Finnish parliamentary election, 1958

  • SKDL: 50
  • SDP: 48
  • Otherwise:. 11
  • RKP: 14
  • ML: 48
  • KOK: 29

The parliamentary elections in Finland 1958 was held on 6 and 7 July 1958. It was the choice of 22 Finnish Parliament.

The election brought the nation Democrats the biggest gains. The People's Democrats were also in front of the Social Democratic Party and the Agrarian League strongest force, the difference in the election outcome between these three parties was only 0.1 percentage points.

Starting position

Since the last elections in 1954, six private offices in the government had been. Since April 1958 on transitional ruled Reino Kuuskoski as Prime Minister. Within the social democratic SDP it had come to a split. The intra-party opposition joined the election in 1958 with its own list.

Domestic political problems continued to be the weakness of Finnmark and rising household spending and rising unemployment.

Participating parties

There were 13 different parties to choose from.

The following parties were already represented in the Parliament:

Election result

The turnout was 75.0 %, which is 4.9 percentage points below the turnout at the last parliamentary election in 1954.

After the election

While the SKDL on a coalition with the SDP opposition and Land League, which had reached a necessary majority in Parliament scarce, hoping passed President Urho Kekkonen, the People's Democrats and hired Karl- August Fagerholm of the SDP to form a government. Fagerholm formed a government of SDP, Land League, the Coalition Party and the People's Party of Finland and the Swedish People's Party. Due to circumvent the SKDL However, relations with the Soviet Union, however, deteriorated markedly. The Fagerholm government broke already in December 1958. In January 1959, the Cabinet Sukselainen II sparked formed from Land League and the Swedish People's Party government from. Land League and the Swedish People's Party had only 61 seats and thus formed a minority government. The government lasted until July 1961, before Vieno Sukselainen resigned due to errors in social security policy. Martti Miettunen made ​​after a Cabinet which consisted only of politicians of the Land League.

Overview of the cabinets:

  • 44 ) Cabinet Fagerholm III - Karl- August Fagerholm (Social Democratic Party) - government of the Social Democratic Party, Agrarian League, National Coalition Party, the Swedish People's Party, People's Party of Finland (August 29, 1958 to January 13, 1959 )
  • 45 ) Cabinet Sukselainen II - Vieno Sukselainen ( Landbund ) - minority government of the country the federal government, the Swedish People's Party (January 13, 1959 to July 14, 1961 )
  • 46 ) Cabinet Miettunen I - Martti Miettunen ( Landbund ) - minority government of Landbund (July 14, 1961 to April 13, 1962 )
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