Finnish parliamentary election, 1962

  • SKDL: 47
  • SDP: 38
  • Otherwise:. 3
  • KP: 13
  • RKP: 14
  • ML: 53
  • KOK: 32

The parliamentary elections in Finland 1962 was held on 4 and 5 February 1962. It was the choice of 23 Finnish Parliament.

The Land League, the Martti Miettunen presented the Prime Minister since July 1961, emerged as the victor. The left parties, led by the Social Democratic Party ( SDP), as well as the Popular Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Confederation of Workers and small peasantry, who in 1959 formed from a SDP elimination, lost seats.

Participating parties

There were 10 different parties to choose from.

The following parties were already represented in the Parliament:

Election result

The turnout was 85.1 %, which is 10.1 percentage points higher than the turnout at the last parliamentary election in 1958.

After the election

Ahti Karjalainen from the Land League was prime minister of a government consisting of Land League, the Social Democratic Confederation of Workers and small peasantry, the Swedish People's Party, the National Coalition Party and the People's Party of Finland. In the cabinet were also three trade unionists, but in the fall of 1963 left the government. Reino Lehto was then asked to form a transitional government. Under Lehto worsened the budgetary situation. In September 1964, John Virolainen from the center, now renamed Landbund chairman of a majority of effective government, which consisted of the same parties of Karjalainen - Cabinet, with the exception of the Social Democratic Federation of the workers and small peasants. This period was an economic boom phase and a number of reforms have been implemented

Overview of the cabinets:

  • 47 ) Cabinet Karjalainen I - Ahti Karjalainen ( Landbund ) - Government of Land League, the Social Democratic Confederation of Workers and small peasantry, Swedish People's Party, Coalition Party, People's Party of Finland (April 13, 1962 to December 18, 1963 )
  • 48 ) Cabinet Lehto - Reino Lehto (independent) - Transitional Government (December 18, 1963 to September 12, 1964 )
  • 49 ) Cabinet Virolainen - John Virolainen ( center ) - government center, Coalition Party, the Swedish People's Party, People's Party of Finland ( September 12, 1964 to 27 May 1966)
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