1948 Finnish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1948.

1948 Finnish parliamentary election
1–2 July 1948
All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader V. J. Sukselainen Emil Skog Kusti Kulo
Party Agrarian SDP SKDL
Last election 49 seats, 21.35% 50 seats, 25.08% 49 seats, 23.47%
Seats won 56 54 38
Seat change 7 4 11
Popular vote 455,635 494,719 375,538
Percentage 24.24% 26.32% 19.98%
Swing 2.89pp 1.24pp 3.49pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Arvo Salminen Ralf Törngren Akseli Nikula
Party National Coalition RKP National Progressive
Last election 28 seats, 15.04% 14 seats, 7.90% 9 seats, 5.17%
Seats won 33 13 5
Seat change 5 1 4
Popular vote 320,366 137,981 73,444
Percentage 17.04% 7.34% 3.91%
Swing 2.00pp 0.56pp 1.26pp
  Seventh party
 
Party ÅS
Last election –
Seats won 1
Seat change new
Popular vote 6,567
Percentage 0.35%
Swing new
Prime Minister before election

Mauno Pekkala
SKDL

 Prime Minister after election

Karl-August Fagerholm
SDP

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