Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1939.[1] Following the elections, the National Progressive Party-led government of Aimo Cajander continued in office. However, he was replaced by Risto Ryti's Progressive-led war government in December 1939.
The leading issues were the distribution of the growing prosperity's benefits, the prospects for the centre-left coalition government's continuation, the right-wing opposition's criticism of the government's numerous and allegedly poorly prepared legislative proposals, and the Finnish national security under the threat of World War II. Prime Minister Cajander opposed the notable increase of defence spending before the elections, because that would require raising taxes. Finance Minister Väinö Tanner and Governor of the Bank of Finland, Risto Ryti, opposed the taking of a foreign loan to buy modern military equipment for the Finnish army, although the Finnish national debt in 1939 was among the lowest in the Western world. Most Finnish voters were apparently satisfied with the centre-left Cajander government's performance, because it received almost three-quarters of the seats. The voter turnout was the highest of the Finnish parliamentary elections of the 1920s and 1930s.[2][3][4]
1939, finnish, parliamentary, election, parliamentary, elections, were, held, finland, july, 1939, following, elections, national, progressive, party, government, aimo, cajander, continued, office, however, replaced, risto, ryti, progressive, government, decem. Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1939 1 Following the elections the National Progressive Party led government of Aimo Cajander continued in office However he was replaced by Risto Ryti s Progressive led war government in December 1939 1939 Finnish parliamentary election 1936 1 2 July 1939 1945 All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland101 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Leader Kaarlo Harvala Pekka Heikkinen Pekka PennanenParty SDP Agrarian National CoalitionLast election 83 seats 38 59 53 seats 22 41 20 seats 10 36 Seats won 85 56 25Seat change 2 3 5Popular vote 515 980 296 529 176 215Percentage 39 77 22 86 13 58 Swing 1 18pp 0 45pp 3 22pp Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Ernst von Born Vilho Annala Aimo CajanderParty RKP IKL National ProgressiveLast election 21 seats 11 20 14 seats 8 34 7 seats 6 28 Seats won 18 8 6Seat change 3 6 1Popular vote 124 720 86 219 62 387Percentage 9 61 6 68 4 81 Swing 1 59pp 1 66pp 1 47pp Seventh party Party Party of Smallholders and Rural PeopleLast election 2 seats 2 60 Seats won 2Seat change 0Popular vote 27 783Percentage 2 14 Swing 0 46ppPrime Minister before electionAimo CajanderNational Progressive Prime Minister after election Aimo CajanderNational ProgressiveBackground editThe leading issues were the distribution of the growing prosperity s benefits the prospects for the centre left coalition government s continuation the right wing opposition s criticism of the government s numerous and allegedly poorly prepared legislative proposals and the Finnish national security under the threat of World War II Prime Minister Cajander opposed the notable increase of defence spending before the elections because that would require raising taxes Finance Minister Vaino Tanner and Governor of the Bank of Finland Risto Ryti opposed the taking of a foreign loan to buy modern military equipment for the Finnish army although the Finnish national debt in 1939 was among the lowest in the Western world Most Finnish voters were apparently satisfied with the centre left Cajander government s performance because it received almost three quarters of the seats The voter turnout was the highest of the Finnish parliamentary elections of the 1920s and 1930s 2 3 4 Results edit nbsp PartyVotes Seats Social Democratic Party515 98039 7785 2Agrarian League296 52922 8656 3National Coalition Party176 21513 5825 5Swedish People s Party124 7209 6118 3Patriotic People s Movement86 2196 658 6National Progressive Party62 3874 816 1Party of Smallholders and Rural People27 7832 1420Swedish Left5 9800 4600Others1 5060 120 Total1 297 319100 002000Valid votes1 297 31999 61Invalid blank votes5 0290 39Total votes1 302 348100 00Registered voters turnout1 956 80766 55Source Tilastokeskus 2004 5 References edit Nohlen D amp Stover P 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p606 ISBN 978 3 8329 5609 7 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 Martti Turtola Risto Ryti A Life for the Fatherland Elama isanmaan puolesta Helsinki Otava 1994 Tiedosto 595 Eduskuntavaalit 1927 2003 Tilastokeskus 2004 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1939 Finnish parliamentary election amp oldid 1197768463, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
