1951 Finnish Parliamentary Election
1–2 July 1951 · War and the Paasikivi-Kekkonen years · 200 seats, 101 for a majority
Social Democratic Party finished first with 53 of 200 seats on 26.5% of the vote. Turnout 74.6%. Urho Kekkonen stayed in office.
Prime Minister before
Urho Kekkonen
Agrarian
Prime Minister (continued)
Urho Kekkonen
Agrarian
Largest force
Social Democratic Party
53 of 200 seats
Turnout
74.6%
The result
| Share of the Eduskunta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | — | 53 | -1 | 480,754 | 26.5% | — | |
| Agrarian League | — | 51 | -5 | 421,613 | 23.3% | — | |
| Finnish People's Democratic League | — | 43 | +5 | 391,134 | 21.6% | — | |
| National Coalition Party | — | 28 | -5 | 264,044 | 14.6% | — | |
| Swedish People's Party | — | 14 | +1 | 131,719 | 7.3% | — | |
| People's Party of Finland | — | 10 | +5 | 102,933 | 5.7% | — | |
| Åland Coalition | — | 1 | 0 | 5,686 | 0.3% | — | |
| Small Farmers Party | — | 0 | 0 | 4,964 | 0.3% | — | |
| Liberal League | — | 0 | — | 4,936 | 0.3% | — | |
| Radical People's Party | — | 0 | 0 | 4,486 | 0.3% | — | |
| Finnish People's Party | — | 0 | — | 243 | 0.0% | — | |
| Others | — | 0 | — | 305 | 0.0% | — |