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=== Pekka Haavisto ===
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[[File:Pekka Haavisto 2024 campaign logo.png|thumb|Campaign logo of Pekka Haavisto.]]
'''[[Pekka Haavisto]]''', former Minister of Foreign Affairs and [[Parliament of Finland|Member of Parliament]] for [[Green League|the Green League]], announced his candidacy on 8 June 2023. Haavisto has run for the office twice before, in [[2012 Finnish presidential election|2012]] and [[2018 Finnish presidential election|2018]], both times finishing second behind the incumbent President [[Sauli Niinistö]]. Haavisto is running as an independent candidate in the presidential elections. Independent candidates must assemble 20,000 signatures from qualified voters to establish a constituency association in order to run for president of Finland in January. The collection of signatures in support of Haavisto began immediately on the same day he announced his candidacy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pekka Haavisto announces 2024 presidential bid|url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20035789|date=June 8, 2023|access-date=June 8, 2023|work=[[Yle]]}}</ref>
'''[[Pekka Haavisto]]''', former Minister of Foreign Affairs and [[Parliament of Finland|Member of Parliament]] for [[Green League|the Green League]], announced his candidacy on 8 June 2023. Haavisto has run for the office twice before, in [[2012 Finnish presidential election|2012]] and [[2018 Finnish presidential election|2018]], both times finishing second behind the incumbent President [[Sauli Niinistö]]. Haavisto is running as an independent candidate in the presidential elections. Independent candidates must assemble 20,000 signatures from qualified voters to establish a constituency association in order to run for president of Finland in January. The collection of signatures in support of Haavisto began immediately on the same day he announced his candidacy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pekka Haavisto announces 2024 presidential bid|url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20035789|date=June 8, 2023|access-date=June 8, 2023|work=[[Yle]]}}</ref>



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2024 Finnish presidential election

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Incumbent President

Sauli Niinistö
Independent



Presidential elections are expected to be held in Finland on Sunday, 28 January 2024, with a possible second round on Sunday, 11 February 2024.[1] Voters will elect the President of the Republic to a six-year term. Incumbent President Sauli Niinistö is term-limited and cannot run for re-election, having served the maximum two terms, ensuring the president elected will be the country's thirteenth.[2]

If the new president is chosen on the first ballot on 28 January by winning more than half of valid votes cast, their term will begin on 1 February 2024. Should the election go to a second ballot on 11 February, the term will begin on 1 March 2024.

Requirements

According to the first paragraph of Section 54 of the Finnish Constitution, "The President shall be a native-born Finnish citizen."[3][4][5]

Officially announced candidates

Mika Aaltola

Mika Aaltola, the director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, announced his candidacy on 3 August 2023.[6] He is running as an independent candidate, and therefore must assemble 20,000 signatures from qualified voters to establish a constituency association in order to run for the presidency.

Aaltola emerged as a surprise candidate in a presidential survey published by Yle on 28 March 2022.[7] On 27 May 2022, similar results were obtained from a survey conducted by Ilta-Sanomat.[8] Aaltola commented that he was humbled by the results and that "In a situation where the candidates would solely represent Finlandization and behind-the-scenes dealings, I would feel a calling to attempt the impossible for the benefit of my homeland. Therefore, my stance would entirely depend on the candidate lineup."[9]

In a subsequent survey published by Ilta-Sanomat on 21 October 2022, Aaltola had unexpectedly risen to the top.[10] After the results, Aaltola stated: "There is a one percent chance that I will become the President of Finland." He did not completely rule out his candidacy and stated that he would announce a possible candidacy at a later time.[11] On 31 October 2022, Aaltola tweeted: "I am not currently running for any position. My focus is on the ongoing war and the geopolitical challenges of the winter."[12]

On 4 November 2022, Helsingin Sanomat published a comprehensive personal profile and interview with Aaltola. Many of the sources interviewed in the article noted that Aaltola no longer behaves like an expert but rather speaks like a preacher or a politician.[13] The same day Aaltola tweeted, that "I have no intention of running for the presidential elections."[14]

