Finnish Election 1936 (Red Finland)

By the 1936 elections, the Finns were in a time of great production and health, and the Socialists main enemy, the communists, were loosing ground in parliment. They had no need to be afraid of them anymore, but insted they had a new enemy, the revolutionary party, which had the new leader Eino Rahja and were gaining seats in the Helsinki Socialist and were gaining votes reaching 40.4% in the election. The election offered the aging Ali Aaltonen (aged 62 during the election) one more spot as premier as he would die 4 years later.