Finnish presidential election, 2018

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Finnish presidential election, 2018

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  2012 28 January 20182024 

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Nominee Sauli Niinistö Pekka Haavisto Laura Huhtasaari
Party Independent Green League Finns
Popular vote 1,875,342 371,254 207,337
Percentage 62.7% 12.4% 6.9%

President before election

Sauli Niinistö
National Coalition

Elected President

Sauli Niinistö
Independent

Presidential elections were held in Finland on 28 January 2018. [1] The incumbent Sauli Niinistö received 62.7% of the vote and was elected for a second term, avoiding a second round. [2] The term will be from 1 March 2018 to 1 March 2024. Although the President is elected by direct election, Niinistö gained a plurality in all municipalities and a majority in all but 13 municipalities. [3] The next most popular candidate and Niinistö's most popular competitor in the previous elections in 2012, Pekka Haavisto, received 12.4% of the vote.

Finland Republic in Northern Europe

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east. Finland is a Nordic country and is situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia. The capital and largest city is Helsinki. Other major cities are Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Oulu and Turku.

Sauli Niinistö 12th president of Finland

Sauli Väinämö Niinistö is a Finnish politician and the 12th President of Finland, in office since 2012.

Two-round system voting system used to elect a single winner where a second round of voting is used if no candidate wins an absolute majority in the first round

The two-round system is a voting method used to elect a single winner, where the voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate. However, if no candidate receives the required number of votes, then those candidates having less than a certain proportion of the votes, or all but the two candidates receiving the most votes, are eliminated, and a second round of voting is held.

Contents

Candidates

Confirmed candidates

Candidate name and age,
political party
Political office(s) Campaign logo Details
Tuula Haatainen (57)
Social Democrats
Tuula Haatainen 2017 04.jpg Minister for Education
(2003–2005)
Minister for Social Affairs and Health
(2005–2007)
MP for Helsinki
(1996–2007, since 2015)
Haatainen was Minister for Education in the short-lived Jäätteenmäki Cabinet and retained her post in the subsequent Vanhanen I Cabinet. After that she was Minister for Social Affairs and Health from 2005 to 2007.
Pekka Haavisto (59)
Greens
Pekka Haavisto 2017 03.jpg Minister for International Development
(2013–2014)
Minister of the Environment and Development
(1995–1999)
Chairman of the Green League
(1993–1995)
MP for Helsinki
(1987–1995, since 2007)
Haavisto ran in the 2012 presidential election and reached the second round of voting, but lost to Sauli Niinistö of the National Coalition Party. Prior to the campaign he had been an MP since 2007, and had worked for the United Nations from 1999 to 2005.
Laura Huhtasaari (38)
Finns
Laura Huhtasaari.jpg MP for Satakunta
(since 2015)
Laura Huhtasaari 2018 logo.png Huhtasaari was elected to the Parliament in 2015 with 9,259 votes, and was elected vice chair of the Finns Party in June 2017. In the Parliament, she also has been member of the Legal Affairs Committee, the Education and Culture Committee and the Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council.
Merja Kyllönen (41)
Left Alliance
MerjaKyllonenPresidentiksi2.jpg Minister of Transport
(2011–2014)
MP for Oulu
(2007–2014)
MEP for Finland
(since 2014)
Merja2018.png Kyllönen served as Minister of Transport in the Katainen Cabinet from 2011 to 2014. She ran for the European Parliament in 2014 and was elected.
Sauli Niinistö (69)
Independent
Sauli Niinisto Senate of Poland 2015.JPG President of the Republic of Finland
(since 2012)
Speaker of the Parliament
(2007–2011)
Minister of Finance
(1996–2003)
Minister of Justice
(1995–1996)
Other offices
Sauli Niinisto 2018 logo.svg The incumbent President of Finland ran as a member of the National Coalition Party in 2012 after narrowly losing in 2006. For 2018 he decided to run as an Independent to "test his support" among the public. He gathered 156,000 signatures and his candidacy was confirmed on 25 September.
Nils Torvalds (72)
Swedish People's
Nils Torvalds MEP, Strasbourg - Diliff.jpg MEP for Finland
(since 2012)
Nils Torvalds 2018 logo.svg Former member of the Communist Party of Finland, Torvalds worked at the Swedish-speaking department of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle) from 1982 to 2004. He joined the Swedish People's Party of Finland in 2006 and was elected its third vice chairman in 2007. He ran for European Parliament in 2009 and wasn't elected, but he acceded to the position in 2012 after Carl Haglund resigned.
Matti Vanhanen (62)
Centre
Matti Vanhanen 2017 06.jpg Prime Minister of Finland
(2003–2010)
Minister of Defence
(2003)
Former Prime Minister ran in 2006 and got 18,6% of the vote. He left politics after his tenure as Prime Minister, but returned in 2015 when he was re-elected as an MP.
Paavo Väyrynen (71)
Independent
Paavo Vayrynen 2017 03.jpg MEP for Finland
(1995–2007, since 2014)
Minister for Foreign Trade and International Development
(2007–2011)
Minister for Foreign Affairs
(1977–1982, 1983–1987, 1991–1993)
Other offices
VayrynenLogo.png Veteran politician Väyrynen has run for President as a Centre Party candidate three times; in 1988, 1994, and 2012. He quit the Centre Party in 2016 and founded his own Citizens' Party.

