Finland 1962 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Centre Party won 53 of 200 seats with 22.9% of the vote; 85.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 10.1 points on 1958.
- Finland
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Party | 53 | +5 | 22.9 | −0.1 | 528,409 |
| Democratic Union / Left Alliance | 47 | −3 | 22.0 | −1.2 | 506,829 |
| Social Democratic Party of Finland | 38 | −10 | 19.5 | −3.6 | 448,930 |
| National Coalition Party | 32 | +3 | 15.0 | −0.3 | 346,638 |
| National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party | 13 | +5 | 6.3 | +0.4 | 146,005 |
| Swedish People's Party of Finland | 13 | 0 | 6.1 | −0.4 | 140,689 |
| Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders | 2 | −1 | 4.4 | +2.7 | 100,396 |
| Finnish Party / True Finns | 0 | 2.2 | 49,773 | ||
| Liberal League | 1 | +1 | 0.5 | +0.2 | 12,000 |
| Åland Coalition | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 7,261 |
± is the change against the Finland 1958 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Centre Party 528,409
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance 506,829
- Social Democratic Party of Finland 448,930
- National Coalition Party 346,638
- National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party 146,005
- Swedish People's Party of Finland 140,689
- Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders 100,396
- Finnish Party / True Finns 49,773
- Liberal League 12,000
- Åland Coalition 7,261
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
85.1% of the 2,714,838 registered voters cast a ballot (2,310,090 ballots), up 10.1 points on 1958. 2,301,998 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
- Centre Party22.9% of votes26.5% of seats
- Democratic Union / Left Alliance22.0% of votes23.5% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Finland19.5% of votes19.0% of seats
- National Coalition Party15.0% of votes16.0% of seats
- National Progressive Party / [Finnish] Liberal People's Party6.3% of votes6.5% of seats
- Swedish People's Party of Finland6.1% of votes6.5% of seats
- Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders4.4% of votes1.0% of seats
- Liberal League0.5% of votes0.5% of seats
- Åland Coalition0.3% of votes0.5% of seats
- Finnish Party / True Finns2.2% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.8 by votes and 5.1 by seats; Centre Party led Democratic Union / Left Alliance by 0.9 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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