1962 Finnish Presidential Election
Electoral college15–16 January 1962 · Parliament and the electoral college
Urho Kekkonen was elected by the electoral college on the first ballot with 199 of 300 votes. Elector turnout 81.5%; the largest list was the Agrarian League, with 111 electors.
President before
Urho Kekkonen
Agrarian League
President (re-elected)
Urho Kekkonen
Agrarian League
Decided by
199 of 300
the college, one ballot
Elector turnout
81.5%
the popular vote that chose the college
The college's vote
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.
Urho Kekkonen
Agrarian League · 66.3%
199
votes
Paavo Aitio
Finnish People's Democratic League · 20.7%
62
votes
Rafael Paasio
Social Democratic Party · 12.3%
37
votes
Emil Skog
Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders · 0.7%
2
votes
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.
Agrarian LeagueElectoral Union of Urho Kekkonen
698,199 votes · 31.7%
111
electors
Finnish People's Democratic League
451,750 votes · 20.5%
63
electors
Social Democratic Party
289,366 votes · 13.1%
36
electors
National Coalition PartyElectoral Union of KOK and KP
288,912 votes · 13.1%
37
electors
People's PartyElectoral Union of Urho Kekkonen
165,489 votes · 7.5%
21
electors
Swedish People's Party
111,741 votes · 5.1%
15
electors
OthersElectoral Union of Urho Kekkonen
75,961 votes · 3.5%
7
electors
Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders
66,166 votes · 3.0%
2
electors
Swedish People's PartyElectoral Union of Urho Kekkonen
35,599 votes · 1.6%
6
electors
People's PartyElectoral Union of KOK and KP
11,087 votes · 0.5%
1
electors
Liberal LeagueElectoral Union of KOK and KP
7,898 votes · 0.4%
1
electors
Others
36 votes · 0.0%
0
electors