National Coalition Party

The incumbent President Sauli Niinisto successfully sought another term as an independent candidate. Sauli Niinisto Senate of Poland 2015.JPG
The incumbent President Sauli Niinistö successfully sought another term as an independent candidate.

The incumbent President Sauli Niinistö was elected as the candidate of the National Coalition Party in the 2012 election. He was eligible for re-election and his decision for running again was closely followed throughout the latter half of his first term. [4] On 29 May 2017, Niinistö announced that he would seek support for his candidacy as an independent candidate outside party politics. To become an official candidate, Niinistö needed 20,000 signatures from his supporters. [5] Niinistö eventually gathered 156,000 signatures and his candidacy was confirmed on 25 September. [6]

National Coalition Party centre-right political party in Finland

The National Coalition Party is a centre-right political party in Finland considered to be liberal, conservative, and liberal-conservative. Founded in 1918, the National Coalition Party is one of the three largest parties in Finland, along with the Social Democratic Party and the Centre Party. The current party chair is Petteri Orpo, elected on 11 June 2016. The party self-statedly bases its politics on "freedom, responsibility and democracy, equal opportunities, education, supportiveness, tolerance and caring" and supports multiculturalism and gay rights. It is pro-NATO and pro-European as well as a member of the European People's Party (EPP).

Soon after Niinistö's announcement, the leader of the National Coalition Party Petteri Orpo tweeted that Niinistö has the party's full support. [7]

Petteri Orpo Finnish politician

Antti Petteri Orpo is a Finnish politician, chair of the National Coalition Party and the incumbent Minister of Finance. Previously he served as the Minister for Agriculture and Forestry 2014–2015 and Minister of Interior 2015–2016.

Twitter micro-blogging Internet service

Twitter is an American online news and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets". Tweets were originally restricted to 140 characters, but on November 7, 2017, this limit was doubled for all languages except Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Registered users can post, like, and retweet tweets, but unregistered users can only read them. Users access Twitter through its website interface, through Short Message Service (SMS) or its mobile-device application software ("app"). Twitter, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California, and has more than 25 offices around the world.

Centre Party

Former Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen was the Centre Party's candidate. Matti Vanhanen 2017 06.jpg
Former Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen was the Centre Party's candidate.

The Centre Party decided on 30 November 2015 that the party would choose their presidential candidate already in June 2016. [8] Soon after, former Prime Minister and Centre Party's presidential candidate in 2006 election, Matti Vanhanen, announced that he would run for candidacy. [9] [10] Prime Minister Juha Sipilä declined his interest early on. [8] Other prominent names in speculations for the candidacy were the former Prime Ministers Esko Aho and Anneli Jäätteenmäki, and former Minister of Economic Affairs Olli Rehn. [11] [12] Rehn declined the possibility stating that it wouldn't be possible to combine his duties as cabinet minister with campaigning. [13] Aho did not comment his interest in candidacy, but it was considered unlikely for him to seek presidential nomination, as he was a candidate for the Supervisory Board of Sberbank at the time. [14] Jäätteenmäki, an incumbent Vice President of the European Parliament, said running for President was "not on her agenda". [15]

Centre Party (Finland) registered political party in Finland

The Centre Party of Finland is a centrist, liberal, agrarian political party in Finland.

