Finnish presidential election, 1925
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Two-stage presidential elections were held in Finland
in 1925. On 15 and 16 January the public elected presidential electors to an electoral college. They in turn elected the President. The result was a victory for Lauri Kristian Relander
, who won in the third round of voting. Voter turnout in the public stage was just 39.7%.
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...
in 1925. On 15 and 16 January the public elected presidential electors to an electoral college. They in turn elected the President. The result was a victory for Lauri Kristian Relander
Lauri Kristian Relander
Lauri Kristian Relander was the second President of Finland . A prominent member of the Agrarian League, he served as a member of Parliament, and as Speaker, before his election as President....
, who won in the third round of voting. Voter turnout in the public stage was just 39.7%.
Public vote
| 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... |
165,091 | 26.5 | 79 |
| National Coalition Party | 141,240 | 22.7 | 68 |
| 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... |
123,932 | 19.9 | 69 |
| Swedish People's Party | 78,422 | 12.6 | 35 |
| 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... |
71,199 | 11.4 | 33 |
| Socialist Workers' Party Socialist Workers' Party of Finland Socialist Workers' Party of Finland was a Finnish political party in the early 1920s. The SSTP consisted of radical leftists who split from the Social Democratic Party of Finland after the Finnish Civil War of 1918. The banned Communist Party of Finland was the main force behind the party but... |
41,213 | 6.6 | 16 |
| Others | 822 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,258 | – | – |
| Total | 624,177 | 100 | 300 |
| Source: Nohln & Stöver | |||
Electoral college
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | Third round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Väinö Tanner Väinö Tanner Väinö Tanner was a pioneer and leader in the cooperative movement in Finland, and Prime Minister of Finland from 1926 to 1927.... |
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... |
78 | 26.0 | 2 | 0.7 | – | – |
| Lauri Kristian Relander Lauri Kristian Relander Lauri Kristian Relander was the second President of Finland . A prominent member of the Agrarian League, he served as a member of Parliament, and as Speaker, before his election as President.... |
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... |
69 | 23.0 | 97 | 32.3 | 172 | 57.3 |
| Hugo Suolahti Hugo Suolahti Hugo Suolahti was an early twentieth century Finnish politician, linguist and philologist... |
National Coalition Party | 68 | 22.7 | 80 | 26.7 | – | – |
| Risto Ryti Risto Ryti Risto Heikki Ryti was the fifth President of Finland, from 1940 to 1944. Ryti started his career as a politician in the field of economics and as a political background figure during the interwar period. He made a wide range of international contacts in the world of banking and within the... |
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... |
33 | 11.0 | 104 | 34.7 | 109 | 36.3 |
| Karl Söderholm | Swedish People's Party | 35 | 11.7 | – | – | – | – |
| Matti Väisänen Matti Väisänen Matti Väisänen is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor. He won a relay silver medal and an individual bronze medal at the 1980 World Ski Orienteering Championships.-See also:Finnish orienteers* List of orienteers... |
Socialist Workers' Party Socialist Workers' Party of Finland Socialist Workers' Party of Finland was a Finnish political party in the early 1920s. The SSTP consisted of radical leftists who split from the Social Democratic Party of Finland after the Finnish Civil War of 1918. The banned Communist Party of Finland was the main force behind the party but... |
16 | 5.3 | 16 | 5.3 | – | – |
| Väinö Voionmaa Väinö Voionmaa Kaarle Väinö Voionmaa was a Finnish professor, member of the parliament of Finland, senator, minister and chancellor. He also was one of the most influential politicians during the early times of independent Republic of Finland... |
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... |
1 | 0.3 | – | – | – | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 19 | 6.3 | |
| Total | 300 | 100 | 300 | 100 | 300 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||||