1917 Finnish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in the Grand Duchy of Finland on 1 and 2 October 1917. The general voter turnout was higher than in previous elections. The Social Democrats lost the absolute majority that they had had in the previous two elections (although they, like the other parties, had increased their number of votes in absolute terms). In other words, the "bourgeois" (non-socialist) parties taken together now had more than half the seats.

1917 Finnish parliamentary election

1–2 October 1917

All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Kullervo Manner
Party SDP Finnish–Young Finnish–People's
Last election 47.29%, 103 seats 29.99%, 56 seats
Seats won 92 61
Seat change 11 5
Popular vote 444,670 299,516
Percentage 44.79% 30.17%
Swing 2.50pp 0.18pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Filip Saalasti Eric von Rettig
Party Agrarian RKP
Last election 9.00%, 19 seats 11.76%, 21 seats
Seats won 26 21
Seat change 7
Popular vote 122,900 108,190
Percentage 12.38% 10.90%
Swing 3.38pp 0.86pp
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