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12.09.2025

Representative Council elections 2025 campaigning days and electoral panels on campuses

Come to campaign or to learn more about the Representative Council elections on both campuses!

The Representative Council elections of the Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY) are held on 6 November 2025. Advance voting for the elections will take place from 27 to 31 of October 2025. The actual voting day is the election day 6 November 2025.

During the Representative Council elections, candidate lists and candidates have the opportunity to present their activities and campaign in the university's facilities at pre-announced times on the Joensuu and Kuopio campuses. You can meet the representative lists and candidates according to the schedules below. You will also find the ISYY Representative Council elections information point on campaigning days. You can also reach the Representative Council election coordinator via phone or email on other dates. 

Campaign dates of candidate lists

On the campaigning days of the candidate lists, the lists for the ISYY elections can campaign and present their activities before the closing of the candidate list. Nomination of candidates ends on 1 October 2025 at 3 pm.

Note! The lists of candidates must register for the campaigning days using the form below, so that we can prepare for each campaigning day with sufficient scope. One person registers the whole list. Tables have been reserved for the campaign, and can be borrowed from the cart found in the lobby. Please return the tables back to their place after the campaign.

Joensuu

• Tue 23.9.2025, from 10 am to 2 pm, Carelia lobby (Representative Elections -info for members is held in the evening virtually, starting at 4:15 pm in Finnish and 5:15 in in English)
• Thu 25.9.2025, from 10 am to 2 pm, Natura lobby
• Mon 29.9.2025, from 10 am to 2 pm, Carelia lobby

Representative Council elections coordinator in attendance in Joensuu: Tue 23.9. Carelia and Thu 25.9. Natura.

Registration for Joensuu lists' campaigning days (register on 22 September at 23:59 (midnight) at the latest)

Kuopio

• Tue 23.9.2025, from 10 am to 2 pm, Snellmania lobby (1st floor)  (Representative Elections -info for members is held in the evening virtually, starting at 4:15 pm in Finnish and 5:15 pm in English)
• Thu 25.9.2025 klo, from 10 am to 2 pm, Canthia lobby
• Mon 29.9.2025, from 10 am to 2 pm, Snellmania lobby (1st floor)

ISYY's employee in attendance in Kuopio: Tue 23.9. Snellmania and Thu 25.9. Canthia.

Registration for campaigning days for lists in Kuopio (register on 22 September at 23:59 (midnight) at the latest)

Candidates' campaign days

The candidates' campaigning days will be organised when the nomination of candidates for the ISYY elections has ended and the lists of candidates have been announced. Come and ask the candidates for their opinion on matters that are important for you, and find a suitable candidate and a list for you. You will find the campus-specific campaigning days of the candidates below.

Note! Candidates must register for the campaigning days using the forms below, so that we can prepare for each campaigning day with sufficient scope. One person registers the whole list. Tables have been reserved for the campaign, and they can be borrowed from the cart found in the lobby. Please return the tables back to their place after the campaign.

Joensuu

• Tue-Thu 14.-16.10.2025, from 10 am to 2 pm, Carelia lobby
• Mon 20.10.2025, from 10 am to 2 pm, Carelia lobby
• Mon-Wed 27.-29.10.2025, from 10 am to 2 pm, Carelia lobby
• Thu-Fri 30.-31.10.2025, from 10 am to 2 pm, Natura lobby
• Tue-Wed 4.-6.11.2025, klo 10-14, from 10 am to 2 pm, Carelia lobby 

Representative Council elections coordinator in attendance in Joensuu: Tue 14.10. Carelia, Mon 20.10. Carelia, Wed 29.10. Carelia and Wed 5.11. Carelia.

Registration for campaigning days for candidates and lists in Joensuu (register on 13 October at 23:59 (midnight) at the latest)

Kuopio

• Tue-Thu 14.-16.10.2025, from 10 am to 2 pm, Snellmania first floor lobby
• Tue 21.10.2025, from 10 am to 2 pm, Snellmania first floor lobby 
• Mon-Wed 27.-29.10.2025, from 10 am to 2 pm, Snellmania first floor lobby
• Thu-Fri 30.-31.10.2025,from 10 am to 2 pm, Canthia first floor lobby 
• Tue-Wed 4.-6.11.2025, from 10 am to 2 pm, Snellmania first floor lobby

ISYY's employee in attendance in Kuopio: Tue 14.10. Snellmania, Tue 21.10. Snellmania, Wed 29.10. Snellmania and Wed 5.11. Snellmania.

Registration for candidates and lists campaigning days in Kuopio (register on 13 October at 23:59 (midnight) at the latest)

Electoral panels

ISYY's Representative Council elections panel discussions for candidates will be held according to the schedule below in Joensuu, Carelia lobby, and in Kuopio, Snellmania lobby, before the Advance Voting begins. Come and listen to the electoral panel and find out what the candidates from the different lists think about themes that are important to students. The Candidate Lists for the Representative Council elections will be informed about the registration to the election panels after the nomination of candidates has ended.

Joensuu

20.10.2025, from 12 pm (noon) to 1 pm, Carelia lobby

Kuopio

21.10.2023, from 12 pm (noon) to 1 pm, Snellmania lobby (first floor)

Read more:

Representative Council Elections

For Candidates

Election Calendar

Election Announcement (pdf)

Election Advertising Guidelines (pdf)

Futher information:

Julia Lautala, Chairperson of the Central Election Committee, Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY), kvl.pj(at)isyy.fi

Emma Ohtonen, Coordinator for the Representative Council elections, Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY), vaalikoordinaattori(at)isyy.fi, tel. + 358 44 576 8450

Elina Pitkänen, Coordinator for International Affairs and Administration, Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY), kv.kuopio(at)isyy.fi, tel. +358 44 576 8413