This Honka Alliance's goal was to defeat President Urho Kekkonen in the presidential elections of January and February 1962.

However, their plans were derailed in October 1961 when the Soviet Union sent a diplomatic note to Finland, asking it to participate in negotiations about the two countries' military co-operation.

During the Note Crisis, in late November Kekkonen dissolved Parliament and called early elections for February 1962.

After the parliamentary elections, Ahti Karjalainen of the Agrarian League formed a centre-right majority government that remained in office until December 1963.

It was replaced by another caretaker government, led by Bureau Chief (a senior civil servant) Reino Lehto.