Elections in Finland: 100% of ballots counted
Illustrative photo: the results of the first round of elections were announced in Finland (GettyImages)
In Finland, the first round of elections concluded on January 28th. The Election Commission processed 100% of the ballots, according to the website of the Election Commission of Finland.
According to the website, the leader of the vote was former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb, who garnered 27.2% of the voters' support.
In the second position was former Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, who received votes from 25.8% of the voters.
Below them were the Speaker of the Finnish Parliament Jussi Halla-aho, who secured 19% of the votes, and Finnish politician Olli Rehn with 15.3% of the votes.
Now, Finland will proceed to the second round of elections since none of the candidates received over 50%. It is scheduled for February 11th.
The voter turnout was 71.5%, with just over 3.2 million voters participating in the elections.
The official results are expected to be announced by the commission on January 30th.
Leaders of the vote
Alexander Stubb:
- Chairman of the OSCE (2008).
- Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland (2008 - 2011).
- Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade (2011 - 2014).
- Prime Minister (2014 - 2015).
- Chair of the National Coalition Party (2014 - 2016).
- Minister of Finance (2015 - 2016).
- Deputy Director-General of the European Investment Bank (2017).
Currently, Stubb is a professor and director at the European University Institute (EUI).
Pekka Haavisto:
- Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland (until 2023).
- Chairman of the Green League party (1993 - 1995 and 2018 - 2019).
- Minister of the Environment and Development of Finland (1995 - 1999).
- Chair of the European Green Party (2000 - 2006).
- Minister for International Development (2013 - 2014).