Matti Vanhanen Finnish politician

Matti Taneli Vanhanen is a Finnish politician who was Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party, and in the second half of 2006 he was President of the European Council. In his earlier career he was a journalist. Vanhanen is the son of professor Tatu Vanhanen and Anni Tiihonen.

Juha Sipilä 44th Prime Minister of Finland

Juha Petri Sipilä is a Finnish politician who has served as Prime Minister of Finland since 2015. A relative newcomer to politics, he has a successful background in business. He has been the leader of the Centre Party since 9 June 2012. After leading the Centre party to victory in the 2015 general election, Sipilä formed a centre-right coalition and was appointed Prime Minister by the Finnish Parliament on 29 May 2015. On 8 March 2019, Sipilä stated his intention to resign as Prime Minister, citing difficulties in reforming Finland's health care system. President Sauli Niinistö has asked him to continue with a caretaker government until a parliamentary election can be held on April 14.

As no challengers appeared till the deadline of 11 May, Vanhanen was the sole candidate in June's party congress and was confirmed as the Centre Party's candidate in the presidential election. [16] [17] Vanhanen has said that his candidacy is motivated by the support he felt he had around the country during his last campaign and the will to improve the security situation in the areas surrounding Finland. [18]

Finns Party

Finns Party MP Laura Huhtasaari was nominated as the party's candidate. Laura Huhtasaari.jpg
Finns Party MP Laura Huhtasaari was nominated as the party's candidate.

The Finns Party is likely to confirm their candidate in summer 2017. [19] The leader of the Finns Party Timo Soini announced early on in November 2014 that he would not seek candidacy in the 2018 presidential election, after getting 3,43 % and 9,4 % of votes in 2006 and 2012 presidential elections respectively. [20] He reaffirmed his decision in April 2016, encouraging party to move on and inviting new faces to enter party's primaries. [21] As Soini had been a strong face for the Finns Party, his decision sparked much speculation on the party's decision, as party's presidential candidate was expected to also follow Soini as the chairman. [22]

Finns Party right-wing populist party in Finland

The Finns Party, formerly known in English as the True Finns, is a Finnish conservative political party, founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party.

Timo Soini Finnish politician

Timo Juhani Soini is a Finnish politician who is the co-founder and former leader of the Finns Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Finland from 2015 to 2017 and has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2015.

In March 2017, Soini announced that he would not seek another term as the leader of the party. Soon after, the chairman of the parliamentary group Sampo Terho announced that he would seek chairmanship and, if elected, also presidential candidacy. [23] Member of the European Parliament Jussi Halla-aho, Minister of Defence Jussi Niinistö and Speaker of the Parliament Maria Lohela did also express their interest in candidacy, while Minister of Justice and Labor Jari Lindström declined early on. [22] [24] However, only Halla-aho decided to also seek chairmanship in the leadership election. [25]

Choosing the presidential candidate for the party was on the agenda for party congress in June 2017. However, after Jussi Halla-aho won the leadership election, the decision was postponed by Halla-aho's request. [26] A few days after the leadership election, twenty Finns Party MPs, including all cabinet ministers, defected to form a new parliamentary group under the name New Alternative. [27] After the split, most of the potential presidential candidates had left the party. However, the newly elected vice-chairman Laura Huhtasaari and MP Tom Packalén announced that they were thinking about the candidacy. [28] [29]

On 4 August 2017, Halla-aho announced that the board of the Finns Party had chosen Huhtasaari as the presidential candidate of the party, [30] and her candidacy was confirmed by the party council on 23 September.

