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also had almost one-third of the electors behind him (including the right-wing electors of the
Swedish People's Party), while both Kallio and Ståhlberg each had just under one-fifth of the electors supporting them. However, Kallio had the fewest uncompromising opponents in the Electoral College. This made him easily the second-best choice (after Ståhlberg) for the Social Democrats and the moderate supporters of Ståhlberg. Thus Kallio won the presidency clearly on the second ballot. Kallio's victory was helped also by the fact that the ideological quarrels in Finland had calmed down considerably since the early and mid-1930s, given Finland's rising prosperity, the gradually increasing Agrarian-Social Democratic co-operation, and the far right's decreasing support.
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818:- then clearly the largest political party in Finland - to enter the government, Prime Minister Kallio's moderate and conciliatory attitude towards the Social Democrats, former President Ståhlberg's second attempt to regain power, and the distribution of the new Finnish economic prosperity among the various social classes, especially labourers and peasants.
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Almost one-third of the electors originally supported the Social
Democratic candidate, Väinö Tanner, whose supporters conceded that he had no chance of being elected in the bourgeois Finland, but emphasized that his electors could probably decide who would win the presidency. President Svinhufvud
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was third with only 56 votes. On the second ballot, 131 of
Stahlberg's electors deserted him, and Kallio received 177 votes, with 104 for Svinhufvud and only 19 for Stahlberg . The turnout for the popular vote was 57.8%.
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in 1937. The first stage was on 15 and 16 January 1937 as the public selected 300 presidential electors to an electoral college.
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President Kyösti Kallio assumes his post. The new and the old president leave the
Parliament house in Helsinki 1.3.1937
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302:
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118:
1154:
535:
380:
187:
123:
1123:
921:
790:
108:
550:
257:
247:
1180:
605:
540:
267:
1387:
1149:
975:
883:
811:
794:
344:
183:
103:
71:
1798:
1379:
433:
285:
1919:
219:
586:
319:
789:
The 300 electors, in turn, met on 15 February 1937 to elect the
President. On the first ballot,
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1175:
902:
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295:
228:
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682:
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1239:
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received 150 electoral votes, one vote short of the 151 necessary for a majority.
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The issues the election campaign was fought on included
President
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797:, the incumbent President of Finland, received 94 votes and
814:'s refusal in September and October 1936 to allow the
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782:Two-stage presidential elections were held in
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1050:
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847:
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1244:Elections in Europe: A data handbook
920:General electoral alliance for
882:General electoral alliance for
19:1937 Finnish presidential election
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2061:Presidential elections in Finland
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1282:A Small Giant of Finnish History
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70:
25:
1280:Seppo Zetterberg et al (2003)
713:Politics of the European Union
536:National Coalition Party (KOK)
408:Regional Administrative Courts
1:
526:Social Democratic Party (SDP)
556:Swedish People's Party (RKP)
403:Supreme Administrative Court
1242:& Philip Stöver (2010)
1220:Source: Nohlen & Stöver
958:Patriotic People's Movement
677:Ministry of Foreign Affairs
644:Wellbeing services counties
253:Declaration of Independence
2087:
1293:Pentti Virrankoski (2009)
1129:National Progressive Party
1077:Source: Nohln & Stöver
2066:1937 elections in Finland
2037:
1271:Nohlen & Stöver, p623
1262:Nohlen & Stöver, p628
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1064:Registered voters/turnout
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179:President before election
172:
62:
35:
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1306:Sakari Virkkunen (1994)
1155:National Coalition Party
579:Administrative divisions
561:Christian Democrats (KD)
1388:Parliamentary elections
1334:Finland's Presidents II
1310:, Otava, pp201, 211–212
865:Social Democratic Party
1799:Presidential elections
1308:Finland's Presidents I
940:Swedish People's Party
835:
693:Diplomatic missions of
1319:Kari Hokkanen (1986)
1150:Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
1124:Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
833:
812:Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
795:Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
791:Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
420:Chancellor of Justice
398:Administrative Courts
184:Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
109:Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
104:Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
1295:A History of Finland
135:Electoral vote
129:National Progressive
2071:January 1937 events
1603:Municipal elections
1089:
1038:Invalid/blank votes
901:Supporters of
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616:Ekonomiska regioner
566:Movement Now (LIIK)
551:Left Alliance (VAS)
546:Green League (VIHR)
541:Centre Party (KESK)
220:Politics of Finland
20:
1920:European elections
1088:
843:
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734:Finland portal
415:Prosecutor General
188:National Coalition
151:Popular vote
124:National Coalition
47:15–16 January 1937
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839:Popular vote
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2016:Referendums
1099:First round
1051:Total votes
1025:Valid votes
705:Ambassadors
612:Seutukunnat
606:Sub-regions
339:Legislative
2055:Categories
1227:References
884:Svinhufvud
806:Background
697:in Finland
681:Minister:
489:European:
345:Parliament
320:Government
93:Candidate
1093:Candidate
1067:1,929,868
1054:1,115,704
1028:1,112,646
1010:1,112,646
922:Ståhlberg
593:Maakunnat
434:elections
369:Judiciary
286:President
280:Executive
635:Kommuner
597:Landskap
268:Military
203:Agrarian
164:141,897
119:Agrarian
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944:102,250
926:141,897
907:184,668
888:240,602
869:341,408
826:Results
784:Finland
587:Regions
432:Recent
350:Speaker
160:240,602
155:184,668
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1205:100.00
1057:100.00
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993:Others
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903:Kallio
631:Kunnat
115:Party
1199:Total
1194:59.00
1188:18.67
1168:34.67
1162:31.33
1136:50.00
1113:Votes
1107:Votes
1096:Party
1070:57.81
1041:3,058
1031:99.73
1007:Total
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910:16.60
891:21.62
872:30.68
857:Seats
851:Votes
848:Party
242:State
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1461:1930
1456:1929
1451:1927
1446:1924
1441:1922
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1421:1913
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1248:ISBN
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1044:0.27
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