1956 Finnish presidential election
Electoral college

1956 Finnish presidential election

Section Title: Electoral college
Table Section Text: None

Candidate	Party	First ballot	Second ballot	Third ballot

Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%

Urho Kekkonen	Agrarian League	88	29.3	102	34.0	151	50.3

Karl August Fagerholm	Social Democratic Party	72	24.0	114	38.0	149	49.7

Sakari Tuomioja	Liberal League	57	19.0	–	–	–	–

Eino Kilpi	Finnish People's Democratic League	56	18.7	–	–	–	–

Ralf Törngren	Swedish People's Party	20	6.7	–	–	–	–

Eero Rydman	People's Party of Finland	7	2.3	–	–	–	–

Juho Kusti Paasikivi	National Coalition Party	–	–	84	28.0	–	–

Total	300	100	300	100	300	100

Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Sentence(s)

Kekkonen was elected as President with the majority of 151 votes to 149.

final_sentence: Kekkonen was elected as President with the majority of 151 votes to 149.