Polling day The first round of the Presidential election shall be held on the third Sunday of January of the sixth year after the year in which the previous President of the Republic was inaugurated. If a second round of elections is required, this shall be held on the second Sunday after the first round of Presidential elections. If measures must be taken in order to elect a president in the event of the current president, the winning presidential candidate or a presidential candidate having become permanently incapacitated or deceased, the Council of State through a decision published in the Statute Book of Finland, shall issue provisions concerning the Presidential election which is to be held on the next possible Sunday.