APN podcast special: Looking back at 2021
The year’s final episode of All Points North looks at local election implications, the effects of—and responses to—global climate change, Covid-19’s ups and downs, and much more.
Read More →Ministry: No plans to postpone county council elections
An official from the Justice Ministry said the situation is different from last spring, when the municipal elections were postponed, as many more people are now vaccinated.
Read More →Report: Low-income voter turnout down in municipal elections
Finland’s local elections were postponed because of the Covid crisis.
Read More →Business lobby provided most municipal election funding to NCP
Opposition National Coalition Party (NCP) candidates collected significant campaign donations from the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) and other business groups and individuals.
Read More →‘Don’t hold a vote in the summer’: Experts give their election verdict
Polling experts Sami Borg and Elina Kestilä-Kekkonen told Yle why turnout in the local elections might have been so low.
Read More →Monday’s papers: Election night’s winners and losers
Who had a good night and who… didn’t? Monday’s papers pick through the local election results.
Read More →Live: Finland’s local election results
Residents are electing municipal councillors on Sunday in a vote postponed by two months because of the pandemic.
Read More →Election candidates face vandalism, ridicule and sexual harassment, an Yle survey finds
Hundreds of local election candidates say they have encountered various forms of harassment.
Read More →Finland’s smallest towns weigh survival in municipal election
Declining populations and migration to bigger cities means many small municipalities face a bleak future.
Read More →Covid boosts advance voting as 1.5m cast ballots before Finland’s local elections
Advance voting ended on Tuesday.
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