Electronic voting opens at 12.00 on 13 March and closes at 12.00 on 30 March. We will send a link to all eligible voters when electronic voting begins. The link will also be available on the election website.
You are eligible to vote if you are a full or pensioner member of TEK or a full or pensioner member of TFiF-TEK; your membership must have been valid on 1 January 2026. Every vote counts, and a single vote may decide who wins a seat at the council.
You must identify yourself during voting, either with online banking identification, a mobile ID or with two-factor identification using the e-mail address or phone number you have registered in OmaTEK. You can check and update your information before voting begins at www.tek.fi/en/omatek.
The election results will be published by 15.00 on 1 April. The new council will begin its three-year term in September 2026.
Vote for TEK and for charity
After voting for the future of TEK and its members, you can also choose where we donate three euros.
The donation options are:
- AAMU Suomen Lasten Syöpäsäätiö (pediatric cancer foundation)
- Children of the Station
- John Nurminen Foundation
- MIELI Mental Health Finland
- The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation
- Ukrainian Association in Finland
The donations, three euros per vote, will be made according to the voters’ choices. A donated vote and a vote cast in the TEK elections cannot be linked to each other.
Elections in a nutshell
What?
The TEK General Council is elected by TEK’s members every three years. The next council will be elected for the 2026–2029 term.
The council has 70 members, i.e. delegates, who exercise the highest decision-making power at TEK and represent the members. Of the delegates, 66 are members of Tekniikan Akateemiset ry and four are members of Tekniska Föreningen i Finland TFiF r.f. (Engineering Society in Finland for Swedish speakers). In addition, the council has seven seats for student representatives. The student representatives are not elected in the council elections; instead, they are selected through local associations in university cities for one calendar year at a time.
Who?
You are eligible to vote and become a candidate if you are a full or pensioner member of TEK or a full or pensioner member of TFiF-TEK; your membership must have been valid on 1 January 2026.
When?
- Voting rights and eligibility determined: 1 January 2026.
- Candidate nominations period: 9 January at 12.00 – 9 February at 12.00.
- Candidate lists approved by the Election Committee: 25 February.
- Election compass open for candidates: 26 February at 12.00 – 13 March at 12.00.
- Election compass open for all members: 13 March after 12.00.
- Electronic voting begins: 13 March at 12.00.
- Electronic voting ends: 30 March at 12.00.
- Publication of election results: 1 April by 15.00.
Why?
The elections are democratic decision-making at its finest. Delegates are elected to the council from among TEK and TFiF-TEK members, and are tasked with contributing to the development of TEK’s activities. They decide on the TEK’s operational priorities and suggest initiatives for new policies. At the beginning of its term, the new council makes a council agreement that guides TEK’s activities for the next three years.
Who can I vote for?
As a member of Tekniikan Akateemiset ry, you can vote for a candidate in your electoral area. Your electoral area is determined by your place of residence in TEK’s member register on 1 January 2026. If you live abroad, you can vote for a candidate in any of the electoral areas.
TFiF-TEK members stand for election and vote in the TFiF constituency.
You can learn more about the candidates in the election compass, which will open to voters on 13 March. The link will be updated on the election website.
The electoral areas of the Tekniikan Akateemiset ry’s 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)
