City Council of Tampere

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City Council of Tampere

Tampereen kaupunginvaltuusto
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Leadership
Chairperson
Structure
Seats67
City Council of Tampere as of Aug 2023.svg
Political groups
Length of term
4 years
Elections
Last election
 2021
Next election
 2025

City Council of Tampere (Finnish: Tampereen kaupunginvaltuusto) is the highest decision-making organ of Tampere. It consists on 67 members who're elected every four years in the municipal election. [1]

The sitting hall of the city council. Tampereen kaupunginvaltuuston istuntosali takaa.jpg
The sitting hall of the city council.

The council meets at the Tampere City Central Office Building (sometimes called "The White House") in the city centre. The meetings take place almost always on Mondays. [2] The meetings are sent on radio by Radio Moreeni. [3]

The National Coalition Party and the Swedish People's Party have been in a local alliance since the municipal election of 2008. [4]

Peter Löfberg, Swedish People's Party, died while in office in May 2021. [5]

Latest election

Following the 2021 municipal election the Social democrats and the Coalition tied with 17 seats each. [6] The NCP, however, received more votes and won by only 15 votes meaning their mayoral candidate, Anna-Kaisa Ikonen was nominated to the post. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Decision making". City of Tampere. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Kaupunginvaltuusto". City of Tampere (in Finnish). 15 September 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Radio Moreeni palailee pikkuhiljaa koronatauolta: Kuuntele kaupunginvaltuuston kokous radiosta tänään klo 17". Radio Moreeni. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Kunnallisvaalit Tampereella 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish). 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Tamperelainen kaupunginvaltuutettu Peter Löfberg on kuollut". Aamulehti (in Finnish). 17 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Yle - Result service - Tampere - Pirkanmaan vaalipiiri - Municipal Elections 2021". vaalit.yle.fi. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "NCP candidate confirmed as Tampere mayor after dramatic recount". Yle Uutiset. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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