1962 Finnish Parliamentary Election
4–5 February 1962 · War and the Paasikivi-Kekkonen years · 200 seats, 101 for a majority
Agrarian League finished first with 53 of 200 seats on 22.9% of the vote. Turnout 85.1%. Ahti Karjalainen replaced Martti Miettunen.
Prime Minister before
Martti Miettunen
Agrarian
Prime Minister after
Ahti Karjalainen
Agrarian
Largest force
Agrarian League
53 of 200 seats
Turnout
85.1%
The result
| Share of the Eduskunta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrarian League | — | 53 | +5 | 528,409 | 22.9% | — | |
| Finnish People's Democratic League | — | 47 | -3 | 506,829 | 22.0% | — | |
| Social Democratic Party | — | 38 | -10 | 448,930 | 19.5% | — | |
| National Coalition Party | — | 32 | +3 | 346,638 | 15.1% | — | |
| People's Party | — | 13 | +5 | 146,005 | 6.3% | — | |
| Swedish People's Party | — | 13 | 0 | 140,689 | 6.1% | — | |
| Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders | — | 2 | -1 | 100,396 | 4.4% | — | |
| Smallholders' Party | — | 0 | — | 49,773 | 2.2% | — | |
| Liberal League | — | 1 | +1 | 12,000 | 0.5% | — | |
| Centre Party | — | 0 | — | 8,686 | 0.4% | — | |
| Åland Coalition | — | 1 | 0 | 7,261 | 0.3% | — | |
| Smallholders' Party Opposition | — | 0 | — | 6,329 | 0.3% | — | |
| Others | — | 0 | — | 53 | 0.0% | — |