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The Representative Council elections of ISYY are held as electronic elections in autumn 2025. The elections are not possible without good candidates. If you think that you could actively contribute to the Student Union and its future, why not present yourself as a candidate! Read on to find out how to do it. The nomination of candidates ended on 1 October 2025 at 3 pm.
As a member of the Representative Council, Edaattori in Finnish, you will be able to have your say about how things are run at ISYY and UEF. For instance, you will help determine the strategy of ISYY, cooperate with the decision-making bodies of UEF and help build a better future for students in this country.
As a member of the Representative Council, you will gain valuable experience working in a position of trust, meet new people and build valuable networks inside and outside of the student movement.
Running for the Representative Council happens via candidate lists. Every candidate list has one person in charge, who is called a representative. When someone is interested in joining the list, the representative takes care of practical matters. If you would like to run for a certain candidate list, please contact the representative for the list in question.
There are different types of lists, many of them politically affiliated or connected to a specific field of study. However, you do not need to be politically inclined or affiliated with a specific movement, as some lists are nonaligned. If you are unable to find a suitable list for your personal interests, you may also establish your own candidate list. There is no exact definition of what it means to be a nonaligned candidate in the Representative Council Elections. The candidate and the candidate list can freely define the nature of being nonaligned. This can mean, for example, that the candidate does not commit to the policy of the candidate list or its collaborators.
ISYY utilises the proportional representation electoral system, which means that seats get distributed to each list in proportion to the number of votes the list receives. Every member of the Student Union (ISYY) who has registered as present at the University by Wed 1 October 2025 is an eligible candidate at the elections, and each candidate is allowed to represent one list only.
The Central Election Committee of ISYY has published regulations for campaigning and candidate marketing. You can find it from the "Campaigning" section below.
If you want to run as a candidate on your own candidate list, please fill in only the candidate list registration form. On the electronic form you can indicate that you wish to become a candidate as well by clicking “I am also a candidate in the list” on the form.
You can establish your own list of candidates if you are eligible as a candidate yourself. The founder of the list becomes a representative and may run as a candidate on their list. So the founder of a candidate list is the same person as the representative of the list. The representative works as a contact person between the candidates of the list and the Student Union. Two or more lists of candidates can form an electoral alliance. More detailed instructions on how to establish a candidate list are given in the Election Announcement.
Although the elections are held as electornic, ISYY's election regulation states that it must be possible to establish a candidate list and nominate a candidate also with paper forms. You can find printable forms from Election documents webpage. Return the filled form(s) to ISYY’s office either in Joensuu or Kuopio. You can also get the form(s) from both ISYY offices. Please note that the candidate’s approval and assurance form must contain the signature of the representative for the candidate list.
Please note that it is possible to create an electoral alliance of candiate lists only with a paper form. Establishing an electoral alliance is not possible in the electronic elections system.
The Central Election Committee has issued election advertising guidelines, pdf, for the 2025 Representative Council Elections.
Candidates of the ISYY Representative Council have the opportunity to campaing on the campuses of both cities on separately announced days. Dates and places reserved for the campaigning can be found in the election calendar. Remember to register for the campaigning days. You can find the registration forms also from the Election calendar webpage.
Candidate Lists have a possibility to hang their poster(s) to noticeboards in campus buildings. The notice boards which are intended for election advertising are clearly marked as ISYY's Representative Council Elections' noticeboards and Candidate List Combination are posted there on 7 October. Please note, that the poster/posters are allowed to fill at maximum the space of A3. You can read more about the guidelines from the guidelines for the election advertising.
Noticeboards on Kuopio campus:
Hall of the second floor in the Canthia building (3 boards)
Noticeboards on Joensuu campus:
You can find a candidate gallery from ISYY's electronical voting system from 15. October to 6. November where all candidates and their candidate numbers are listed. You can add a picture (512x512 pixels) and an introduction text (500 characters) to the candidate gallery.
A link to fill out the voting aid has been sent to the candidates via email by SYL. The candidates had to fill out the voting aid by Sunday 19 October at 23:59 (midninght). The voting aid is open to the public since Monday 20 October and you can find it here.
If you have any questions or you need help, contact our Coordinator for Representative Council Elections or Coordinator of Administration.
Emma Ohtonen, Coordinator for Representative Council Elections, Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY), vaalikoordinaattori(at)isyy.fi, tel. +358 44 576 8450
Elina Pitkänen, Coordinator of Administration, Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY), kv.kuopio(at)isyy.fi, tel. +358 44 576 8413
Representatives for the Candidate Lists
This page was updated last on 27.10.2025.