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    "id": "finland-presidential-2030-r2",
    "country": "FI",
    "country_name": "Finland",
    "date": "2030-02-10",
    "date_status": "declared",
    "kind": "runoff",
    "conditional": "Held only if no candidate receives more than half of the votes cast on 27 Jan 2030; it is then a new election between the two candidates who received the most votes (Constitution 731/1999 §54). Election day is 'ensimmäistä vaalia seuraava toinen sunnuntai' (Vaalilaki 714/1998 §127), and the Ministry of Justice names the two candidates in the Statute Book on the second day after the first round (§139).",
    "timezone": "Europe/Helsinki",
    "status": "scheduled",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-09-25T12:00:00Z",
    "stale": false,
    "stale_reason": null,
    "provenance": {
      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-25: Vaalilaki 714/1998 (§§68, 86, 100, 127, 139, 141-142) and Constitution 731/1999 (§§54-55) on finlex.fi; vaalit.fi presidential schedule; tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi TPV-2024_2 (live); valtioneuvosto.fi release of 14 Feb 2024; Al Jazeera 11 Feb 2024",
      "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)"
    },
    "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/finland-presidential-2030-r2",
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      {
        "id": "president",
        "key": "finland-presidential-2030-r2/president",
        "name": "President of the Republic",
        "body": "head-of-state",
        "seats": null,
        "polls_close_utc": "2030-02-10T18:00:00Z",
        "authority": {
          "id": "fi-om",
          "name": "Ministry of Justice (election unit)",
          "name_local": "Oikeusministeriö",
          "role": "ministry",
          "homepage": "https://vaalit.fi/",
          "results_index": "https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/fi/index.html",
          "open_data": null
        },
        "status": "scheduled",
        "expected_stage_now": null,
        "observed": false,
        "final_observed": null,
        "final_expected": {
          "from": "2030-02-13T16:00:00Z",
          "by": "2030-02-15T21:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "announced",
          "basis": "Vaalilaki 714/1998 §141: each district committee confirms the second-round votes 'vaalipäivän jälkeen 3. päivänä ... kello 18 aloitettavassa kokouksessaan' (Wed 13 Feb 2030, 18:00 EET = 16:00 UTC, the window's opening); the Helsinki district committee then 'viipymättä' confirms the nationwide totals and reports them to the Government (§142(1)). §142(2): 'Valtioneuvosto toteaa 4. päivänä toisen vaalin vaalipäivän jälkeen' which candidate was elected and publishes the result in the Statute Book, i.e. Thursday 14 Feb 2030. The window closes at the end of Friday 15 Feb 2030, EET, one day past the statutory day to allow for a late district. 2024 precedent: results page TPV-2024_2 marked the checking count complete at 14.02.2024 19:31 EET; the Ministry of Justice published the confirmed result at 19:39 EET and said the Government would announce it at its plenary on Thursday 15 Feb (valtioneuvosto.fi release of 14 Feb 2024) - days 3 and 4. No appeal lies against the confirmation (§100), so there is no court-validation stage. The president takes office on 1 Mar 2030, the first day of the month after the election (Constitution 731/1999 §55)."
        },
        "stages": [
          {
            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2030-02-10T18:00:00Z",
            "by": "2030-02-11T04:00:00Z",
            "replacedAt": "2030-02-13T16:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Vaalilaki 714/1998 §68: polling from 09:00 to 20:00; 10 Feb 2030 is on EET (UTC+2), so polls close 18:00 UTC. Advance votes are counted from 10:00 on election day and released after the close (§86). 2024 precedent: with two candidates the preliminary count was complete on election night, 11 Feb 2024 (Al Jazeera, 11 Feb 2024: 'With all votes counted on Sunday'). The window closes at 06:00 EET Monday as an allowance. Preliminary, not the confirmed result.",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          },
          {
            "stage": "final-result",
            "from": "2030-02-13T16:00:00Z",
            "by": "2030-02-15T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": null,
            "confidence": "announced",
            "citation": "Vaalilaki 714/1998 §141: each district committee confirms the second-round votes 'vaalipäivän jälkeen 3. päivänä ... kello 18 aloitettavassa kokouksessaan' (Wed 13 Feb 2030, 18:00 EET = 16:00 UTC, the window's opening); the Helsinki district committee then 'viipymättä' confirms the nationwide totals and reports them to the Government (§142(1)). §142(2): 'Valtioneuvosto toteaa 4. päivänä toisen vaalin vaalipäivän jälkeen' which candidate was elected and publishes the result in the Statute Book, i.e. Thursday 14 Feb 2030. The window closes at the end of Friday 15 Feb 2030, EET, one day past the statutory day to allow for a late district. 2024 precedent: results page TPV-2024_2 marked the checking count complete at 14.02.2024 19:31 EET; the Ministry of Justice published the confirmed result at 19:39 EET and said the Government would announce it at its plenary on Thursday 15 Feb (valtioneuvosto.fi release of 14 Feb 2024) - days 3 and 4. No appeal lies against the confirmation (§100), so there is no court-validation stage. The president takes office on 1 Mar 2030, the first day of the month after the election (Constitution 731/1999 §55).",
            "source": null,
            "observedAt": null,
            "observedSource": null
          }
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "url": "https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/fi/index.html",
            "role": "results-live",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Ministry of Justice results service (index), not a page for this election. Checked 25 Sep 2026: https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/TPV-2030_2/ returns 404. PREDICTED, not seen: tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/TPV-2030_2/ (2024 second round: TPV-2024_2/). In 2024 TPV-2024_2/fi/tulos_kokomaa.html carried the preliminary count and was overwritten with 'Sivu päivitetty 14.02.2024 19:31:39. Tarkastuslaskenta on VALMIS' (live page, read 25 Sep 2026).",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://vaalit.fi/en/schedule-in-the-presidential-election",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Ministry of Justice schedule (read 25 Sep 2026): 'The possible second round of the presidential election will be held on Sunday 10.2.2030.'",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/1998/714",
            "role": "timetable",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Vaalilaki (Election Act) 714/1998: §127 election day, §§141-142 confirmation of the second round, §68 polling hours, §100 no appeal against the presidential result.",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2030_Finnish_presidential_election",
            "role": "see-also",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "check": null
          },
          {
            "url": "https://vaalit.fi/",
            "role": "authority-home",
            "kind": "emb_home",
            "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "authority",
            "check": null
          }
        ],
        "page_activity": [],
        "government": null,
        "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/finland-presidential-2030-r2#president"
      }
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    "built_at": "2026-09-25T21:25:00Z",
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