On 11 April 2023, Aaltola tweeted "My support in presidential surveys remains persistently encouraging, even though I have stated a practical "no" on multiple occasions. This was based on the fact that it is practically impossible [to win] outside of political parties. Should I reconsider the matter in the autumn if the support persists?"[15] In the presidential poll commissioned by Yle in May 2023, Aaltola was the favorite as the next president of around 13% of the respondents.[16]

Li Andersson

Li Andersson, the leader of the Left Alliance and former Minister of Education, announced her candidacy on 13 September 2023.[17]

Sari Essayah

Sari Essayah, the leader of the Christian Democrats and incumbent Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, was chosen as the party's presidential candidate at a party meeting on 27 August 2023.[18]

Ano Turtiainen

Ano Turtiainen, politician and former Member of Finnish Parliament and founder and chairman of the Power Belongs to the People party. In end of August 2023, Turtiainen announced in his YouTube channel he would be his party's candidate for the 2024 presidential election. Turtiainen believed that he would get help from Russia to collect the 20,000 supporter cards needed for his candidacy.

Pekka Haavisto

Pekka Haavisto, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament for the Green League, announced his candidacy on 8 June 2023. Haavisto has run for the office twice before, in 2012 and 2018, both times finishing second behind the incumbent President Sauli Niinistö. Haavisto is running as an independent candidate in the presidential elections. Independent candidates must assemble 20,000 signatures from qualified voters to establish a constituency association in order to run for president of Finland in January. The collection of signatures in support of Haavisto began immediately on the same day he announced his candidacy.[19]

According to multiple polls, Haavisto is currently the leading candidate for the presidency. He is the most popular candidate among women and younger voters, as well as across party lines. In the presidential poll commissioned by Yle in May 2023, Haavisto was the favorite as the next president of around 28% percent of the respondents.[16] In a presidential survey published by Ilta-Sanomat on 13 June 2023, which aimed to determine the potential result of a hypothetical second round in the presidential elections, Haavisto emerged as the winner when compared to all the other major potential candidates.[20]

Jussi Halla-aho

Jussi Halla-aho, the Speaker of the Parliament of Finland and a Member of Parliament for the Finns Party, announced his candidacy on 7 July 2023.[21] His candidacy was confirmed by the party congress in August.[22] In a survey conducted by Uutissuomalainen in January 2023 among party delegates, over 80 percent of the responding Finns Party delegates considered Halla-aho the most suitable presidential candidate for the party. In a similar survey conducted in summer 2021, Halla-aho ranked behind Laura Huhtasaari.[23] In the presidential poll commissioned by Yle in May 2023, Halla-aho was the favorite as the next president of around 6% of the respondents.[16]

Hjallis Harkimo

Hjallis Harkimo, a businessman and the chairman of his own political party Movement Now, was elected as the party's presidential candidate on 18 June 2022.[24] Harkimo became well-known in Finland as the owner of the ice hockey team Jokerit and as the face of the TV show "Diili", the Finnish version of The Apprentice. In the presidential poll commissioned by Yle in May 2023, Harkimo was the favorite as the next president of around 1% of the respondents.[16]

Olli Rehn

Olli Rehn, the Governor of the Bank of Finland and a member of the Centre Party, announced his bid for the presidency on 21 June 2023.[25] Rehn is running as an independent candidate in the elections. Therefore he must assemble 20,000 signatures from qualified voters to establish a constituency association in order to run for the presidency. The collection of signatures takes place at events across various parts of Finland during the summer of 2023.[26] In the presidential poll commissioned by Yle in May 2023, Rehn was the favorite as the next president of around 15% of the respondents.[16]

Alexander Stubb

Alexander Stubb, the former Prime Minister of Finland and a Member of Parliament for the National Coalition Party, announced his candidacy on 16 August 2023, after he had been formally asked to be the presidential candidate of the party. [27] In the presidential poll commissioned by Yle in May 2023, Stubb was the favorite as the next president of around 5% of the respondents.[16][28] When asked about the most preferred candidate of the National Coalition Party, Stubb was the favorite of 40% of the respondents, while Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen was preferred by 16%, former MP Risto E. J. Penttilä by 9% and Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen by 8%.[29]

