Home > 4 Types of elections > FINLAND - Election Act
 
 
 
Download file    
 
 
Article 92
 

The deputy representatives for the Members of Parliament   The deputy representative for a Member of Parliament is the first candidate on the list  who has not been elected from the party or from the joint list which the member represented, or if there was an electoral alliance, the first candidate who has not been elected from the said electoral alliance which the member represented.   If there is no other way to choose a deputy member, the deputy member shall be that candidate who has not been elected whose name is the first name in the list of names referred to in section 91.   If the deputy member becomes a member, or otherwise leaves his or her post, the electoral district committee shall provide a new deputy member for the said member following the provisions in subsections 1 and 2.   If a seat becomes open in the province of the Åland Islands and there is no such deputy member as is specified in subsections 1 and 2, new parliamentary elections shall be held in the said electoral district without delay. The Ministry of Justice lays down the time of the election and proclaims this. Advance polling is performed only in the electoral district of the province of the Åland Islands.