‘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.
Read More →Monday’s papers: Criminal candidates, Operation Ironside, pay transparency
One local paper looked at the pasts of some candidates for this week’s municipal elections – the results may surprise you.
Read More →Yle broadcasts municipal election debate in ‘Easy Finnish’
The debate in simpler Finnish is available for viewing on Yle Areena.
Read More →Report: Fewer younger candidates running in 2021 municipal election
The average age of a candidate in this year’s municipal election is 50 years old.
Read More →Yle fact-check: How true are party leader statements on immigration, employment?
Yle continues to check statements made by political leaders as the campaign intensifies for June’s local elections.
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