1939 Finnish parliamentary election

1939 Finnish parliamentary election
1–2 July 1939
All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Kaarlo Harvala Pekka Heikkinen Pekka Pennanen
Party SDP Agrarian National Coalition
Last election 83 seats, 38.59% 53 seats, 22.41% 20 seats, 10.36%
Seats won 85 56 25
Seat change 2 3 5
Popular vote 515,980 296,529 176,215
Percentage 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 Cajander
Party RKP IKL National Progressive
Last election 21 seats, 11.20% 14 seats, 8.34% 7 seats, 6.28%
Seats won 18 8 6
Seat change 3 6 1
Popular vote 124,720 86,219 62,387
Percentage 9.61% 6.68% 4.81%
Swing 1.59pp 1.66pp 1.47pp
  Seventh party
 
Party Party of Smallholders and Rural People
Last election 2 seats, 2.60%
Seats won 2
Seat change 0
Popular vote 27,783
Percentage 2.14%
Swing 0.46pp
Prime Minister before election

Aimo Cajander
National Progressive

Prime Minister after election

Aimo Cajander
National Progressive

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1939. 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.

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