Representative Council Election

The nomination of candidates is open until 2 Oct, 4 pm

You can now nominate yourself as a candidate by this electronic form (Aalto login required). The paper form and other materials can be found here.

Don't know which electoral alliance to choose? Read about the alliances on this page.

The Council consists of 45 representatives who must be members of AYY. The Representative Council has a central role in the Student Union’s decision-making process. The Council decides on AYY's major directions, strategic goals, guidelines and opinions. These include the Student Union’s strategy, values, rules, policy papers and the up to 17-million-euro budget. Daily activities and detailed preparations do not belong to the Council. 

Schedule for the autumn 2023 representative election:

28.8.–2.10. at 4 pm: Nominations are open 
3.10.–8.11. Election advertising is allowed 
6.10. Candidate lists are confirmed 
1–8.11. Voting is open

A more detailed schedule can be found here.

More election information:

For election representatives

Nomination of candidates is open until October 2, 4 p.m. It is advisable to start recruiting candidates well in advance, so that there is time to sign the electoral alliance agreement. The agreement template can be found on the Materials page.

AYY will order electoral posters for electoral alliances together on Monday 9 October. For this, the poster files from the electoral alliances should be sent to [email protected] by Sunday 8 October at the latest. So, you should reserve some time to collect photos from the candidates (or organize a photoshoot) and create the poster. More detailed instructions for making the poster can be found below.

AYY will also produce a photo collage of all the candidates. For this, individual photos of the candidates should also be sent to the address [email protected].