What is a General Council?
A group of 70 people who exercise the highest decision-making power at TEK and represent the members. In the spring 2026 elections, a council will be elected for the 2026–2029 term.
What does a delegate do?
A delegate (a council member, councillor) contributes to the development of TEK's operations, in practice by participating in council meetings and in the activities of their own council group. At council meetings, the delegates decide on TEK's operational priorities and can make initiatives in new directions. The council usually meets twice a year for 1–2 days.
Who can stand as a candidate and vote?
If you are a full or pensioner member of TEK or a full or pensioner member of TFiF-TEK, you can stand as a candidate and vote as long as your membership has been valid on 1 January 2026. TEK members also include dual members (full and pensioner members). Student members do not participate in elections, but student representatives are elected through local associations in university cities.
Electronic voting for the council elections will take place from 13th to 30th March, 2026.
Schedule 2026
- 1 Jan: Voting rights and eligibility determined. Eligible to vote and stand as a candidate are full and pensioner members of Tekniikan Akateemiset ry, as well as full and pensioner TFiF-TEK members of Tekniska Föreningen i Finland r.f., whose membership has been valid as of 1 January 2026.
- 9 Jan at 12.00 – 9 Feb at 12.00: Candidate nomination period.
- 9–23 Jan: Appeal period for candidacy and voting eligibility.
- 9 Feb by 12.00: electoral alliances must return the signed agreement document, a possible coalition agreement document, and the candidate list to TEK’s office. Read detailed instructions here.
- 25 Feb: Election committee approves candidate lists and assigns candidate numbers.
- 26 Feb at 12.00 – 13 Mar at 12.00: Election compass open for candidates.
- 4 Mar: compilation list of candidates will be published.
- 13 Mar at 12.00 – 30 Mar at 12.00: Electronic voting.
- 13 Mar after 12.00 – 30 Apr: Election compass open to public.
- 1 Apr by 15.00: Results published.
See a more detailed schedule intended for electoral officers here.
Constituencies and electoral areas
TEK elections have two constituencies, one for Tekniikan Akateemiset (TA) and another for Tekniska Föreningen i Finland (TFiF).
As a member of Tekniikan Akateemiset ry, you can stand as a candidate in any electoral area of the TA constituency, regardless of your place of residence. When voting, you must select a candidate from your own electoral area. Your electoral area is determined by your place of residence in TEK’s member register on 1 January 2026. If you live abroad, you can vote in any of the electoral areas.
TFiF-TEK members stand for election and vote in the TFiF constituency. TFiF-TEK members may only vote for candidates from this constituency.
The electoral areas of the Tekniikan Akateemiset ry’s (TA) constituency (66 seats in total)
Southern electoral area: Uusimaa (32 seats)
Western electoral area: Åland Islands, South Ostrobothnia, Kanta-Häme, Central Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Pirkanmaa, Ostrobothnia, Päijät-Häme*, Satakunta, and Southwest Finland (21 seats)
Eastern electoral area: South Karelia, South Savo, Kymenlaakso, North Karelia, and North Savo (6 seats)
Northern electoral area: Kainuu, Lapland, and North Ostrobothnia (7 seats)
TFiF’s constituency covers the whole of Finland (4 seats)
*In these elections, Iitti belongs to Päijät-Häme.
Data privacy in TEK's election
Members' privacy is valuable to TEK and plays a key role in all operations. TEK's election is conducted in compliance with data protection legislation and with the data protection principles of the General Data Protection Regulation.
We process personal data only for lawful purposes and for predetermined purposes. Information will not be disclosed for other purposes.
Regarding the election, we only collect information that is necessary for the election and store it for a limited time. The data processing agreements required by the Regulation have been concluded with our partners dealing with personal data.
We inform our members about the processing of personal data in the privacy statement for the General Council elections.
Ask for more!
If you are interested in council work, you can contact the current council groups to find out more.
iTyö: Jari Nummikoski, jari.nummikoski@nokia.com, 040 527 4614
Keskusta (Centre Party): Matti Aula, matti.aula@gmail.com, 040 358 0712
Kokoomus (National Coalition Party): Elina Wanne, elina@elinawanne.fi, 050 517 1171
Sosialidemokraatit (Social Democrats): Kalle Konttinen, kalle.konttinen@maanmittauslaitos.fi
TEKin Nuoret: Markus Karppanen, markus.karppanen@gmail.com, 040 848 3310
Vasemmisto (Left Alliance): Noora Laak, noora.laak@gmail.com, 050 520 3386
Vihreät (The Greens): Peppi Seppälä, peppi.seppala@gmail.com
Yhtenäisyys ja Teekkarihenki: Ville Korpiluoto, ville@korpiluoto.fi, 044 574 1937
Tfiffarna (TFiF-TEK members): Jimmy Nylund, jimmynylund14190@gmail.com, 050 410 7302
Contact information
The TEK Election Committee is responsible for organizing the election.
If you have any questions, please contact the TEK election team at election@tek.fi.
You read more about the present Council, Board and Committees here.