Who can vote?
You can vote 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. TEK members also include dual members (full and pensioner members). 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.
When voting electronically, you can confirm your identity with a Finnish online banking ID, a mobile certificate 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.
If you want to check whether you have already voted, you can log in to the system again. If your vote has already been registered, the system will tell you that you have already voted.
Who can I vote for?
All candidates have been compiled into a candidate list. You can also get to know the candidates through the election compass. The election compass will help you easily find the candidate whose values and views best match yours. You can also filter candidates with different criteria.
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.
As a TEK member (not TFiF–TEK), you can check your electoral area by entering the postal code of your place of residence below. Please note that the correct area will appear only after you have entered the full postal code (five digits).
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.
- AAMU Children's Cancer Foundation Finland: donation for children's cancer research
- Children of the Station: general donation for the prevention of social exclusion among children and young people
- John Nurminen Foundation: general donation for the Baltic Sea
- MIELI Mental Health Finland: donation for children's and young people's mental health
- Finnish Association for Nature Conservation: general donation for Finnish nature
- Ukrainian Association in Finland: humanitarian aid to Ukraine
The donation will be made according to the number of votes cast, three euros per vote. A donation vote and a vote cast in the TEK elections cannot be combined.
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.