Finland 1948 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Centre Party won 56 of 200 seats with 24.2% of the vote; 78.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 3.4 points on 1945.
- Finland
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Finland | 54 | +4 | 26.3 | +1.2 | 494,719 |
| Centre Party | 56 | +7 | 24.2 | +2.8 | 455,635 |
| Democratic Union / Left Alliance | 38 | −11 | 20.0 | −3.5 | 375,538 |
| National Coalition Party | 33 | +5 | 17.0 | +2.0 | 320,366 |
| Swedish People's Party of Finland | 13 | −1 | 7.3 | −0.6 | 137,981 |
| National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party | 5 | −4 | 3.9 | −1.3 | 73,444 |
| Åland Coalition | 1 | 0.4 | 6,567 | ||
| Small Farmers Party | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | −0.9 | 5,378 |
± is the change against the Finland 1945 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party of Finland 494,719
- Centre Party 455,635
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance 375,538
- National Coalition Party 320,366
- Swedish People's Party of Finland 137,981
- National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party 73,444
- Åland Coalition 6,567
- Small Farmers Party 5,378
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.
Share of the vote
Turnout
78.2% of the 2,420,287 registered voters cast a ballot (1,893,837 ballots), up 3.4 points on 1945. 1,879,968 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Centre Party24.2% of votes28.0% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Finland26.3% of votes27.0% of seats
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance20.0% of votes19.0% of seats
- National Coalition Party17.0% of votes16.5% of seats
- Swedish People's Party of Finland7.3% of votes6.5% of seats
- National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party3.9% of votes2.5% of seats
- Åland Coalition0.4% of votes0.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.9 by votes and 4.6 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Finland led Centre Party by 2.1 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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