1939 Finnish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1939. Following the elections, the National Progressive Party-led government of Aimo Cajander continued in office. However, he was replaced by Risto Ryti's Progressive-led war government in December 1939.

1–2 July 1939

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

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Kaarlo Harvala	Pekka Heikkinen	Pekka Pennanen
Party	SDP	Agrarian	National Coalition
Last election	83 seats, 38.59%	53 seats, 22.41%	20 seats, 10.36%
Seats won	85	56	25
Seat change	2	3	5
Popular vote	515,980	296,529	176,215
Percentage	39.77%	22.86%	13.58%
Swing	1.18pp	0.45pp	3.22pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Ernst von Born	Vilho Annala	Aimo Cajander
Party	RKP	IKL	National Progressive
Last election	21 seats, 11.20%	14 seats, 8.34%	7 seats, 6.28%
Seats won	18	8	6
Seat change	3	6	1
Popular vote	124,720	86,219	62,387
Percentage	9.61%	6.68%	4.81%
Swing	1.59pp	1.66pp	1.47pp

	Seventh party

Party	Party of Smallholders and Rural People
Last election	2 seats, 2.60%
Seats won	2
Seat change	0
Popular vote	27,783
Percentage	2.14%
Swing	0.46pp

Prime Minister before election

Aimo Cajander
National Progressive

Prime Minister after election

Aimo Cajander
National Progressive

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