Who can vote?
You can vote and stand as a candidate if you are a full or pensioner member of TEK or a full or pensioner member of TFiF-TEK, and your membership has been valid on 1 January 2026. Student members cannot be candidates or vote in the elections, but the council's student representatives are chosen through local associations in university cities.
How can I vote?
TEK’s council elections in 2026 will be the first fully electronic election, meaning you can only vote electronically.
The voting period begins on Friday, March 13 at 12.00 noon and ends on Monday, March 30 at 12.00 noon.
You can vote electronically on a separate voting site. We will send all eligible voters a link to the voting site when voting begins and update the link to the election website.
When voting electronically, you can confirm your identity with a Finnish online banking ID or in two steps by entering an email address or a phone number to which we will send a separate code. You can log in to the voting page using the code. Please note that the email or telephone number must match the information you have provided in OmaTEK membership portal. If you update your details during the voting period, please note that there may be a delay of a couple of days in transferring your details.
Who can I vote for?
All candidates will be compiled into a candidate list, which will be published before the voting begins. You can also get to know the candidates through the election compass, which opens on March 13. The election compass will help you easily find the candidate whose values and views best match yours.
When you vote, you may only vote for a candidate in your electoral area. Your electoral area is determined by your home municipality info in TEK's member register on 1 January 2026. If you live outside Finland, you can vote for a candidate in any electoral area. TFiF-TEK members may only vote for candidates in TFiF's constituency.
Electoral districts and areas
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.
Donation campaign
We will donate 3 euros to charity for every vote cast. After voting, you will also be able to choose the donation target from the list we have compiled. We will update the list on this page closer to the elections.
Schedule
- 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.
- 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.