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Public Notice of the 2020 Student Council Elections!

The Student Council elections will be held October 22nd to October 23rd with an electronic pre-voting starting October 17th to the 21st.

During the actual election days, you can vote electronically from October 17th at 12AM to October 21st at 4PM. You can also vote at Hanken during the election days on October 22nd and October 23rd from 11AM-4PM. The voting locations are in Hanken’s lobby in Helsinki (Arkadiagatan 22) and Hanken’s lobby in Vasa (entrance from Biblioteksgatan 16).

The electronic pre-voting will be arranged from October 17th– 21st.
The deadline for the registration period for candidates is Wednesday October 4th at 4PM, when all candidate lists must be signed and submitted electronically in a PDF file to kansli@shs.fi.

At the Student Union (Sanduddsgatan 7 A, Helsinki, second floor) you can also find the official electoral register, which is a list of all the registered students who may run as a candidate/ or vote in the Student Council elections this year. If you are unsure if you are registered or have the right to run; please check if you are on the list. If you suspect an error in the electoral register, please contact the General Secretary no later than October 3rd at 12PM.


The candidates who wish to join an electoral alliance and the electoral alliances who wish to join an electoral ring shall submit a notification to the student union’s General Secretary or to the election committee in Vasa no later than October 8th at 4PM, after which the candidate lists are published.

Sign up to be a candidate now by clicking the link below!