1962 Finnish parliamentary election

General election Finland state-1920 parliamentary 1958 Finnish parliamentary election 1958 1966 Finnish parliamentary election 1966 All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland 101 4–5 February 1962 130x130px Vieno Johannes Sukselainen.jpg V. J. Sukselainen Agrarian League (Finland) 23.06%, 48 seats 53 528,409 22.95% 5 0.11pp Kulo (cropped).JPG Kusti Kulo SKDL 23.16%, 50 seats 47 506,829 22.02% 3 1.14pp Väinö Tanner.jpg Väinö Tanner Social Democratic Party of Finland 23.12%, 48 seats 38 448,930 19.50% 10 3.62pp Jussi Saukkonen (1951).jpg Jussi Saukkonen National Coalition Party 15.28%, 29 seats 32 346,638 15.06% 3 0.22pp Harras Kyttä.jpg Harras Kyttä People's 5.90%, 8 seats 13 146,005 6.34% 5 0.44pp Lars Erik Taxell.jpg Lars Erik Taxell Swedish People's Party of Finland 6.50%, 13 seats 13 140,689 6.11% 0.39pp Emil-Skog-1957.jpg Emil Skog TPSL 1.75%, 3 seats 2 1 100,396 4.36% 2.61pp Teuvo-Aura-1972 (cropped).jpg Teuvo Aura Liberal League 0.33%, 0 seats 1 1 12,000 0.52% 0.19pp Åland Coalition 0.28%, 1 seat 1 7,261 0.32% 0.04pp Martti Miettunen Prime Minister Agrarian League (Finland) Prime Minister after election Ahti Karjalainen Agrarian League (Finland) Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 4 and 5 February 1962.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 978-3-8329-5609-7 Background V. J. Sukselainen's second minority government had resigned in 1961, followed by Prime Minister Martti Miettunen's Agrarian first government, also a centrist minority government. In the spring of 1961, Olavi Honka, a former Chancellor of Justice (Attorney General), accepted the presidential candidacy of the Social Democratic Party, National Coalition Party, Swedish People's Party, People's Party, Smallholders' Party and the Liberal League. This Honka Alliance's goal was to defeat President Urho Kekkonen in the presidential elections of January and February 1962. However, their plans were derailed in October 1961 when the Soviet Union sent a diplomatic note to Finland, asking it to participate in negotiations about the two countries' military co-operation. The Soviet government claimed that militarism and neo-Nazism were increasing in West Germany, and that Finland and the Soviet Union would have to negotiate on the basis of the Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance Treaty. During the Note Crisis, in late November Kekkonen dissolved Parliament and called early elections for February 1962. Shortly thereafter, Honka ended his presidential candidacy "for the fatherland's interest." Kekkonen travelled to Novosibirsk in the Soviet Union, where he negotiated briefly with the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. Again Khrushchev assured Kekkonen that all was well in the Finnish-Soviet relations, despite the efforts of "anti-Soviet" Finns to worsen them. Campaign The parliamentary elections were held in the first week of February 1962, between the Electoral College elections and the second phase of the presidential elections. The parties that still opposed Kekkonen's re-election had trouble campaigning in both the presidential and the parliamentary elections. After the parliamentary elections, Ahti Karjalainen of the Agrarian League formed a centre-right majority government that remained in office until December 1963. It was replaced by another caretaker government, led by Bureau Chief (a senior civil servant) Reino Lehto.Seppo Zetterberg (2003) A Small Giant of the Finnish History, WSOY Results File:1962 Eduskunta.svg Agrarian League 528409 53 +5 Finnish People's Democratic League 506829 47 –3 Social Democratic Party 448930 38 –10 National Coalition Party 346638 32 +3 People's Party 146005 13 +5 Swedish People's Party 140689 13 0 Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders 100396 2 –1 Smallholders' Party 49773 0 New Liberal League 12000 1 +1 Centre Party 8686 0 New Åland Coalition 7261 1 0 Smallholders' Party Opposition 6329 0 New Others 53 0 – 8092 0 2714838 Tilastokeskus 2004595. Eduskuntavaalit 1927–2003 (Tilastokeskus 2004) By electoral district Electoral districtTotalseatsSeats wonMLSKDLSDPKokSKRKPTPSLVLÅSÅland11Central Finland11332111Häme1433431Helsinki204443311Kymi154254Lapland94311North Karelia1042211North Savo1244121Oulu1896111Pirkanmaa1214331Satakunta144433South Savo115132Uusimaa17245213Vaasa2073235Varsinais-Suomi16343222Total200534738321313211Source: Statistics FinlandSuomen virallinen tilasto XXIX A:28: Eduskuntavaalit vaalit 1962 Statistics Finland 1962 References Category:Parliamentary elections in Finland Parliament Finland