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Finland Finland's Parliamentary Election: Results, Seat Distribution, and Coalition Options

Election Winner
SDP
25.1 % of votes
Parties in Parliament
6
-1 compared to 1939
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Final Official Results of Finland's Parliamentary Election

The bars show each party's vote share. Results of Finland's Parliamentary Election Held on 18 March 1945

SDP
25.1
SKDL
23.5
KESK
21.4
KOK
15.0
SFP
7.9
L
5.2
PMP
1.2
Other
0.7
Government could remain in office

The incumbent governing parties achieved 92.5% of the seats.

Seat Distribution After Finland's Parliamentary Election

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Finland's Post-Election Coalitions: Mapping Paths to a Parliamentary Majority

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Parties

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Who Governed Finland After the Election

Election Day 18/03/1945 Government formation 30 days Paasikivi II 17/04/1945 – 26/03/1946 Pekkala 26/03/1946 – 29/07/1948

Paasikivi II

 17 April 1945 – 26 March 1946 · 11 months 9 days
171 of 200 seats

Pekkala

 26 March 1946 – 29 July 1948 · 2 years 4 months
162 of 200 seats
All Elections

Every party in detail: votes, gains and losses

Orientation Party Votes Seats Link
Centre-Left SDP 25.1 % – 50 –
Far-Left Suomen Kansan Demokraattinen Liitto 23.5 % – 49 –
Center Suomen Keskusta 21.4 % – 49 –
Centre-Right Kokoomus 15.0 % – 28 –
Liberal Svenska folkpartiet 7.9 % – 14 –
Liberal Liberaalinen kansanpuolue 5.2 % – 9 –
Center Pienviljelijäin ja maalaiskansan puolue 1.2 % – 0 –
Unknown Other Parties 0.7 % – 1 –

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