The Student Union of the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, Kaakko, is organizing elections for the Representative Council on 26.10.- 4.11.2026. In the elections, twenty (20) regular members and a maximum of twenty (20) deputy members will be elected to the Representative Council. The elections will be conducted by electronic voting.
The nomination period begins at 8:00 on 24.8.2026 and ends at 23:59 on 4.10.2026. All members of the student union who have paid their membership fees at 23:58 on 4.10.2026, is eligible to run for office.
Candidates may form electoral alliances consisting of at least two candidates. Electoral alliances may in turn form electoral groups.
All members of the student union who have paid their membership fees are eligible to vote in the elections. You are a member of the student union if you have a valid student card or Slice mobile student card issued by Kaakko.
Voting takes place electronically via a link sent to your student email address. Voting for the representative elections begins on 26.10.2026, at 8:00 and is open until 4.11.2026, at 15:00.
- Election Regulations (only in Finnish)
- Representative Council Elections
- Representative Council
- Representative Council Regulations(Only in Finnish)
Election Schedule:
- 17.8.2026 Election anouncement
- 24.8.2026: Candidate nomination begins at 08:00
- 4.10.2026: Candidate nomination ends at 23:59
- 8.10.2026: Candidates and election numbers announced
- 26.10.2026: Early voting begins at 08:00
- 4.11.2026: Official voting day / Voting ends at 15:00
- 4.11. 2026: Vote counting
- 6.11.2026: Results announcement
For further information:
Oona Yhtiö
Chair of the Central Election Committee
fooyh001@edu.xamk.fi
Joonas Soukkio
Executive Director
joonas.soukkio@xamk.fi
050 477 7187