Blue Reform

On 19 June 2017, Sampo Terho announced that a new party would be formed based on the New Alternative parliamentary group under the name Blue Reform. [31] The vice-chair of the Blue Reform parliamentary group Tiina Elovaara stated initially that the group was likely to have their own presidential candidate. [28] However, as the party was formed after the previous parliamentary election and thus has no elected MPs, it would have required to gather a sufficient amount of signatures to set an own candidate. [32] Thus, ultimately, the party decided not to put forth their own candidate and neither did it formally back any running candidate. [33]

Green League

The 2012 presidential candidate for Green League, Pekka Haavisto, reprised his candidacy. Pekka Haavisto 2017 03.jpg
The 2012 presidential candidate for Green League, Pekka Haavisto, reprised his candidacy.

The party 2012 presidential candidate, Pekka Haavisto, announced in February 2017 that he will reprise his candidacy. [34] The decision came after Haavisto had been approached multiple times by the Green Party. [35] Previously the party leader Ville Niinistö, President Niinistö's nephew, had stated that he would not seek the candidacy. [36] Haavisto was confirmed as the party's candidate on 12 February. [37]

Left Alliance

The Left Alliance chose MEP Merja Kyllönen as the party's candidate on 18 March 2017, after being the only one interested in running. [38] Former leader of the party Paavo Arhinmäki was also interested in running early on, but later decided to concentrate on running for the office of Mayor of Helsinki. [38]

Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party organised an informal membership poll in August 2017 for electing the party's presidential candidate, with three candidates entering the race, MPs Maarit Feldt-Ranta, Tuula Haatainen and Sirpa Paatero. [39] The final decision based on the membership poll was made on 2 September 2017, when it was revealed that Haatainen had received the most votes in the poll. Haatainen ultimately gained 48.6% of the votes against Feldt-Ranta's 42.3% and Paatero's 8.6%. [40]

Before Feldt-Ranta, Haatainen and Paatero entered the party primary, Social Democratic Party was struggling to find potential candidates, as most of the prominent politicians had declined the candidacy. From early on, there was speculation on two possible candidates, Eero Heinäluoma and Jutta Urpilainen. [12] [41] In June 2016, Heinäluoma announced that he would not seek presidency due to his wife's recent death and ongoing work in the Parliament. [42] In February 2017, Urpilainen also announced she would not seek presidency. [43] The leader of the party Antti Rinne, the Governor of the Bank of Finland Erkki Liikanen and MEP Liisa Jaakonsaari likewise announced that they were not entering the presidential race. [44] [45] [46] There were also talks within SDP on supporting a candidate outside the party, such as archbishop Kari Mäkinen, if no candidate would be found from within. [47] Prominent SDP figureheads, such as Erkki Tuomioja and Lasse Lehtinen, even suggested the possibility of backing the incumbent president Sauli Niinistö. [48]

Swedish People's Party

The Swedish People's Party decided to choose their candidate in the party congress in June 2017. As no one else entered the party's primary on 11 June, Member of the European Parliament Nils Torvalds was nominated as the party candidate. [49] In Spring 2016, then leader of the party, Carl Haglund stated that he was thinking about candidacy, but renounced his leadership and left politics later that year. [50] [51]

Christian Democrats

On 19 August 2017, the Christian Democrats decided to back the incumbent President Sauli Niinistö. It was previously speculated that the leader of the party and former presidential candidate Sari Essayah would run again. [52] However, after Essayah announced that she would not seek the candidacy, the party convention decided to back Niinistö. [53]

Väyrynen's candidacy

Former Center Party politician and three-time presidential candidate Paavo Väyrynen announced that he would run as an independent candidate if he managed to gather the 20,000 signatures required from his supporters in time. [54] By 26 November, he had gathered around 15,000 signatures. [55] On 5 December, he announced that he had gathered the needed 20,000 signatures. [56]

