Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 April 1924.^[1] Although the Social Democratic Party remained the largest in Parliament with 60 of the 200 seats, Lauri Ingman of the National Coalition Party formed a centre-right majority government in May 1924. It remained intact until the Agrarians left in November 1924. Voter turnout was 57.4%.^[2]

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1924 Finnish parliamentary election

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All 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland 101 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Väinö Tanner Pekka Heikkinen Antti Tulenheimo Party SDP Agrarian National Coalition Last election 25.06%, 53 seats 20.27%, 45 seats 18.15%, 35 seats Seats won 60 44 38 Seat change 7 1 3 Popular vote 255,068 177,982 166,880 Percentage 29.02% 20.25% 18.99% Swing 3.96pp 0.02pp 0.84pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Eric von Rettig Oskari Mantere Party RKP STPV National Progressive Last election 12.41%, 25 seats – 9.21%, 15 seats Seats won 23 18 17 Seat change 2 New 2 Popular vote 105,733 91,839 79,937 Percentage 12.03% 10.45% 9.09% Swing 0.38pp New 0.12pp
Prime Minister before election Aimo Cajander Independent Prime Minister after election Lauri Ingman National Coalition

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President Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg decided to dissolve Parliament in January 1924 and to organise early elections for April 1924, as since August 1923, Parliament had been 27 members short following the arrest of the Communist MPs suspected of treason. Around December 1923 and January 1924, the Social Democrats threatened to withdraw from Parliament, unless early elections were held. Prime Minister Kyösti Kallio opposed the dissolution of Parliament, true to his parliamentary principles, and resigned after Ståhlberg indicated that he would dissolve Parliament. After Kallio's resignation, Ståhlberg appointed a caretaker government of civil servants, led by Professor Aimo Cajander (a Progressive). The 1922 land reform had been enacted, on the initiative of Prime Minister Kallio. The National Coalitioners were becoming more right-wing and less reformist. The Progressives were losing votes to the National Coalitioners and Agrarians, with their brand of petty-bourgeois, urban liberalism losing its appeal in the still heavily agrarian Finland.^[3][4]

• List of members of the Parliament of Finland, 1924–1927