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| 1962, Jan. 15–16 | |
| President Kekkonen received an overwhelming majority of the popular vote in the two-day presidential election. His Agrarian Party received 145 seats in the 300-seat electoral college, which was scheduled to meet on Feb. 15 to select the president. | 1 |
| Feb. 4–5 | |
| In parliamentary elections, President Kekkonen's Agrarian Party replaced the Communist Party as the largest single parliamentary group. | 2 |
| March 1 | |
| President Kekkonen was inaugurated for his second six-year term. | 3 |
| April 13 | |
| Ahti K. Karjalainen formed a new coalition government. | 4 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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