Finnish parliamentary election, 1913

  • SDP: 90
  • RKP: 25
  • NSP: 29
  • ML: 18
  • SP: 38

The parliamentary election in Finland in 1913 (Finnish Eduskuntavaalit 1913 Swedish Riksdagsvalet 1913) was held on August 1st and 2nd 1913. It was the choice for the 6th Finnish Parliament.

The power of Parliament had been greatly diminished in advance of the Russian domination.

Participating parties

There were 6 different parties to choose from:

Election result

The turnout was 51.1 %, 8.7% and thus below the turnout in the parliamentary elections 1911. This was also the hitherto lowest turnout in the history of elections to the Finnish Parliament.

The distance between the two largest parties, the Social Democrats and the Finnish party was larger than in the previous elections. The SDP reached 90 seats and thus more than twice as many as the Finnish party. The Christian Workers Federation in 1913 was no mandate in Eduskunta.

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