Finnish presidential election, 1968
Two-stage presidential elections were held in Finland in 1968. On 15 and 16 January the public elected presidential electors to an electoral college.[1] They in turn elected the President. The result was a victory for Urho Kekkonen, who won in the first round of voting.[2] Voter turnout in the public stage was 70.2.[3]
Results
Public vote
| Alliance or party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| Electoral Union of Urho Kekkonen |
Centre Party |
421,197 |
20.7 |
65 |
| Finnish People's Democratic League |
345,609 |
17.0 |
56 |
| Social Democratic Party |
315,068 |
15.5 |
55 |
| Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders |
46,833 |
2.3 |
6 |
| Swedish People's Party |
2,568 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Independents |
21,425 |
1.1 |
1 |
| Electoral Union of Matti Virkkunen |
National Coalition Party |
432,014 |
21.2 |
58 |
| Independents |
6,787 |
0.3 |
2 |
| Electoral Union of Veikko Vennamo |
231,282 |
11.3 |
33 |
| Electoral Union of SFP |
Supporters of Urho Kekkonen |
68,378 |
3.4 |
9 |
| Supporters of Matti Virkkunen |
43,892 |
2.2 |
6 |
| Supporters of Veikko Vennamo |
677 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Electoral Union of LKP |
102,831 |
5.0 |
9 |
| Others |
31 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Invalid/blank votes |
10,410 |
– |
– |
| Total |
2,049,002 |
100 |
300 |
| Source: Nohln & Stöver |
Electoral college
References
- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 ISBN 9873832956097
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p630
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p624