1933 Finnish parliamentary election

General election Finland state-1920 parliamentary 1930 Finnish parliamentary election 1930 1936 Finnish parliamentary election 1936 All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland 101 1–3 July 1933 130x130px Kaarlo Harvala 1927.jpg Kaarlo Harvala Social Democratic Party of Finland 34.16%, 66 seats 78 413,551 37.33% 12 3.17pp Pekka Ville Heikkinen, 1958 (cropped).jpg Pekka Heikkinen Agrarian League (Finland) 27.28%, 59 seats 53 249,758 22.54% 6 4.74pp Paavo Virkkunen.jpg Paavo Virkkunen National Coalition–IKL 18.05%, 42 seats 32 187,527 16.93% 10 1.12pp Eric von Rettig Swedish People's Party of Finland 10.03%, 20 seats 21 1 115,433 10.42% 0.39pp Aimo Cajander in 1939 (cropped).jpg Aimo Cajander National Progressive Party (Finland) 5.83%, 11 seats 11 82,129 7.41% 1.58pp Small Farmers' 1.85%, 1 seats 3 2 37,544 3.39% 1.54pp Toivo Mikael Kivimäki Prime Minister National Progressive Party (Finland) Prime Minister after election Toivo Mikael Kivimäki National Progressive Party (Finland) 3x4.svg People's – 2 New 9,390 0.85% New Parliamentary elections were held in Finland between 1 and 3 July 1933.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in Parliament with 78 of the 200 seats. However, Prime Minister Toivo Mikael Kivimäki of the National Progressive Party continued in office after the elections, supported by Pehr Evind Svinhufvud and quietly by most Agrarians and Social Democrats. They considered Kivimäki's right-wing government a lesser evil than political instability (various short-lived governments) or an attempt by the radical right to gain power. Voter turnout was 62.2%.Nohlen & Stöver, p607 Background The main campaign issues were the differing attitudes towards democracy and the rule of law between the Patriotic Electoral Alliance (National Coalitioners and Patriotic People's Movement) and the Legality Front (Social Democrats, Agrarians, Swedish People's Party and Progressives). The Patriotic Electoral Alliance favoured continuing the search for suspected Communists - the Communist Party and its affiliated organizations had been outlawed in 1930 as treasonous organizations - and was against the Social Democrats' joining the government under any circumstances. The Legality Front did not want to spend any significant time on searching suspected Communists, but rather wanted to concentrate on keeping the far right in check. The Lapua Movement had been outlawed after its failed Mäntsälä rebellion in March 1932, and the Patriotic People's Movement had been established as its successor later in 1932. President Svinhufvud (National Coalition) strictly guarded law and order, an attitude which made him somewhat suspicious of the Patriotic People's Movement's motives. Prime Minister Kivimäki (Progressive) led a right-wing minority government, which President Svinhufvud fully supported in the effort to fight the Great Depression. Despite the Patriotic Electoral Alliance's vigorous election campaign, only about one-sixth of the participating Finnish voters supported it.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:1933 Eduskunta.svg Social Democratic Party 413551 78 +12 Agrarian League 249758 53 –6 National Coalition Party–Patriotic People's Movement 187527 32 –10 Swedish People's Party 115433 21 +1 National Progressive Party 82129 11 0 Small Farmers' Party 37544 3 +2 People's Party 9390 2 New List for the Working People 2667 0 New Finnish People's Organisation 2103 0 New List of Real Finns, Temperance People etc. 1476 0 New National Socialist Union 1406 0 New black List of Working People, Peasants and Intellectuals 787 0 New List of Recession Men 645 0 New List of Jaakko Seise 630 0 New For the Poor–People's Party 370 0 New Rural People's Party–Party of Finnish Labor 311 0 New Party of Finnish Labor 226 0 New List "V.F.Johanson and M.Saarikoski" 145 0 New List of National Economy 101 0 New List F (Läheniemists) 96 0 New Others 1528 0 – 4917 0 1789331 Nohlen & Stöver, Tilastokeskus 2004,Tiedosto "595. Eduskuntavaalit 1927–2003 (Tilastokeskus 2004) Suomen virallinen tilasto References Category:Parliamentary elections in Finland Parliament Finland