Parliamentary elections were held in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 between 1 and 3 July 1933. The Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party of Finland

The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

 remained the largest party in Parliament with 78 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 62.2%.

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 Revolt 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. Prime Minister Kivimäki continued in office after the elections, supported by 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.

Results

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Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...	413,551	37.3	78
Agrarian League Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament...	249,758	22.5	53	–6
National Coalition Party-Patriotic People's Movement Patriotic People's Movement (Finland) Patriotic People's Movement, abbreviated to IKL), was a Finnish nationalist and anti-communist political party. IKL was the successor of the previously banned Lapuan liike...	187,527	16.9	32	–10
Swedish People's Party	115,433	10.4	21
National Progressive Party National Progressive Party (Finland) The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...	82,129	7.4	11	0
Small Farmers' Party of Finland Small Farmers' Party of Finland Small Farmers' Party of Finland was a party for the farmers suffering the great depression in Finland. The party joined with two other parties in 1936 and became the Party of the Small Farmers' and the Rural People. The Small Farmers' Party of Finland was established 12th May, 1929...	37,544	3.4	3
People's Party People's Party (Finland, 1932) The People's Party was a political party in Finland. It had a populist and peasant-oriented profile. The party was founded in Ylivieska on August 21, 1932 and it was mainly active in Kalajokilaakso region. Yrjö Hautala was the chairman of the party, and Fredrik Rautio the vice chairman...	9,390	0.8	2	New
List for the Working People	2,667	0.2	0	New
People's Organization of Finland	2,103	0.2	0	New
List of Real Finns, Temperance People etc.	1,476	0.1	0	New
National Socialist League of Finland	1,406	0.1	0	New
List of Working People, Peasants and Intellectuals	787	0.1	0	New
List of Recession Men	645	0.1	0	New
List of Jaakko Seise	630	0.1	0	New
Rural People's Party/Party of Finnish Work	311	0.0	0	New
Party of Finnish Work	226	0.0	0	New
List "V.F.Johanson and M.Saarikoski"	145	0.0	0	New
List of National Economy	101	0.0	0	New
List F (Läheniemists)	96	0.0	0	New
Others	1,898	0.2	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	4,917	–	–	–
Total	1,112,740	100	200	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Tilastokeskus 2004, Suomen virallinen tilasto