AYY’s Representative Council election results are clear – turnout 27.87 %

In the election, AYY’s highest decision-making body, a 45-member Representative Council, was elected for a two-year term. 326 candidates stood for election, which is the highest number since 2011 and the third highest in AYY’s history. 14 electoral alliances competed for the Representative Council seats. 

Turnout was 27.87 percent, which is 4.08 percentage points lower than in AYY’s previous Representative Council election in 2023. A total of 5097 students exercised their right to vote.  

‘It is worrying that only just over a quarter of the members chose to use their vote in the most important elections of our community. The incoming Representative Council and Board should begin to consider increasing the resources allocated to the Council and its elections’, laments Central Election Committee Chair Sampo Sainio. 

The top vote-getter in this election was Pro Arte candidate Oliver Bäcksbacka, who received 68 votes. The next highest vote-getters were Filip Eller from LUOVA with 62 votes, Vilppu Viinikainen from SCIsma with 61 votes, Lucas Jordi Lassenius from Pro Arte with 60 votes and Aune Hyvönen from Greener Aalto with 58 votes. 

As a result of the election, the Representative Council’s largest electoral alliance with ten seats is now Kylterirengas, whose number of seats increased by four. Yhden Tähden Liike entered the Representative Council for the first time, gaining four seats. Greener Aalto maintained its position among the largest electoral alliances, however, with its number of seats falling from seven to five. The result for electoral alliances viinam_juonti,,,puolue (jänpti), Järkevä Aalto and Otahullut was not enough to win seats on the Representative Council. 

‘I am particularly pleased about the new groups that gained seats in the Representative Council, as this indicates the Council’s ability to renew itself’, comments Central Election Committee Chair Sainio. 

Seats in the RepCo were distributed to the electoral alliances as follows: 

Kylterirengas 10 (+4) 

Vihreämpi Aalto - Greener Aalto - Grönare Aalto 5 (-2) 

Yhden Tähden Liike 4 (+4) 

Aallon Kokoomus 4 (-3) 

LUOVA 4 (+-0) 

CHEM 4 (+1) 

Pro Arte 3 (-2) 

Konergia 3 (+1) 

Vapaasti vasemmalla – Lenient Left 3 (+-0) 

SCIsma 3 (-2) 

Våga 2 (-1) 

viinam_juonti,,,puolue (jänpti) 0 (+-0) 

Järkevä Aalto 0 (+-0) 

Otahullut 0 (+-0) 

Ordinary representative council members elected for the term 2026–2027 are: 

AYY’s Central Election Committee will confirm the results at its audit-count meeting on 7 Nov. 

Further information: 
 

Sampo Sainio, Chair of AYY’s Central Election Committee 
Tel. +358 443881154 
 

Aalto University Student Union AYY is a service and advocacy organisation for approximately 18,000 Aalto University students of technology, business, and arts. AYY represents the interests of its members in education policy and student welfare matters. 

The Representative Council represents all members of the student union and holds the highest authority within AYY, deciding on the student union’s budget, strategy, and policy paper. The Representative Council comprises 45 members, and its term of office is two years. The nomination of candidates was open 25.8.-30.9. and electronic voting was open 30.10.-6.11. All AYY members were eligible to run and vote in the election. The results were announced at the election night event on 6 Nov.