Finnish presidential election, 1925
Two-stage presidential elections were held in Finland in 1925. On 15 and 16 January the public elected presidential electors to an electoral college. They in turn elected the President. The result was a victory for Lauri Kristian Relander, who won on the third ballot. The turnout for the popular vote was just 39.7%.The outgoing President, K.J. Ståhlberg, had refused to seek a second term. According to the late Agrarian and Centrist politician, Johannes Virolainen, he stepped down after one term because he believed that an incumbent President would be too likely to win re-election. President Ståhlberg claimed that he had already completed his political service to Finland as President. Moreover, he wanted to step down because many right-wing Finns (especially veterans of the Civil War and su
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Finnish presidential election, 1925
Two-stage presidential elections were held in Finland in 1925. On 15 and 16 January the public elected presidential electors to an electoral college. They in turn elected the President. The result was a victory for Lauri Kristian Relander, who won on the third ballot. The turnout for the popular vote was just 39.7%.The outgoing President, K.J. Ståhlberg, had refused to seek a second term. According to the late Agrarian and Centrist politician, Johannes Virolainen, he stepped down after one term because he believed that an incumbent President would be too likely to win re-election. President Ståhlberg claimed that he had already completed his political service to Finland as President. Moreover, he wanted to step down because many right-wing Finns (especially veterans of the Civil War and su
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Die Präsidentschaftswahl in Fi ...... nder in drei Wahlgängen durch.
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Two-stage presidential electio ...... en seura), 2009, pgs.791-792).
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Президентские выборы в Финлянд ...... победу одержал Л. К. Реландер.
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1925-01-16
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Finnish presidential election, 1925
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607,630,689
after election
after party
Agrarian League
before election
before party
National Progressive Party
electoral vote
next election
Finnish presidential election, 1931
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party
Agrarian League
National Progressive Party
previous election
Finnish presidential election, 1919
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Die Präsidentschaftswahl in Fi ...... nder in drei Wahlgängen durch.
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Two-stage presidential electio ...... terans of the Civil War and su
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Президентские выборы в Финлянд ...... победу одержал Л. К. Реландер.
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Finnish presidential election, 1925
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Präsidentschaftswahl in Finnland 1925
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Президентские выборы в Финляндии (1925)
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