Electoral system for the president

Finland, Vaalilaki [Election Act], 2.10.1998/714, (amendments up to 361/2016 included), ‘Chapter 3: Voting Register’, accessed 10 April 2023

Section 138. Election of the President

After receiving the reports referred to in section 137 from all constituency electoral committees, the constituency electoral committee of Helsinki shall, without delay, confirm the final number of votes cast nationally for each candidate in the first round and the total number of votes and report them to the Ministry of Justice in the manner determined by the Ministry. (247/2002)

If one of the candidates has received more than half of all the votes cast nationally in the first round of the presidential election, the Government shall declare that this candidate has, under the Constitution, been elected President of the Republic, inform the candidate of this in writing, and issue a public notice of this to be published in the Statute Book of Finland. The public notice shall also include the number of votes cast for each presidential candidate nationally and the total number of votes cast. (1258/1999)

Section 139 (247/2002). Public notice of the second round of presidential election

If none of the candidates has received more than half of the votes and thus no president has been elected in the first round of the presidential election, the Ministry of Justice shall, without delay after having established this, on the second day after the election day issue a public notice of the election results to be published in the Statute Book of Finland. The number of votes cast nationally for each presidential candidate shall be mentioned in the public notice. The notice shall also state that a second round will under the Constitution be conducted and mention the identities of the two candidates entering the second round and their numbers determined in accordance with section 42, subsection 2.