Finland 1958 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Democratic Union / Left Alliance won 50 of 200 seats with 23.2% of the vote; 75.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 4.9 points on 1954.
- Finland
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Union / Left Alliance | 50 | +7 | 23.2 | +1.6 | 450,220 |
| Social Democratic Party of Finland | 48 | −6 | 23.1 | −3.1 | 449,536 |
| Centre Party | 48 | −5 | 23.1 | −1.0 | 448,364 |
| National Coalition Party | 29 | +5 | 15.3 | +2.5 | 297,094 |
| Swedish People's Party of Finland | 13 | +1 | 6.5 | −0.3 | 126,365 |
| National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party | 8 | −5 | 5.9 | −2.0 | 114,617 |
| Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders | 3 | 1.7 | 33,947 | ||
| Liberal League | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 6,424 |
| Åland Coalition | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | +0.1 | 5,487 |
± is the change against the Finland 1954 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance 450,220
- Social Democratic Party of Finland 449,536
- Centre Party 448,364
- National Coalition Party 297,094
- Swedish People's Party of Finland 126,365
- National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party 114,617
- Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders 33,947
- Liberal League 6,424
- Åland Coalition 5,487
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
75.0% of the 2,606,258 registered voters cast a ballot (1,954,397 ballots), down 4.9 points on 1954. 1,944,235 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance23.2% of votes25.0% of seats
- Centre Party23.1% of votes24.0% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Finland23.1% of votes24.0% of seats
- National Coalition Party15.3% of votes14.5% of seats
- Swedish People's Party of Finland6.5% of votes6.5% of seats
- National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party5.9% of votes4.0% of seats
- Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders1.7% of votes1.5% of seats
- Åland Coalition0.3% 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 5.2 by votes and 4.9 by seats; Democratic Union / Left Alliance led Centre Party by 0.1 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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