Death or permanent incapacity of a presidential candidate or elected President
The presidential election procedure shall be restarted as soon as possible, if:
1) a candidate nominated in accordance with the procedure laid down in law becomes permanently incapacitated or dies before the completion of the election procedure in the first round;
2) a candidate in the second round of the election becomes permanently incapacitated or dies before the completion of the election procedure in the second round;or
3) a candidate who has been elected President becomes permanently incapacitated or dies before entering office.
The Government decides on the new election day as provided in section 127, subsection 3.
The Ministry of Justice shall urgently report the Government’s decision to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the constituency electoral committees and the Population Register Centre, which shall ensure that the information is transmitted to other election officials. Election officials shall suspend preparations for the election. The Ministry of Justice issues more specific orders and instructions for the official procedures to be followed due to the Government’s decision.
The provisions of sections 129–134 apply to the nomination of candidates and submission of candidate applications in the cases referred to in this section. A candidate nominated by a party or a constituency association in accordance with the above-mentioned procedures is, however, still considered a candidate for the party or the constituency association without a new application, unless the party or the constituency association has withdrawn the previous application or the candidate has withdrawn the consent referred to in section 133 or 134. The constituency electoral committee of Helsinki shall be notified of the withdrawal of the application or consent by 16.00 on the 40th day before the election day.