Lauri Kristian Relander was elected by the electoral college on the third ballot with 172 of 300 votes, against Risto Ryti's 109. Elector turnout 39.7%; the largest list was the Social Democratic Party, with 79 electors.
On the sources. Väinö Voionmaa's single first-ballot vote, reported separately by the newspapers of the day, is counted with Tanner's 78 in the President's Office table (79).
President before
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
National Progressive Party
Elected President
Lauri Kristian Relander
Agrarian League
Decided by
172 of 300
third ballot
Elector turnout
39.7%
the popular vote that chose the college
Every ballot
Votes of the 300 electors. An absolute majority wins on the first two ballots; a third ballot is a straight choice between the top two. Blank or rejected: 0 on the first, 1 on the second, 19 on the third.
Lauri Kristian Relander
Agrarian League · 61.2%
172
third ballot
Risto Ryti
National Progressive Party · 38.8%
109
third ballot
Hugo Suolahti
National Coalition Party
—
third ballot
Matti Väisänen
Socialist Workers' Party
—
third ballot
Väinö Tanner
Social Democratic Party
—
third ballot
Karl Söderholm
Swedish People's Party
—
third ballot
Väinö Voionmaa
Social Democratic Party
—
third ballot
Lauri Kristian Relander
Agrarian League
6923.0%
9732.4%
17261.2%
Risto Ryti
National Progressive Party
3311.0%
10434.8%
10938.8%
Hugo Suolahti
National Coalition Party
6822.7%
8026.8%
—
Matti Väisänen
Socialist Workers' Party
165.3%
165.4%
—
Väinö Tanner
Social Democratic Party
7826.0%
20.7%
—
Karl Söderholm
Swedish People's Party
3511.7%
—
—
Väinö Voionmaa
Social Democratic Party
10.3%
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Who filled the college
The popular vote for electors, list by list, and the electors each list won. Lists running together under one candidate are shown with their alliance.