What is a General Council?
A group of approximately 70 people who exercise the highest decision-making power at TEK and represent the members. The exact size of the future council will be confirmed before the elections. 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) 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.
Why is it worth running for council?
As a TEK delegate, you are part of a top team that includes professionals from various fields of technology and natural sciences. You'll get to delve behind the scenes of the labour market through interesting speeches and discussions – this information you won't get anywhere else! At the meetings, you’ll hear reviews of TEK's operations and, more broadly, our country's economy and labour market. Naturally you’ll also be able to influence your own affairs as a TEK member and decide on TEK's future.
How do I stand as a candidate?
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 as long as your membership is valid on 1 January 2026, when the nomination period begins. Electronic voting for the council elections will take place in March 2026. Student members do not participate in elections, but student representatives are elected through a different process each calendar year.
Ask for more!
If you are interested in council work, you can contact the current council groups to find out more. We will update the contact details on this page.
Keskusta (Centre Party): Matti Aula, matti.aula@gmail.com, 040 358 0712
Vasemmisto (Left Alliance): Noora Laak, noora.laak@gmail.com, 050 520 3386
Vihreät (The Greens): Peppi Seppälä, peppi.seppala@gmail.com
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.
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.