Finland 1954 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Finland won 54 of 200 seats with 26.2% of the vote; 79.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 5.3 points on 1951.
- Finland
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Finland | 54 | +1 | 26.2 | −0.3 | 527,094 |
| Centre Party | 53 | +2 | 24.1 | +0.8 | 483,958 |
| Democratic Union / Left Alliance | 43 | 0 | 21.6 | 0.0 | 433,251 |
| National Coalition Party | 24 | −4 | 12.8 | −1.8 | 257,025 |
| National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party | 13 | +3 | 7.9 | +2.2 | 158,323 |
| Swedish People's Party of Finland | 12 | −2 | 6.8 | −0.5 | 135,768 |
| Liberal League | 0 | 0.3 | 6,810 | ||
| Åland Coalition | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | −0.1 | 4,651 |
± is the change against the Finland 1951 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party of Finland 527,094
- Centre Party 483,958
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance 433,251
- National Coalition Party 257,025
- National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party 158,323
- Swedish People's Party of Finland 135,768
- Liberal League 6,810
- Åland Coalition 4,651
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
79.9% of the 2,526,969 registered voters cast a ballot (2,019,042 ballots), up 5.3 points on 1951. 2,008,257 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1945. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democratic Party of Finland26.2% of votes27.0% of seats
- Centre Party24.1% of votes26.5% of seats
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance21.6% of votes21.5% of seats
- National Coalition Party12.8% of votes12.0% of seats
- National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party7.9% of votes6.5% of seats
- Swedish People's Party of Finland6.8% of votes6.0% of seats
- Åland Coalition0.2% of votes0.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.0 by votes and 4.7 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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