Two-stage presidential elections were held in Finland in 1978, the first since 1968 after Urho Kekkonen's term was extended by four years by Parliament.[1] The public elected presidential electors to an electoral college on 15 and 16 January.[2] They in turn elected the President. The result was a victory for Urho Kekkonen, who won on the first ballot.[1] The turnout for the popular vote was 64.3.[3] Kekkonen had in the spring of 1975 agreed to become the Social Democratic presidential candidate, and after that all the major Finnish political parties chose him as their candidate. Kekkonen's opponents, such as the Christian League's presidential candidate Raino Westerholm, claimed that Kekkonen's long presidency weakened the Finnish democracy. Over one-third of the Finnish voters abstained from voting, partly as a protest against Kekkonen's expected landslide victory.
^Timo Vihavainen (2003) "The Welfare Finland" (Hyvinvointi-Suomi), pp883–884 in Seppo Zetterberg et al., eds., A Small Giant of the Finnish History, WSOY
^Pentti Virrankoski (2009) A History of Finland, Finnish Literature Society, p963
1978, finnish, presidential, election, stage, presidential, elections, were, held, finland, 1978, first, since, 1968, after, urho, kekkonen, term, extended, four, years, parliament, public, elected, presidential, electors, electoral, college, january, they, tu. Two stage presidential elections were held in Finland in 1978 the first since 1968 after Urho Kekkonen s term was extended by four years by Parliament 1 The public elected presidential electors to an electoral college on 15 and 16 January 2 They in turn elected the President The result was a victory for Urho Kekkonen who won on the first ballot 1 The turnout for the popular vote was 64 3 3 Kekkonen had in the spring of 1975 agreed to become the Social Democratic presidential candidate and after that all the major Finnish political parties chose him as their candidate Kekkonen s opponents such as the Christian League s presidential candidate Raino Westerholm claimed that Kekkonen s long presidency weakened the Finnish democracy Over one third of the Finnish voters abstained from voting partly as a protest against Kekkonen s expected landslide victory 1978 Finnish presidential election 1968 15 16 January 1978 1982 Candidate Urho Kekkonen Raino WesterholmParty Centre Christian LeagueElectoral vote 259 25Popular vote 2 017 631 215 244 CPPCandidate Veikko Vennamo Ahti M SalonenParty Rural Party Constitutional People s PartyElectoral vote 10 6Popular vote 114 488 82 478President before electionUrho KekkonenCentre Elected President Urho KekkonenCentreThe 77 year old President Kekkonen s health was already declining although this fact was not easily noticeable in his public appearances 4 5 6 Contents 1 Results 1 1 Popular vote 1 2 Electoral college 2 ReferencesResults EditPopular vote Edit Party or allianceVotes SeatsSupporters of Urho KekkonenSocial Democratic Party569 15423 2574Centre Party475 37219 4264Finnish People s Democratic League445 09818 1856National Coalition Party360 31014 7245Swedish People s Party88 0543 6012Liberals71 2322 918Aland Coalition5 3310 221Socialist Workers Party2 1870 090Private Entrepreneurs Party8930 040Total2 017 63182 41260Finnish Christian League215 2448 7924Finnish Rural Party114 4884 6810Constitutional People s Party82 4783 376Finnish People s Unity Party18 5430 760Total2 448 384100 00300Valid votes2 448 38499 11Invalid blank votes21 9550 89Total votes2 470 339100 00Registered voters turnout3 844 27964 26Source Nohlen amp StoverElectoral college Edit CandidatePartyVotes Urho KekkonenCentre Party25986 33Raino WesterholmFinnish Christian League258 33Veikko VennamoFinnish Rural Party103 33Ahti M SalonenConstitutional People s Party62 00Total300100 00Source Nohlen amp StoverReferences Edit a b Dieter Nohlen amp Philip Stover 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p630 ISBN 978 3 8329 5609 7 Nohlen amp Stover p606 Nohlen amp Stover p624 Timo Vihavainen 2003 The Welfare Finland Hyvinvointi Suomi pp883 884 in Seppo Zetterberg et al eds A Small Giant of the Finnish History WSOY Pentti Virrankoski 2009 A History of Finland Finnish Literature Society p963 Aarno Laitinen et al eds 1981 Tamminiemi s Inheritance Dividers Journalists Ltd Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1978 Finnish presidential election amp oldid 1120450648, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