Paavo Väyrynen

Paavo Väyrynen, former minister and member of the Parliament, announced that he would run as a candidate on 3 May 2019.[30][31] Väyrynen participated in the previous presidential elections as the Centre Party candidate on three occasions, securing the second position in 1988, third in 1994, and third in 2012. In 2018, he participated as an independent candidate and finished fourth.[32] In the presidential poll commissioned by Yle in May 2023, Väyrynen was the favorite as the next president of around 2% of the respondents.[16]


Potential candidates

Jutta Urpilainen

Jutta Urpilainen, the current Finnish European Commissioner, former minister and chair of the Social Democratic Party, has been frequently mentioned as a possible candidate for the SDP. On 16 August 2023, the chairman of the Social Democratic Party Sanna Marin asked Urpilainen to run in the 2024 presidential election as the party's candidate. Urpilainen has promised to announce her decision by November 2023.[33] The leadership of the SDP had hoped Urpilainen to be a candidate already in the 2018 presidential elections, but she declined the candidacy citing family reasons.[34] In the presidential poll commissioned by Yle in May 2023, Urpilainen was the favorite as the next president of around 2% of the respondents.[16]

Declined to be a candidate

The Swedish People's Party of Finland has announced they will not run a candidate in the elections.[35]

Sanna Marin

Sanna Marin, the former Prime Minister of Finland and a Member of Parliament for the Social Democratic Party, had received significant support in opinion polls. During Yle's Prime Minister's interview program in the summer of 2022, Marin declined the candidacy by stating in quote:[36]

I can openly say that I am not available.

On 3 June 2023, Marin confirmed her negative stance in an interview with Helsingin Sanomat, stating, "In these upcoming elections, it is not the time when I feel that I should be a candidate. Now is not the right time, and I have no plans regarding it."[37] In the presidential poll commissioned by Yle in May 2023, Marin was the favourite as the next president of around 5% of the respondents.[16]

Opinion polls

Potential candidates

Poll source Survey
dates
Aaltola
Ind.
Stubb
NCP
Vapaavuori
NCP
Haavisto
Greens
Halla-aho
Finns
Huhtasaari
Finns
Rehn
Centre
Vanhanen
Centre
Heinäluoma
SDP
Marin
SDP
Urpilainen
SDP
Andersson
Left
Others Don't know
13 Sep 2023 Li Andersson declares her candidacy
Taloustutkimus Sep 2023 10% 19% 31% 9% 11% 5% 6% 6%
Tietoykkönen Sep 2023 12% 18% 26% 9% 9% 3% 3% 1% 16%
27 August 2023 Sari Essayah declares her candidacy
Taloustutkimus Aug 2023 12% 19% 32% 9% 10% 5% 7% 6%
16 August 2023 Alexander Stubb declares his candidacy
Kantar TNS Aug 2023 15.6% 3.3% 0.1% 27.4% 8.8% 11.1% 0.7% 1.8% 3.9% 10.2% 17%
3 August 2023 Mika Aaltola declares his candidacy
7 July 2023 Jussi Halla-aho declares his candidacy
21 June 2023 Olli Rehn declares his candidacy
8 June 2023 Pekka Haavisto declares his candidacy
Taloustutkimus May 2023 13% 5% 28% 6% 1% 15% 2% 1% 5% 2% 2% 17%
Maaseudun Tulevaisuus Apr 2023 10.4% 4.6% 23.3% 8.5% 10.8% ?% ?%
Taloustutkimus Dec 2022 11% 7% - 25% 7% 14% ?% 7% ?% 2% 4%
Taloustutkimus Taloustutkimus Dec 2022 8% 4.5% 4% 17.3% 5.8% 13.7 ?% ?% ?%
18 June 2022 Hjallis Harkimo declares his candidacy
Taloustutkimus Mar 2022 4% 4% 4% 16% 7% 20% 4% 9% 3% 3%
Taloustutkimus Jul 2021 5% 4% 12% 7% 14% 5% 3% 11% 3% 3% 10%
Kantar TNS Feb 2021 2% 4% 7% 5% 19% 4% 4% 13% 3% 1% 12% 51%
Taloustutkimus Jan 2021 4% 6% 9% 6% 2% 11% 6% 4% 16% 3% 2% 29%
Taloustutkimus Dec 2020 5% 5% 9% 5% 2% 8% 6% 4% 16% 3% 3% 32% 3%
TNS Kantar Agri Jun 2020 5.7% 12.4% 6.2% 11.0% 4.7% 9.7% 3.0% 7.6% 41.8%
TNS Kantar Agri Feb 2020 6% 18% 9% 11% 6%
Taloustutkimus Feb 2020 4% 5% 22% 8% 2% 8% 4% 4% 4% 4% 4% 26% 4%
Taloustutkimus Dec 2019 4% 17% 6% 3% 10% 4% 7% 7% 26% 16%
Tietoykkönen Oct 2019 10% 33% 10% 4% 11% 7% 6% 8% 10%
Taloustutkimus Jan 2018 9% 27% 7% 7% 4% 4% 4% 4% 26% 9%

