Finnish parliamentary election, 1907

• SDP: 80
• KTL: 2
• RKP: 24
• NSP: 26
• ML: 9
• SP: 59

The parliamentary election in Finland in 1907 (Finnish Eduskuntavaalit 1907; Swedish Riksdagsvalet 1907) took place on 15 and 16 March, 1907. It was the first election to the Finnish Parliament.

It was the first election in belonging to Russia Grand Duchy of Finland. In addition, in this election decreed for the first time in Europe and women on active and passive suffrage. Therefore entitled to vote were all citizens who had reached the age of 24 years. The conditions for the election had been established by the electoral law of 20 July 1906 the Parliament promised the unclaimed power from the Russian side. Previously, there had been growing in Finland resisting the creeping Russification. The resistance was found among others in the murder of the Governor General Nikolai Bobrikov (1904) and in the great general strike in Finland in October and November 1905. Through an Act of Tsar result of this development manifest the basics for choosing a Finnish parliament were created.

The Finnish Parliament met on May 25, 1907 together for the first time. It consisted of 200 members, who were initially elected for three years, including 19 women. On April 4, 1908 was suppressed by the Russian tsars because of " anti-state sentiments ."

Participating parties

There were 6 different parties to choose from:

Election result

The turnout was 70.7 %. The Social Democrats emerged as the victor.