Finland's presidential election saw a 74.9% voter turnout, with the centre-right party leading in the first round. Tensions with Russia and Ukraine were prominent issues. The far-right was kept out of the final election, and a second round will determine the new president.
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Finnish presidential candidates with most opposite sides preparing for live debates https://t.co/8bIKbrrdO2
Finnish presidential candidates preparing for debate https://t.co/HNsFr4MAIb
Finland to elect new president on the second round https://t.co/xAPLylatGZ
Congratulations Finland! A superb turnout kept the far right out of the final election. Centre right got 27%, liberal green got 26, largest far right got 19. Looking forward to seeing who gets how much over 50% in the final vote in a couple of weeks. https://t.co/Z2d6TYsDUx
Finland, presidential election (first round): With 100% counted, the total voter turnout climbed up to 74.9%, an increase of 5.0 percentage points from 2018. Turnout on election day continued to decrease, while the early vote keeps increasing with 44.6% of voters voting early. https://t.co/MbJtRE30cK
Centre-right party ahead in Finnish presidential election https://t.co/aO7LQDCPNT
Finland goes to the polls: 4.5million people prepare to cast votes amid soaring tensions with Russia over border chaos and Ukraine war https://t.co/ZbH3RQxBLb https://t.co/U188Xw822z
Finns headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president https://t.co/KdGgLXZolq https://t.co/eqji0xxz9Z
Russia war is "close"—Finland presidential candidate https://t.co/maQoGQ3MTZ https://t.co/ST6VFvtzN5