Campaign

Funding

The parties budgeted about as much for their campaigns than during the last presidential election in 2012. Ahead of the election, the campaign teams budgeted as follows: Niinistö 1,000,000–1,500,000 euros, Haatainen 550,000 euros, Haavisto and Vanhanen 500,000 euros, Torvalds 400,000 euros, Kyllönen 250,000 euros and Huhtasaari 200,000 euros. [57] [58] Väyrynen didn't leave the notion ahead of the election, but reveled afterwards that his team had collected 162,000 euros for the campaign. [59]

After the election, Niinistö announced that the 300,000 euros that were reserved for the second round would be donated to the charity. [60]

Debates

The first presidential debate was organised on 30 October 2017 by the Finnish Business and Policy Forum at Finlandia Hall. All confirmed candidates took part, excluding Kyllönen, who was on a business trip. The event marks the earliest moment that the incumbent president has taken part in debates. [61] The debates continued at the University of Helsinki on 13 November, with Vanhanen being absent after being hospitalised for heart arrhythmia. [62] As Väyrynen became an official candidate only in early December, he was not invited to the first three debates and thus the first debate, that gathered all candidates together, was organised on 13 December 2017. [63]

2018 Finnish presidential election first-round debates
DateOrganizersModerators P  Present  N  Not presentSources
Haatainen Haavisto Huhtasaari Kyllönen Niinistö Torvalds Vanhanen Väyrynen
30 October 2017
17:30
Finnish Business and Policy Forum  (fi ) (EVA)
ISTV
PPPNPPPN [64]
13 November 2017
17:00
ISTV
Paasikivi Society
UKK Society
UNA Finland
Timo HaapalaPPPPPPNN [65]
27 November 2017
18:00
MaanpuolustuskurssiyhdistysPauli Aalto-SetäläPPPPPPPN [66]
13 December 2017
20:00
MTV3 Jaakko Loikkanen
Juha Kaija
PPPPPPPP [67]
14 December 2017
21:05
Yle Jan Andersson
Seija Vaaherkumpu
PPPPPPPP [68]
10 January 2018
11:30
Kaleva
Yle
Hanne Kinnunen
Petri Laukka
PPPPPPPP [69]
12 January 2018
18:00
Aamulehti Sinikka Tuomi
Jussi Tuulensuu
PPPPPPPP [70]
21 January 2018
20:00
MTV3 Merja Ylä-Anttila
Jussi Kärki
PPPPPPPP [71]
22 January 2018
18:00
Iltalehti Susanne Päivärinta
Juha Ristamäki
PPPPPPPP [72]
22 January 2018
20:00
Yle Fem Ingemo Lindroos
Ville Hupa
PPPPPPPP [73]
23 January 2018
16:00
Helsingin Sanomat
Ilta-Sanomat
Marko Junkkari
Timo Haapala
PPPPPPPP [74]
25 January 2018
21:05
Yle Jan Andersson
Seija Vaaherkumpu
PPPPPPPP [75]

Fears of Russian involvement

In October 2017, the Security Committee of the Finnish Ministry of Defence released an assessment on the possibilities of Russian involvement in the presidential election. The assessment addressed nine possible scenarios, ranging from spreading false information through social media to a political assassination. The Security Committee also suggested ten possible objectives for Russian involvement, including obstructing discussion on NATO and isolating Finland from the European Union. [76]

Long-time Minister for Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja heavily criticised the assessment and called it "pure fantasy resembling something from the pen of Ilkka Remes". [77]

