Description of Electoral System:

(courtesy of IFES election guide)

The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 6-year term. In the Parliament (Eduskunta), 200 members are elected by popular vote via proportional representation to serve 4-year terms.

Electoral Systems Snapshot

(Courtesy of International IDEA)

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Most recent elections

(courtesy of wikipedia)

The 2006 Finnish Presidential election saw the re-election of Tarja Halonen as President of Finland for a second six-year term.

The first round of voting in Finnish presidential elections always takes place on the third Sunday of January, in this case 15 January 2006. As no candidate received more than half of the vote, a second round was held on 29 January between the two highest placed candidates from the first round, Tarja Halonen and Sauli Niinistö. Tarja Halonen, the incumbent, won the final round by 3.6 percentage points. The newly elected president formally took office for her second term on 1 March.