Union elec­tions made the union stronger

This makes the voter turnout 43.2 per cent, which is a good result in union elec­tions. Especially as these were the first union elec­tions for the Industrial Union and there are tens of thousands of new members since the last elec­tions, the Union Presi­dent Riku Aalto stresses.

The First Vice Presi­dent Turja Lehto­nen points out that emplo­yers closely follow voters’ acti­vity. This voter turnout under­li­nes the strong justi­fica­tion for repre­sen­ting members and for collec­tive bargai­ning, Lehto­nen says.

Yhteis­työn Teki­jät, the alliance of Social Democ­rats and non-alig­ned, got 64.2 per cent of the votes. Share of the votes of Teol­li­suu­den Vaikut­ta­jat, the alliance of Left Alliance and non-alig­ned, was 35.7 per cent. The rest, 0.1 per cent, went to the alliance of the Centre Party and non-aligned.

This voter turnout under­li­nes the strong justi­fica­tion for repre­sen­ting members and for collec­tive bargaining.

The most active voters were in the ore mines industry and oil, gas and petroc­he­mical products industry, voter turnout was 55.9 per cent in both.

Yhteis­työn Teki­jät was stron­gest in the fur products branch, sala­ried emplo­yees in grap­hical industry and rural industries – in these they were the only ones putting up candi­da­tes. In the textile and fashions branch they got 87.7 per cent of votes.

Teol­li­suu­den Vaikut­ta­jat was most popu­lar in the ore mines industry, 77.6 per cent of votes. In the rubber industry their share of votes was 70.2 per cent and in landsca­ping and horticul­tu­ral branc­hes 61.7 per cent.

Of those 442 elec­ted, 334 are men (75.6 per cent) and 108 women (24.4 per cent). There are 43 repre­sen­ta­ti­ves (9.7 per cent) under the age of 36.

The highest number of votes, 327, got Satu Heijari from the Varsi­nais-Suomi elec­to­ral district and Yhteis­työn Teki­jät. Mathias Pukkila from Vaasa elec­to­ral district got 288 votes, he is also from Yhteis­työn Teki­jät. Third most votes were gained by Jari Leski­se­noja from the ore mines industry and Teol­li­suu­den Vaikuttajat.