1968 Finnish Presidential Election
Electoral college15–16 January 1968 · Parliament and the electoral college
Urho Kekkonen was elected by the electoral college on the first ballot with 201 of 300 votes. Elector turnout 70.2%; the largest list was the Centre Party, with 65 electors.
President before
Urho Kekkonen
Agrarian League
President (re-elected)
Urho Kekkonen
Centre Party
Decided by
201 of 300
the college, one ballot
Elector turnout
70.2%
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
Centre Party · 67.0%
201
votes
Matti Virkkunen
National Coalition Party · 22.0%
66
votes
Veikko Vennamo
Finnish Rural Party · 11.0%
33
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.
National Coalition PartyElectoral Union of Matti Virkkunen
432,014 votes · 21.2%
58
electors
Centre PartyElectoral Union of Urho Kekkonen
421,197 votes · 20.7%
65
electors
Finnish People's Democratic LeagueElectoral Union of Urho Kekkonen
345,609 votes · 16.9%
56
electors
Social Democratic PartyElectoral Union of Urho Kekkonen
315,068 votes · 15.5%
55
electors
Electoral Union of Veikko Vennamo
231,282 votes · 11.3%
33
electors
Electoral Union of LKP
102,831 votes · 5.0%
9
electors
Supporters of Urho KekkonenElectoral Union of SFP
68,378 votes · 3.4%
9
electors
Social Democratic Union of Workers and SmallholdersElectoral Union of Urho Kekkonen
46,833 votes · 2.3%
6
electors
Supporters of Matti VirkkunenElectoral Union of SFP
43,892 votes · 2.1%
6
electors
IndependentsElectoral Union of Urho Kekkonen
21,425 votes · 1.1%
1
electors
IndependentsElectoral Union of Matti Virkkunen
6,787 votes · 0.3%
2
electors
Swedish People's PartyElectoral Union of Urho Kekkonen
2,568 votes · 0.1%
0
electors