1930 Finnish parliamentary election

General election Finland state-1920 parliamentary 1929 Finnish parliamentary election 1929 1933 Finnish parliamentary election 1933 All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland 101 1–2 October 1930 130x130px Kaarlo Harvala 1927.jpg Kaarlo Harvala Social Democratic Party of Finland 27.36%, 59 seats 66 386,026 34.16% 7 6.80pp Pekka Ville Heikkinen, 1958 (cropped).jpg Pekka Heikkinen Agrarian League (Finland) 26.15%, 60 seats 59 308,280 27.28% 1 1.13pp Paavo Virkkunen.jpg Paavo Virkkunen National Coalition Party 14.51%, 28 seats 42 203,958 18.05% 14 3.54pp Eric von Rettig Swedish People's Party of Finland 11.45%, 23 seats 20 3 113,318 10.03% 1.42pp Eemil Linna circa 1925.jpg Eemil Linna National Progressive Party (Finland) 5.60%, 7 seats 11 65,830 5.83% 4 0.23pp Small Farmers' 1.07%, 0 seats 1 1 20,883 1.85% 0.78pp Pehr Evind Svinhufvud Prime Minister National Coalition Party Prime Minister after election Pehr Evind Svinhufvud National Coalition Party 3x4.svg Swedish Left – 1 New 9,226 0.82 New Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 October 1930.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest in Parliament with 66 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 65.9%.Nohlen & Stöver, p607 Background thumb|1930 Finnish parliamentary election posters on Heikinesplanadi The 1930 elections were conducted in a politically heated atmosphere. The far-right Lapua Movement, which had been organized in November 1929, pressured the government to outlaw the Communist Party and its cover organizations, such as the Workers' and Small Farmers' Electoral Associations, as treasonous organizations. Prime Minister Kallio tried to persuade the Parliament to outlaw the Communists' political activity in June 1930, but the proposed constitutional amendment did not gain the five-sixths majority required for an immediate amendment of the Constitution. Thus the constitutional changes would have to be ratified by the next Parliament. Kallio resigned, partly pressured to do so by President Relander. In July 1930, Relander appointed as the new prime minister Mr. P.E. Svinhufvud (National Coalition), a former prime minister and regent. His government sought to persuade the Finnish voters to elect a Parliament where the right-wing and centrist parties would have a two-thirds majority, which was - and is - needed to ratify changes to the Finnish Constitution. As a part of their strategy, they authorized the Investigative Central Police to deprive about 20,000 suspected Communists of the right to vote. The Lapua Movement kidnapped, took by car to isolated places and physically assaulted various left-wing politicians.Seppo Zetterberg et al., eds., A Small Giant of the Finnish History / Suomen historian pikkujättiläinen, Helsinki: WSOY, 2003Sakari Virkkunen, Finland's Presidents I / Suomen presidentit I, Helsinki: WSOY, 1994 Results File:1930 Eduskunta.svg Social Democratic Party 386026 66 +7 Agrarian League 308280 59 –1 National Coalition Party 203958 42 +14 Swedish People's Party 113318 20 –3 National Progressive Party 65830 11 +4 Small Farmers' Party 20883 1 +1 Socialist List of Workers and Peasants 11504 0 –23 Swedish Left 9226 1 New Small groupsIsänmaallinen työväki, Itsenäiset maalaiset, Maalaisliitto puolueettomana isänmaan hyväksi, Vapaa työväenliitto työväen vapauden puolesta, Maalaisliittolainen valitsijayhdistys, Lapuanliike & Oikeistomaalaisliittolaiset of the Patriotic ListParties on the Patriotic List: ML+Kok.+Ed+RKP (Turun et., Viipurin länt.), ML+Kok.+Ed (Turun pohj., Hämeen et., Hämeen pohj., Viipurin it., Oulun et.), Kok.+Ed. (Mikkelin, Kuopion länt., Kuopion it., Viipurin it, Oulun pohj.).Suomen virallinen tilasto 29 A, XV (Tilastokeskus 1931), s. 47. 9085 0 – Others 1918 0 – 5517 0 1722588 Nohlen & Stöver, Tilastokeskus 2004,Tiedosto "595. Eduskuntavaalit 1927–2003 (Tilastokeskus 2004) Suomen virallinen tilasto Aftermath The right-wing and centrist parties received exactly two-thirds of the seats, and thus the new Parliament ratified the constitutional amendments which outlawed the Communist Party and its affiliated organizations until 1944. References Category:Parliamentary elections in Finland Parliament Finland