1954 Finnish parliamentary election

1954 Finnish parliamentary election
7–8 March 1954
All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Emil Skog V. J. Sukselainen Kusti Kulo
Party SDP Agrarian SKDL
Last election 26.52%, 53 seats 23.26%, 51 seats 21.58%, 43 seats
Seats won 54 53 43
Seat change 1 2
Popular vote 527,094 483,958 433,251
Percentage 26.25% 24.10% 21.57%
Swing 0.27pp 0.84pp 0.01pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Arvo Salminen Eino Saari Ralf Törngren
Party National Coalition People's RKP
Last election 14.57%, 28 seats 5.68%, 10 seats 7.27%, 14 seats
Seats won 24 13 12
Seat change 4 3 2
Popular vote 257,025 158,323 135,768
Percentage 12.80% 7.88% 6.76%
Swing 1.77pp 2.20pp 0.51pp
  Seventh party
 
Party ÅS
Last election 0.31%, 1 seat
Seats won 1
Seat change
Popular vote 4,651
Percentage 0.23%
Swing 0.08pp
Prime Minister before election

Sakari Tuomioja
Liberal League

Prime Minister after election

Ralf Törngren
RKP

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 7 and 8 March 1954.

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