1958 Finnish Parliamentary Election
6–7 July 1958 · War and the Paasikivi-Kekkonen years · 200 seats, 101 for a majority
Finnish People's Democratic League finished first with 50 of 200 seats on 23.2% of the vote. Turnout 75.0%. Karl-August Fagerholm replaced Reino Kuuskoski.
Prime Minister before
Reino Kuuskoski
Independent
Prime Minister after
Karl-August Fagerholm
SDP
Largest force
Finnish People's Democratic League
50 of 200 seats
Turnout
75.0%
The result
| Share of the Eduskunta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finnish People's Democratic League | — | 50 | +7 | 450,220 | 23.2% | — | |
| Social Democratic Party | — | 48 | -6 | 449,536 | 23.1% | — | |
| Agrarian League | — | 48 | -5 | 448,364 | 23.1% | — | |
| National Coalition Party | — | 29 | +5 | 297,094 | 15.3% | — | |
| Swedish People's Party | — | 13 | +1 | 126,365 | 6.5% | — | |
| People's Party | — | 8 | -5 | 114,617 | 5.9% | — | |
| Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders | — | 3 | — | 33,947 | 1.8% | — | |
| Liberal League | — | 0 | 0 | 6,424 | 0.3% | — | |
| Åland Coalition | — | 1 | 0 | 5,487 | 0.3% | — | |
| Agrarian League Opposition | — | 0 | — | 5,057 | 0.3% | — | |
| Finnish Christian League | — | 0 | — | 3,358 | 0.2% | — | |
| Free Citizens and Centre List | — | 0 | — | 3,033 | 0.2% | — | |
| Free Economy List | — | 0 | — | 331 | 0.0% | — | |
| People's Co-operation League | — | 0 | — | 160 | 0.0% | — | |
| Others | — | 0 | — | 242 | 0.0% | — |