The votes have been counted and the results of TEK’s General Council Election are out. A total of 12,216 members exercised their right to vote in the election from 13 March to 30 March 2026 and chose 70 councillors to represent them during the 2026–2029 term.
See here for a breakdown of the elected councillors and deputy councillors by areas (pdf)
Unity and Teekkari Spirit 2, the Greens and Left got more seats on the council
The largest group on the council is still the National Coalition Party with 14 seats. In second place, similarly to the previous election, is Unity and Teekkari Spirit 1, which secured 12 seats this time around. The Greens took third place with 11 seats.
iTyö secured nine seats, and TEK Youth and Innovators got eight. Unity and Teekkari Spirit 2, a new group, secured five seats. The Left got three seats, the Centre Party two and TEKin Demarit one. The Finns Party, which took part in the election for the first time, also secured one seat.
Compared to the previous election, the Greens increased their representation by three seats and the Left by two seats. The National Coalition Party lost five seats, and Unity and Teekkari Spirit 1 lost three seats. TEK Youth and Innovators lost two seats and the Centre Party one. There were no changes in the seats held by iTyö and TEKin Demarit.
See further down the article for more information about the power balance shifts between the groups on the council.
Geographical variations in the distribution of votes
The most voted candidate in the election was Marjo Matikainen-Kallström (National Coalition Party, Espoo) with 203 votes.
In the Southern electoral area, the candidate with the most votes after Marjo Matikainen-Kallström was Atte Harjanne (Greens, Helsinki) with 192 votes. The third most voted candidate was Peppi Seppälä (Greens, Espoo) with 169 votes.
The candidate who received the most votes in the Western electoral area was Mira Syrjälä (Left, Tampere) with 154 votes. The second most voted candidate in the western electoral area was Arto Timperi (Unity and Teekkari Spirit 2, Tampere) with 133 votes.
The most voted candidate in the Eastern electoral area was Liisa Salminen (TEK Youth and Innovators, Lappeenranta) with 62 votes and the second most voted was Petro Julkunen (iTyö, Kuopio) with 48 votes.
The candidate who received the most votes in the Northern electoral area was Mikko Merihaara (National Coalition Party, Oulu) with 93 votes. The second most voted candidate was Marko Honkalampi (iTyö, Oulu) with 61 votes.
In TFiF’s constituency, the candidate who received the most votes was Anne Granat-Jukakoski (Tfiffarna, Turku) with 146 votes and the second most voted candidate was Magnus Strandberg (Tfiffarna, Espoo) with 135 votes.
Changes in the power balance of TEK’s council 2014–2026
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| Seats 2026-2029 | Change from 2023 elections | Seats 2023-2026 | Seats 2020-2023 | Seats 2017-2020 | Seats 2014-2017 | |
| Tekniikan Akateemiset constituency (66 seats) | ||||||
| Sustainable TEK coalition | 15 | * | * | * | * | * |
| TEKin Demarit | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Left | 3 | +2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The Greens | 11 | +3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Knowledge and skills, growth and fair working life coalition | 25 | * | * | * | * | * |
| iTyö | 9 | - | 9 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Centre Party | 2 | -1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| National Coalition Party | 14 | -5 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 21 |
| TEK of the Future coalition | 25 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Unity and Teekkari Spirit 1 | 12 | -3 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 16 |
| Unity and Teekkari Spirit 2 | 5 | +5** | ||||
| TEK Youth and Innovators | 8 | -2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 6 |
| The Finns Party | 1 | +1** | ||||
| The Liberal Party – Freedom to Choose | 0 | -** | ||||
| TFiF's constituency (4 seats) | ||||||
| Tfiffarna | 4 | - | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Total number of councillors elected in the elections | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | |
* 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.
12,216 members voted, voter turnout declined
There were a total of 55,253 members eligible to vote in TEK’s election, of whom 503 were candidates in the election. A total of 12,216 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 22.1 per cent. The voter turnover was down by 2.4 percentage points compared to the previous election.
This was TEK’s first fully digital council election. Digital votes accounted for 88 per cent of all votes in the 2023 election and for 81 per cent in the previous election in 2020.
TEK’s new council will convene for the first time on 11 September 2026, when a board, a chair of the board and deputy chairs will be elected. The council term runs until 2029.
Young people and Ukraine were the most popular causes in the donation campaign
TEK donated EUR 3 to charity for each vote cast in the election and also gave the voters a chance to select their favourite cause from a list compiled by TEK.
The 12,216 votes that were cast in the election raised a total of EUR 36,648 for charity.
The most popular cause was MIELI Mental Health Finland and its efforts to promote the mental health of children and young people. A total of EUR 10,871 was donated to MIELI Mental Health Finland based on 3,624 votes. The second most popular cause, chosen by 2,451 voters and raising EUR 7,352, was the Ukrainian Association in Finland and its humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
All six causes on TEK’s list received votes and will receive a donation from TEK. Find out more here.
A warm thank you to everyone who voted and to all who stood as candidates!