Claim: The 1939 Finnish parliamentary election featured no less than eight caucuses vying for 200 seats.
Evidence: Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1939. Most Finnish voters were apparently satisfied with the centre-left Cajander government's performance, because it received almost three-quarters of the seats. A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a specific political party or movement. The exact definition varies between different countries and political cultures. The term originated in the United States, where it can refer to a meeting of members of a political party to nominate candidates, plan policy, etc, in the United States Congress, or other similar representative organs of government. It has spread to certain Commonwealth countries, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa, where it generally refers to a regular meeting of all members of Parliament who belong to a parliamentary party: in such a context, a party caucus can be quite powerful, as it has the ability to elect or dismiss the party's parliamentary leader. Social Democratic Party of Finland 85 Agrarian League 56 National Coalition Party 25 Swedish People's Party 18 Patriotic People's Movement 8 National Progressive Party 6 Party of Smallholders and Rural People 2 Swedish Left 0 Others 0 Total 200