
  • National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party 82,129
  • Small Farmers' Party of Finland 37,544
  • People's Party 9,390
  • Largest party without seats 2,667
  • Patriotic People's Movement

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

62.2% of the 1,789,331 registered voters cast a ballot (1,112,740 ballots). 1,107,823 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Social Democratic Party of Finland37.3% of votes39.0% of seats
  • Centre Party22.5% of votes26.5% of seats
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland10.4% of votes10.5% of seats
  • National Coalition Party16.9% of votes9.0% of seats
  • National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party7.4% of votes5.5% of seats
  • Small Farmers' Party of Finland3.4% of votes1.5% of seats
  • People's Party0.8% of votes1.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.2 by votes and 4.0 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Finland led Centre Party by 14.8 points of the vote. How these are computed.

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