TEKin vaalit, TEK's election 2026.

Get to know the result of TEK’s election – additional seats to Unity, the Greens, the Left and the Finns Party

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The 70 newly elected councillors represent approximately 85,000 members in TEK’s decision-making. Unity and Teekkari Spirit 2 received five additional seats, the Greens three, the Left two and the Finns Party one. The average age of the council members is 48, and 51 % of the councillors are women.

In the TEK elections held in March, members voted to elect 70 councillors to represent them in TEK’s decision-making during the term 2026-2029.

Of the councillors, 42 also served during the 2023-2026 term, while 28 are starting a new term. Some of the new councillors have previously participated in council work.

The average age of the councillors is 48. 

36 of the council members are women (51 %), 34 are men (49 %).

The whole of Finland represented

Councillors are elected as follows: 32 from the Southern electoral area, 21 from the Western area, six from the Eastern area and seven from the Northern area. In addition, four councillors are elected from the TFiF constituency. See the table below for the regional distribution of seats by electoral alliance.

Seats of electoral alliances per area 2026.

See the full distribution of seats and the changes below. You can also download a file (pdf) here.

 Seats 2026-2029Change from 2023 electionsSeats  2023-2026Seats   2020-2023Seats  2017-2020Seats      2014-2017
Tekniikan Akateemiset constituency (66 seats)
Sustainable TEK coalition15*****
TEKin Demarit1-1111
Left3+21100
The Greens11+38676
Knowledge and skills, growth and fair working life coalition25*****
iTyö9-9131314
Centre Party2-13112
National Coalition Party14-519171721
TEK of the Future coalition25*****
Unity and Teekkari Spirit 112-315161116
Unity and Teekkari Spirit 25+5--10-
TEK Youth and Innovators8-2101166
       
The Finns Party1+1**    
       
The Liberal Party – Freedom to Choose0-**    
       
TFiF's constituency (4 seats)
Tfiffarna4-4444
Total number of councillors elected in the elections70 70707070

 * The names of the electoral coalitions and the electoral alliances in them have varied, which is why the number of seats between the coalitions cannot be compared.
** The electoral alliance nominated candidates for the first time in the 2026 elections.

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