1936 Finnish parliamentary election

none Finland state-1920 parliamentary 1933 Finnish parliamentary election 1933 1939 Finnish parliamentary election 1939 All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland 101 1–2 July 1936 130x130px Kaarlo Harvala 1927.jpg Kaarlo Harvala Social Democratic Party of Finland 37.33%, 78 seats 83 452,751 38.59% 5 1.26pp Pekka Ville Heikkinen, 1958 (cropped).jpg Pekka Heikkinen Agrarian League (Finland) 22.54%, 53 seats 53 262,917 22.41% 0.13pp Sisäministeri Ernst_von Born 30.3.1940 (cropped).jpg Ernst von Born Swedish People's Party of Finland 10.42%, 21 seats 21 131,440 11.20% 0.78pp J.K. Paasikivi 1945 portrait (cropped).jpg Juho Kusti Paasikivi National Coalition Party 16.93%, 32 seats 20 121,619 10.36% 12 6.57pp File:Vilho Annala portrait (cropped).jpg Vilho Annala IKL Alliance with National Coalition 14 97,891 8.34% – – Aimo Cajander in 1939 (cropped).jpg Aimo Cajander National Progressive Party (Finland) 7.41%, 11 seats 7 73,654 6.28% 4 1.13pp 3x4.svg Small Farmers' 3.39%, 3 seats 1 2 23,159 1.97% 1.42pp 3x4.svg People's 0.85%, 2 seats 1 1 7,449 0.63 0.22pp Toivo Mikael Kivimäki Prime Minister National Progressive Party (Finland) Prime Minister after election Toivo Mikael Kivimäki National Progressive Party (Finland) Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1936.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 978-3-8329-5609-7 Following the election Prime Minister Toivo Mikael Kivimäki of the National Progressive Party was defeated in a confidence vote in September 1936 and resigned in October. Kyösti Kallio of the Agrarian League formed a centrist minority government after Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (National Coalition Party) refused to allow the Social Democrats to join the government. After Svinhufvud's defeat in the February 1937 presidential election, Kallio took office as the new President in March 1937, and he allowed the Social Democrats, Agrarians and Progressives to form the first centre-left or "red soil" ("red" for the Social Democrats and "soil" for the Agrarians) Finnish government. Aimo Cajander (Progressive) became Prime Minister, although the real strong men of the government were Finance Minister Väinö Tanner (Social Democrat) and Defence Minister Juho Niukkanen (Agrarian). Background Finland had clearly recovered from the Great Depression since 1933, and unemployment had been almost eliminated. Prime Minister Kivimäki wanted to continue in office and to broaden his narrow right-wing minority government. The new Finnish economic prosperity, and the growing contacts between leading Agrarians and Social Democrats, made alternatives emerge for the Kivimäki government. For the first time in the history of independent Finland, an Agrarian-Social Democratic government began to be seriously discussed and planned. Despite its noisy and vigorous activity, the far-right Patriotic People's Movement remained small. Under the leadership of Juho Kusti Paasikivi, the National Coalitioners moved towards the political centre, and rejected calls for a new electoral alliance with the Patriotic People's Movement. The election results showed that the Finnish political democracy and its two leading moderate parties, the Social Democrats and Agrarians, had been strengthened. The Depression-based fringe parties, the Small Farmers' Party of Finland and the People's Party, lost most of their seats, while the Patriotic People's Movement remained at fourteen deputies, and the moderate right (National Coalitioners) gained two seats. The divided Progressives (Prime Minister Kivimäki led their right wing, and Professor Cajander led their left wing) lost four seats.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:1936 Eduskunta.svg Social Democratic Party 452751 83 +5 Agrarian League 262917 53 0 Swedish People's Party 131440 21 0 National Coalition Party 121619 20 +2 Patriotic People's Movement 97891 14 0 National Progressive Party 73654 7 –4 Small Farmers' Party 23159 1 –2 People's Party 7449 1 –1 Others 2502 0 – 5030 1872908 0 Tilastokeskus 2004Tiedosto "595. Eduskuntavaalit 1927–2003 (Tilastokeskus 2004) Suomen virallinen tilastoSuomen virallinen tilasto 29 A, XVII. References Category:Parliamentary elections in Finland Parliament Finland