Student union of Laurea University of Applied Sciences will have the elections of the Council of Representatives from 1.9. – 19.11.2025.
The Council of Representatives exercises the highest decision-making authority in the student union. For example, it approves the annual budget of the Student Union, elects the Board and decides on the major policies governing the activities of the Student Union. More information about the representative council elections can be found here.
In the elections for 2026 15 full members and no more than 15 alternates will be elected. The official language of the Council of Representatives is Finnish, but English will be used in the meetings if necessary. The elections will be held by electronic voting between 29 October and 5 November 2025.
All members of the Student Union who have paid their membership fees for the autumn semester 2025 by 8.10.2025 at 12.00 noon are eligible to stand for election.
Candidates will form electoral alliances of between 1 and 15 candidates. Candidates may join existing electoral alliances or form new alliances. Each alliance must appoint a representative, who may also be a person from outside the electoral alliance. The representative of the alliance fills out the electoral alliance establishing form. Each candidate fills out their own candidate form where they inform what alliance they are a part of. If a candidate does not join an existing alliance they will form their own one person alliance and will be seen as the representative of their alliance. A candidate can belong only to one alliance.
Electoral alliances may form electoral coalitions. There is no upper limit to the number of election alliances that may belong to an electoral coalition, but an electoral coalition may have no more than 30 candidates. An electoral alliance or individual candidate may only belong to one electoral coalition. A representative must be appointed for each coalition and must complete the form for the formation of a coalition.
Candidate forms and electoral coalition and alliances establishing forms must be completed using the online form by 12.00 noon on 8 October 2025.
All members of the Student Union who have paid their membership fees for the autumn semester 2025 by 8.10.2025 at 12.00 are entitled to vote in the elections.
The Central Election Committee will confirm the electoral register (list of voters) at its meeting on 20.10.2025 at 16:00. The electoral register will be available for inspection at the Student Union office in room B507 of the Tikkurila campus of Laurea University of Applied Sciences from 20 October 2025 until the end of the elections by appointment only. Make an appointment by sending a message to [email protected].
Requests for corrections to the electoral register must be submitted in a written form to the Central Electoral Commission at [email protected] by 27.10.2025 at 12.00 noon.
All the material required for the elections is available on the student unions website (www.laureamko.fi). Materials can also be requested from the Central Office of the Students’ Union in room B507 at Tikkurila campus or by email at [email protected].
The Central Election Committee reserves the right to make ad hoc decisions regarding the conduct of the elections within the framework of the Student Union rules, the current election regulations, the campaigning guidelines, the principles of safer space and Finnish law.
Best regards,
Krista Alt
Chairperson of the Central Electoral Board
[email protected]