Finland held the first round of its presidential election on Sunday, with 84% of the votes counted indicating no candidate achieved an outright majority, leading to a runoff. The country, which recently joined NATO and has its eastern border with Russia closed, is electing a new president amid increased regional tensions. Alexander Stubb, the centre-right former Prime Minister from the National Coalition party, took an early lead with 27.3% of the votes, while Pekka Haavisto, the Green League candidate and former Foreign Secretary, followed with 25.8%. The second round of voting is scheduled to take place in two weeks.
⚠️ CENTRE-RIGHT STUBB LEADS FINLAND'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE IN POLL (Reuters) Centre-right Alexander Stubb of the National Coalition Party is seen to lead liberal Green Party member Pekka Haavisto ahead of the run-off in Finland's presidential race on Feb. 11, a poll by Finland's…
Finland’s former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb is the favorite to become the Nordic country’s next president, according to a survey https://t.co/o3bJLL8hY9
Finland faces a runoff presidential election in February between a former prime minister expected to have the advantage and a former foreign minister who negotiated the country's recent entry into NATO and was the runner-up in Sunday's first round. https://t.co/FMNLEAewSg
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Alexander Stubb takes lead in Finland’s presidential race as runoff approaches https://t.co/VHw5Skiyqj https://t.co/huOxaJYHvx
Stubb edges ahead in the race to win Finland’s presidency https://t.co/hOQWxl3hSa via @pohjanka @LeoLaikola https://t.co/1fMW0ngMhG
Finland’s presidential hopefuls Alexander Stubb, a former prime minister, and Pekka Haavisto, the previous foreign minister, hit the campaign trail ahead of a runoff in two weeks https://t.co/tKstdJpJfj
Finland to elect new president on the second round https://t.co/xAPLylatGZ
⚡️Finland presidential election to go to runoff, former PM ahead. Finland's presidential election is set to go to a runoff next month, as no candidate gained a majority of the votes on Jan. 28, in a race that has heavily focused on the country's new role as a NATO neighbor of…
Ex-prime minister Alexander Stubb wins first round of Finland’s presidential vote to set up a runoff https://t.co/cbkLEumaQa
Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb won the first round of Finland’s presidential election Sunday and will face runner-up ex-Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto in a runoff next month. https://t.co/jRORIIlRPl
Voting in the presidential election has ended in Finland https://t.co/1e6HfwA30p
Finland Goes to the Polls for the First Time After Joining NATO – Conservative Alexander Stubb Projected To Win First Round of Voting via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/rTffXZJiSW
The presidential election is underway in Finland, and the first round is now over. No candidate got over 50 % of the votes, so there will be a second round. @alexstubb from the centre-right National Coalition Party got 27,2 % of the votes. @Haavisto from the Green League got… https://t.co/tpazLDqgZO
Alexander Stubb and Pekka Haavisto to face off in Finland presidential run-off https://t.co/3ai48ok8VL
Presidential elections were held in Finland today. With no one able to reach 50%, there will be a run-off between the centre-right former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb and the Liberal candidate, former Foreign Secretary Peka Haavisto
Finns headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, an office whose importance has grown as tensions increased with neighbouring Russia since the invasion of Ukraine ⬇️ https://t.co/WyyAW24cBh
BREAKING: 84% of the votes are counted in the first round of the Finnish presidential election. @alexstubb and @Haavisto will square off in the run-off 2 weeks from now. https://t.co/QHxEF1tj09
BREAKING: Alexander Stubb wins first round of Finland's presidential vote to set up a runoff, projection says https://t.co/PBYla5wOGb
Alexander Stubb (centre-right, National Coalition party) and Pekka Haavisto (Green, running as independent) projected to go through to second round of Finland's presidential election with 27.3% and 25.8% respectively, forecasts YLE
Stubb and Haavisto near runoff in Finland’s presidential vote https://t.co/cuRkbhWeOC via @LeoLaikola https://t.co/gEHIfz3VK4
Finland’s presidential race saw Alexander Stubb and Pekka Haavisto take an early lead as first results were tallied on Sunday, indicating that a run-off would have to take place in two weeks https://t.co/Gd68OD0N62
Finns are heading to the polls to elect a new president to lead the country in its new role within NATO after it broke with decades of non-alignment to join the Western defence alliance. https://t.co/I9vM0wxohy
Voters in Finland were electing a new president Sunday at an unprecedented time for the Nordic nation that is now a NATO member with its eastern border with Russia closed - two things almost unthinkable a few years ago. https://t.co/DSRuHSWMFo
Finns headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president https://t.co/KdGgLXZolq https://t.co/eqji0xxz9Z
Finland to elect president for troubled times after Nato entry https://t.co/FInprpcPjZ
Finns vote for new president facing a more aggressive Russia https://t.co/yhEAdiNz8f via @LeoLaikola https://t.co/Sg1wyQAIHW
‘Voters are looking for a mini-Niinisto’: Finland braces for new president https://t.co/2D5omO622V
Spoke to Finland’s presidential frontrunner Alexander Stubb this morning who said Finnish foreign policy is “existential” https://t.co/YKO1AeflPC