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Normally, all Finnish citizens aged 18 or older are eligible to vote. Some non-citizens may also have the right to vote in municipal, county and European elections. [1] Finland holds a presidential election every six years to elect the President of Finland. The election uses a two-round system based on a direct popular vote.
The electoral college was replaced after the 1962 referendum, with direct elections by popular vote, using a two-round system since 1965. Finland had an electoral college for the country's president from 1925 to 1988, except 1944 (exception law), 1946 and 1973 (extended term by exception law).
Elected by the electoral colleges of the provinces (12 seats) Appointed by the President (6 seats) National Assembly: Lower chamber of legislature Parallel voting: First-past-the-post (77 seats) Party-list proportional representation (86 seats) Malawi: President: Head of State and Government Two-round system: National Assembly: Unicameral ...
In Europe, Finland adopted an electoral college to elect its president in 1925, and France adopted an electoral college in 1958. Over time, however, these countries changed their minds. All of ...
Social Democratic Party of Finland * 25 November 1923, Turku † 12 May 2017, Helsinki Minister of Finance (1966–1967 and 1972). Governor of the Bank of Finland (1968–1982). Prime Minister (1968–1970 and 1979–1982). Elected as president by an electoral college in 1982 and re-elected in 1988. The first president born in independent Finland.
Previously, the public had elected an electoral college that in turn elected the President. For this election, the public directly elected the President on 31 January and 1 February, but also elected an electoral college that would elect the President if no candidate won over 50% of the popular vote.
Regent (interim head of state) of Finland (1918–1919). Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defence Forces (1939–1945). The only Field Marshal and Marshal of Finland. Decreed as president in 1944 by an exception law. Resigned in 1946 because of poor health. Finland's only non-partisan president and the only president to die outside Finland. 7.
Two-stage presidential elections were held in Finland in 1978. They were the first elections since 1968, as Parliament had extended Urho Kekkonen's term by four years. [1] The public elected presidential electors to an electoral college on 15 and 16 January. [2] The electors, in turn assembled in Helsinki on 15 February to formally elect the ...