Opinion polls

Verified candidates

Poll source Survey
dates
Sauli Niinisto Senate of Poland 2015.JPG Pekka Haavisto 2017 03.jpg Laura Huhtasaari.jpg Matti Vanhanen 2017 06.jpg Tuula Haatainen 2017 04.jpg MerjaKyllonenPresidentiksi2.jpg Nils Torvalds MEP, Strasbourg - Diliff.jpg Paavo Vayrynen 2017 03.jpg
Niinistö
Independent
Haavisto
Greens
Huhtasaari
Finns
Vanhanen
Centre
Haatainen
SDP
Kyllönen
Left
Torvalds
SFP
Väyrynen
Independent
Others Don't know
Kantar TNS 22–24 Jan 201858% 13% 5% 4% 5% 5% 3% 7%
Taloustutkimus 17–23 Jan 201863% 14% 6% 4% 2% 4% 2% 6%
Kantar TNS 8–17 Jan 201868% 11% 4% 3% 2% 3% 1% 8%
Tietoykkönen 9–16 Jan 201858% 14% 6% 5% 4% 4% 2% 7%
Taloustutkimus 27 Dec 2017–3 Jan 201872% 11% 5% 2% 3% 2% 1% 4%
Kantar TNS 4–16 Dec 201770% 11% 3% 2% 2% 2% 3% 6%
Tietoykkönen 23 Nov–3 Dec 201764% 12% 3% 3% 2% 3% 1% 2% 1% 8%
Taloustutkimus 20–28 Nov 201780% 10% 4% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1%
Kantar TNS 16–27 Oct 201767% 13% 3% 3% 2% 2% 1% 1% 8%
Tietoykkönen 10–11 Oct 201760% 10% 4% 2% 3% 3% 1% 2% 14%
Taloustutkimus 2–10 Oct 201776% 14% 3% 2% 1% 2% 1% 1%
Kantar TNS 4–14 Sep 201768% 13% 3% 2% 3% 2% 10%
Taloustutkimus 22–23 Aug 201760% 12% 4% 3% 2% 1% 2% 5% 9%
Tietoykkönen 30 May–1 Jun 201762% 11% 1% 1% 2% 1% 1% 9% 12%
Taloustutkimus Jun 201772% 12% 3% 2% 5% 5%
TNS Apr 201766% 19% 4% 3% 8%

Hypothetical polling

Poll source Survey
dates
Sauli Niinisto Senate of Poland 2015.JPG Tuula Haatainen 2017 04.jpg
Niinistö
Independent
Haatainen
SDP
Don't know
Taloustutkimus 17–23 Jan 201889% 11%
Kantar TNS 8–17 Jan 201880% 8% 12%
Tietoykkönen 9–16 Jan 201885% 15%
Taloustutkimus 27 Dec 2017–3 Jan 201892% 8%
Tietoykkönen 23 Nov–3 Dec 201791% 9%
Taloustutkimus 2–10 Oct 201794% 6%
Kantar TNS 4–14 Sep 201785% 6% 9%
Poll source Survey
dates
Sauli Niinisto Senate of Poland 2015.JPG Pekka Haavisto 2017 03.jpg
Niinistö
Independent
Haavisto
Greens
Don't know
Taloustutkimus 17–23 Jan 201880% 20%
Kantar TNS 8–17 Jan 201873% 14% 13%
Tietoykkönen 9–16 Jan 201875% 25%
Taloustutkimus 27 Dec 2017–3 Jan 201882% 18%
Tietoykkönen 23 Nov–3 Dec 201779% 21%
Taloustutkimus 20–28 Nov 201786% 14%
Taloustutkimus 2–10 Oct 201782% 18%
Kantar TNS 4–14 Sep 201777% 16% 7%
Taloustutkimus 22–23 Aug 201770% 22% 8%
Taloustutkimus May 201776% 19% 5%
Poll source Survey
dates
Sauli Niinisto Senate of Poland 2015.JPG Laura Huhtasaari.jpg
Niinistö
Independent
Huhtasaari
Finns
Don't know
Taloustutkimus 17–23 Jan 201890% 10%
Kantar TNS 8–17 Jan 201883% 6% 11%
Tietoykkönen 9–16 Jan 201890% 10%
Taloustutkimus 27 Dec 2017–3 Jan 201893% 7%
Tietoykkönen 23 Nov–3 Dec 201794% 6%
Taloustutkimus 20–28 Nov 201793% 7%
Taloustutkimus 2–10 Oct 201796% 4%
Kantar TNS 4–14 Sep 201787% 4% 9%
Taloustutkimus 22–23 Aug 201787% 7% 6%
Poll source Survey
dates
Sauli Niinisto Senate of Poland 2015.JPG MerjaKyllonenPresidentiksi2.jpg
Niinistö
Independent
Kyllönen
Left
Don't know
Taloustutkimus 17–23 Jan 201889% 11%
Tietoykkönen 9–16 Jan 201887% 13%
Taloustutkimus 27 Dec 2017–3 Jan 201893% 7%
Tietoykkönen 23 Nov–3 Dec 201790% 10%
Taloustutkimus 20–28 Nov 201793% 7%
Taloustutkimus 2–10 Oct 201796% 4%
Poll source Survey
dates
Sauli Niinisto Senate of Poland 2015.JPG Nils Torvalds MEP, Strasbourg - Diliff.jpg
Niinistö
Independent
Torvalds
SFP
Don't know
Taloustutkimus 17–23 Jan 201895% 5%
Tietoykkönen 9–16 Jan 201891% 9%
Taloustutkimus 27 Dec 2017–3 Jan 201897% 3%
Tietoykkönen 23 Nov–3 Dec 201794% 6%
Poll source Survey
dates
Sauli Niinisto Senate of Poland 2015.JPG Matti Vanhanen 2017 06.jpg
Niinistö
Independent
Vanhanen
Centre
Don't know
Taloustutkimus 17–23 Jan 201891% 9%
Kantar TNS 8–17 Jan 201881% 6% 12%
Tietoykkönen 9–16 Jan 201889% 11%
Taloustutkimus 27 Dec 2017–3 Jan 201895% 5%
Tietoykkönen 23 Nov–3 Dec 201793% 7%
Taloustutkimus 2–10 Oct 201796% 4%
Kantar TNS 4–14 Sep 201789% 3% 7%
Poll source Survey
dates
Sauli Niinisto Senate of Poland 2015.JPG Paavo Vayrynen 2017 03.jpg
Niinistö
Independent
Väyrynen
Independent
Don't know
Taloustutkimus 17–23 Jan 201889% 11%
Kantar TNS 8–17 Jan 201877% 12% 11%
Tietoykkönen 9–16 Jan 201885% 15%
Taloustutkimus 27 Dec 2017–3 Jan 201892% 8%

