1924 Finnish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 April 1924. Although the Social Democratic Party remained the largest in Parliament with 60 of the 200 seats, Lauri Ingman of the National Coalition Party formed a centre-right majority government in May 1924. It remained intact until the Agrarians left in November 1924. Voter turnout was 57.4%.

1–2 April 1924

All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Väinö Tanner	Pekka Heikkinen	Antti Tulenheimo
Party	SDP	Agrarian	National Coalition
Last election	25.06%, 53 seats	20.27%, 45 seats	18.15%, 35 seats
Seats won	60	44	38
Seat change	7	1	3
Popular vote	255,068	177,982	166,880
Percentage	29.02%	20.25%	18.99%
Swing	3.96pp	0.02pp	0.84pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Eric von Rettig		Oskari Mantere
Party	RKP	STPV	National Progressive
Last election	12.41%, 25 seats	–	9.21%, 15 seats
Seats won	23	18	17
Seat change	2	New	2
Popular vote	105,733	91,839	79,937
Percentage	12.03%	10.45%	9.09%
Swing	0.38pp	New	0.12pp

Prime Minister before election

Aimo Cajander
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Lauri Ingman
National Coalition

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