City Council of Tampere Tampereen kaupunginvaltuusto | |
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Leadership | |
Chairperson | |
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Seats | 67 |
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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 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]
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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