1948 Finnish Parliamentary Election
1–2 July 1948 · War and the Paasikivi-Kekkonen years · 200 seats, 101 for a majority
Agrarian League finished first with 56 of 200 seats on 24.2% of the vote. Turnout 78.2%. Karl-August Fagerholm replaced Mauno Pekkala.
Prime Minister before
Mauno Pekkala
SKDL
Prime Minister after
Karl-August Fagerholm
SDP
Largest force
Agrarian League
56 of 200 seats
Turnout
78.3%
The result
| Share of the Eduskunta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | — | 54 | +4 | 494,719 | 26.3% | — | |
| Agrarian League | — | 56 | +7 | 455,635 | 24.2% | — | |
| Finnish People's Democratic League | — | 38 | -11 | 375,538 | 20.0% | — | |
| National Coalition Party | — | 33 | +5 | 320,366 | 17.0% | — | |
| Swedish People's Party | — | 13 | -1 | 137,981 | 7.3% | — | |
| National Progressive Party | — | 5 | -4 | 73,444 | 3.9% | — | |
| Åland Coalition | — | 1 | — | 6,567 | 0.3% | — | |
| Small Farmers Party | — | 0 | 0 | 5,378 | 0.3% | — | |
| Radical People's Party | — | 0 | 0 | 5,162 | 0.3% | — | |
| Others | — | 0 | — | 5,178 | 0.3% | — |