Finland 1978 Presidential
Election
|
Dates of
Election
|
January
15-16, 1978
|
|
Type of Electoral
System
|
Majority
(Electoral College) *
|
| Length
of Term |
6
years
|
|
|
Number
of Electoral College Votes #
|
Percentage
of Votes #
|
| Urho
Kaleva Kekkonen (**) |
260
|
82.2%
|
| Raino
Westerholm (SKL - Finnish Christian League) |
24
|
8.8%
|
| Veikko
Vennamo (SMP - Finnish Rural Party) |
10
|
4.7%
|
| Ahti
Salonen (SPKP - Constitutional People's Party) |
6
|
3.6%
|
| Eino
Haikala (SKYP - finnish People's Unification Party) |
-
|
0.3%
|
| Others |
-
|
0.1%
|
* Formally elected
by Electoral College on February 15, 1978.
** SSDP - Finnish
Social Democratic Party; KP - Center Party; SKDL - Finnish People's Democratic
League; SKP - Swedish People's Party; LKP - Liberal People's Party;
Source: Political
Handbook of the World 1979, Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, 1979.
# Source: Keesing's Contemporary Archives Vol XXIV (1978): 28980.
| Population
Size |
4
753 000
|
| Registered
Voters |
3
844 279
|
|
Total Votes
|
2
470 339
|
|
Vote/Registered
Voter
|
64.3%
|
|
Spoilt Ballots
|
0.6%
|
Source: Voter
Turnout: Finland. [Internet]. International IDEA. 31 October 2001.
|
