1913 Finnish parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Grand Duchy of Finland on 1 and 2 August 1913. In 1914, the Russian government decided to suspend the Finnish Parliament for the duration of World War I.

Campaign[]

Finnish voters' growing frustration with Parliament's performance was reflected by the low voter turnout; the Social Democrats and Agrarians, championing the cause of poor workers and farmers, kept gaining votes at the expense of the Old Finns, whose main concern was the passive defence of Finland's self-government. They disagreed on the social and economic policies, and thus did not formulate very clear positions on them.^[1][2]

Results[]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party of Finland	312,214	43.11	90	+4
	Finnish Party	143,982	19.88	38	–5
	Young Finnish Party	102,313	14.13	29	+1
	Swedish People's Party	94,672	13.07	25	–1
	Agrarian League	56,977	7.87	18	+2
	Christian Workers' Union	12,850	1.77	0	–1
	Others	1,296	0.18	0	–
Total		724,304	100	200	0
Valid votes		724,304	99.13
Invalid/blank votes		6,345	0.87
Total votes cast		730,649	100
Registered voters/turnout		1,430,135	51.09
Source: Mackie & Rose[3]

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