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Sauli Niinistö Independent 1,875,34262.6
Pekka Haavisto Green League 371,25412.4
Laura Huhtasaari Finns Party 207,337 6.9
Paavo Väyrynen Independent 185,305 6.2
Matti Vanhanen Centre Party 122,383 4.1
Tuula Haatainen Social Democratic Party 97,2943.2
Merja Kyllönen Left Alliance 89,9773.0
Nils Torvalds Swedish People's Party 44,7761.5
Invalid/blank votes9,800
Total3,002,710100
Registered voters/turnout4,498,00466.8
Source: Ministry of Justice

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Tuula Irmeli Haatainen is a Finnish politician and a member of the Finnish Parliament, with the Social Democratic Party. She was the Minister of Education 2003–2005 and the Minister of Social Affairs and Health 2005–2007.

2019 Finnish parliamentary election

The 2019 Finnish parliamentary election is scheduled to be held on 14 April 2019.

Citizens Party (Finland) registered political party in Finland

Citizens' Party is a Finnish political party, founded in 2016. It was founded by the long-time Centre Party politician and MEP Paavo Väyrynen, who left Centre in early 2016. Väyrynen acted as the first chairman of the party until July 2017, when he was succeeded by Sami Kilpeläinen.

2017 Finns Party leadership election

The 2017 Finns Party leadership election was held in Jyväskylä, Finland, on June 10, 2017, to elect the new chair of the Finns Party. All members of the party who had paid their subscription were allowed to vote in the election.

2017 Finnish government crisis

The 2017 Finnish government crisis followed the Finns Party leadership election held on 10 June 2017. Prime Minister Juha Sipilä and Minister of Finance Petteri Orpo announced on 12 June that they would no longer cooperate in a coalition government with the Finns Party after Jussi Halla-aho was elected party chairman. The crisis resolved on 13 June when twenty MPs defected from the Finns Party's parliamentary group, forming what would eventually become the Blue Reform party. Sipilä's government retained a majority in Finland's parliament as the Blue Reform continued as a member of the coalition.

Blue Reform Finnish political party

Blue Reform is a Finnish conservative political party.

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