TYY-TuKY Student Council elections 2009
The University of Turku (UTU) and Turku School of Economics (TES) will merge at the beginning of 2010. As a result, the Student Unions of the University of Turku (TYY) and Turku School of Economics (TuKY) will also merge. Elections for the 41-member Student Union Council of the new Student Union of the University of Turku will be held from 6 to 7 April 2009. These elections will be for the student members of TYY and TuKY. The activities of the newly elected Student Union Council will begin in August 2009.
The official election days will be from 6 to 7 April 2009. There will be voting stations at Educarium, Juslenia, Natural Sciences Building I, Mikro and Turku School of Economics. The voting stations will be open on both days from 10.00 to 15.00. Advance voting will be available between 31 March and 1 April at the University of Turku Main Library from 10.00 to 15.00. Furthermore, online voting will be available (starting at 10.00 on 31 March until 24.00 on 1 April and starting at 10.00 on 6 April until 18.00 on 7 April).
Every member of the Student Union of the University of Turku and the Student Union of Turku School of Economics, who are registered as attending, has the right to vote and be a candidate in the Student Union Council elections.
In order to be a candidate, you must submit an accurately filled out and signed Declaration of Candidature, which has been confirmed by the Central Election Committee, to the TYY Service Desk on the 1st floor of Student House A (Rehtorinpellonkatu 4 A, 20500 Turku) no later than 10 March by 12.00. You must also submit a Founding Document for a Coalition in the TYY Elections as well as the Agreement to Form an Electoral Alliance by the aforementioned deadline.
Candidates with their numbers, electoral alliances and coalitions can be found in the candidate list.
Election advertisement is regulated by the Ethical Rules of the Student Union Council elections approved by the Central Election Committee.
Proclamation of Student Council elections
Election documents
- Ethical Rules of the Student Union Council elections (in Finnish only)
- Election Regulations (in Finnish only)