Pekka Haavisto vs. Olli Rehn

Source of poll Date Pekka
Haavisto

Independent
Olli
Rehn

Independent
Other/
Undecided
Taloustutkimus Sep 2023 51% 39% 10%
Taloustutkimus Aug 2023 54% 36% 10%
Ilta-Sanomat 16 May 2023 52% 35% 13%

Pekka Haavisto vs. Mika Aaltola

Source of poll Date Pekka
Haavisto

Independent
Mika
Aaltola

Independent
Other/
Undecided
Taloustutkimus Sep 2023 53% 36% 11%
Taloustutkimus Aug 2023 53% 38% 10%
Ilta-Sanomat 16 May 2023 49% 35% 16%

Pekka Haavisto vs. Alexander Stubb

Source of poll Date Pekka
Haavisto

Independent
Alexander
Stubb

National Coalition Party
Other/
Undecided
Taloustutkimus Sep 2023 45% 42% 13%
Taloustutkimus Aug 2023 48% 40% 12%
Ilta-Sanomat 16 May 2023 52% 30% 17%

Pekka Haavisto vs. Sanna Marin

Source of poll Date Pekka
Haavisto

Independent
Sanna
Marin

Social Democratic Party of Finland
Other/
Undecided
Ilta-Sanomat 16 May 2023 52% 24% 23%

Pekka Haavisto vs. Jutta Urpilainen

Source of poll Date Pekka
Haavisto

Independent
Jutta
Urpilainen

Social Democratic Party of Finland
Other/
Undecided
Taloustutkimus Sep 2023 57% 23% 20%
Ilta-Sanomat 16 May 2023 55% 21% 24%

Pekka Haavisto vs. Jussi Halla-aho

Source of poll Date Pekka
Haavisto

Independent
Jussi
Halla-aho

Finns
Other/
Undecided
Taloustutkimus Sep 2023 65% 26% 9%
Taloustutkimus Aug 2023 67% 23% 10%
Ilta-Sanomat 16 May 2023 63% 25% 12%

Alexander Stubb vs. Olli Rehn

Source of poll Date Alexander
Stubb

National Coalition Party
Olli
Rehn

Independent
Other/
Undecided
Taloustutkimus Sep 2023 51% 31% 18%
Taloustutkimus Aug 2023 52% 31% 17%

Alexander Stubb vs. Mika Aaltola

Source of poll Date Alexander
Stubb

National Coalition Party
Mika
Aaltola

Independent
Other/
Undecided
Taloustutkimus Sep 2023 55% 27% 18%
Taloustutkimus Aug 2023 52% 31% 17%

Alexander Stubb vs. Jussi Halla-aho

Source of poll Date Alexander
Stubb

National Coalition Party
Jussi
Halla-aho

Finns Party
Other/
Undecided
Taloustutkimus Sep 2023 70% 18% 12%
Taloustutkimus Aug 2023 73% 16% 11%

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