Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1929.[1] The result was a victory for the Agrarian League, which won 60 of the 200 seats in Parliament. Voter turnout was 55.6%.[2]
President Relander, an Agrarian, believed that the Finnish civil servants should get a pay raise, after a long period of frozen salaries, that had caused them to lose a significant amount of purchasing power. Most of his fellow Agrarians opposed him and the Progressive minority government of Prime Minister Mantere on this issue, arguing that the civil servants, on average, were still clearly better paid than the agricultural workers. After the Finnish Parliament rejected the government's legislative proposal on the increase of civil servants' salaries in April 1929, President Relander dissolved Parliament and called early elections for July. The Agrarians and Communists campaigned on the rejection of the civil servants' proposed salary increases, and both parties gained seats. The National Coalitioners and Progressives who favoured the salary increases suffered a defeat. President Relander was displeased by the Agrarians' victory, because he could not get along well with their leader, Mr. Kallio, but he reluctantly appointed Kallio as Prime Minister of an Agrarian minority government after the elections.[3][4]
^Matti Lackman: Taistelu talonpojasta (Pohjoinen 1985), s. 133.
January 21, 2023
1929, finnish, parliamentary, election, parliamentary, elections, were, held, finland, july, 1929, result, victory, agrarian, league, which, seats, parliament, voter, turnout, 1927, july, 1929, 1930, seats, parliament, finland101, seats, needed, majority, firs. Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1929 1 The result was a victory for the Agrarian League which won 60 of the 200 seats in Parliament Voter turnout was 55 6 2 1929 Finnish parliamentary election 1927 1 2 July 1929 1930 All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland101 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Leader Pekka Heikkinen Matti Paasivuori Kyosti HaatajaParty Agrarian Social Democratic National CoalitionLast election 22 56 52 seats 28 30 60 seats 17 74 34 seatsSeats won 60 59 28Seat change 8 1 6Popular vote 248 762 260 254 138 008Percentage 26 15 27 36 14 51 Swing 3 59pp 0 94pp 3 23pp Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Eric von Rettig Oskari MantereParty STPV Swedish People s National ProgressiveLast election 12 08 20 seats 12 20 24 seats 6 77 10 seatsSeats won 23 23 7Seat change 3 1 3Popular vote 128 164 108 886 53 301Percentage 13 47 11 45 5 60 Swing 1 39pp 0 75pp 1 17ppPrime Minister before electionVaino TannerSocial Democratic Prime Minister after election Juho SunilaAgrarianBackground EditPresident Relander an Agrarian believed that the Finnish civil servants should get a pay raise after a long period of frozen salaries that had caused them to lose a significant amount of purchasing power Most of his fellow Agrarians opposed him and the Progressive minority government of Prime Minister Mantere on this issue arguing that the civil servants on average were still clearly better paid than the agricultural workers After the Finnish Parliament rejected the government s legislative proposal on the increase of civil servants salaries in April 1929 President Relander dissolved Parliament and called early elections for July The Agrarians and Communists campaigned on the rejection of the civil servants proposed salary increases and both parties gained seats The National Coalitioners and Progressives who favoured the salary increases suffered a defeat President Relander was displeased by the Agrarians victory because he could not get along well with their leader Mr Kallio but he reluctantly appointed Kallio as Prime Minister of an Agrarian minority government after the elections 3 4 Results Edit PartyVotes Seats Agrarian League248 76226 1560 8Social Democratic Party260 25427 3659 1National Coalition Party138 00814 5128 6Electoral Organisation of Socialist Workers and Smallholders128 16413 4723 3Swedish People s Party108 88611 4523 1National Progressive Party53 3015 607 3Small Farmers Party10 1541 070NewPeasant People s Party Farmers Party1 2580 1300Others2 4830 260 Total951 270100 002000Valid votes951 27099 47Invalid blank votes5 0260 53Total votes956 296100 00Registered voters turnout1 719 56755 61Source Nohlen amp Stover Tilastokeskus 2004 5 Lackman 6 References Edit Dieter Nohlen amp Philip Stover 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p606 ISBN 978 3 8329 5609 7 Nohlen amp Stover p607 Seppo Zetterberg et al eds A Small Giant of the Finnish History Suomen historian pikkujattilainen Helsinki WSOY 2003 Sakari Virkkunen Finland s Presidents I Suomen presidentit I Helsinki WSOY 1994 Tiedosto 595 Eduskuntavaalit 1927 2003 Tilastokeskus 2004 Matti Lackman Taistelu talonpojasta Pohjoinen 1985 s 133 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1929 Finnish parliamentary election amp oldid 1115815103, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
