Election notice 2026
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The representative council is O'Diako's highest decision-making body, responsible for the most important decisions and strategic guidelines. The representative council meets a few times a year, with additional meetings held as necessary.
In the autumn of 2025, the student union's representative council for the term of office from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2026, will be chosen. In these elections, a total of 10 members and 10 deputy members of the representative council will be elected. The elections will be conducted by the decision of the Student Union's Central Election Committee as follows:
🔹️Candidate nomination period: September 14 -October 5, 2026 (starts on the start date at 12 PM and ends on the end date at 12 PM).
🔹️Publication of candidate lists: October 8, 2026.
🔹️Voting days: October 25 - November 4, 2026 (voting starts on the first voting day at 12 PM and ends on the last voting day at 12 PM).
🔹️Announcement of election results: Starting from November 4, 2026, at 2:00 PM (announcement of election results).
👉You can find the nomination form from the link here!
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ELECTION NOTICE 2026 - DIAKONIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES STUDENT UNION O'DIAKO
REPRESENTATIVE ELECTIONS
In the representative elections of the Diakonia University of Applied Sciences Student Union O'Diako in the autumn of 2026, the student union's representative council for the term of office from January 1, 2027, to December 31, 2027, will be chosen. In these elections, a total of 10 members and 10 deputy members of the representative council will be elected. The elections will be conducted by the decision of the Student Union's Central Election Committee as follows:
Candidate nomination period: September 14 -October 5, 2026 (starts on the start date at 12:00 PM and ends on the end date at 12 PM).
Publication of candidate lists: October 8, 2026.
Voting days: October 25 - November 4, 2026 (voting starts on the first voting day at 12 PM and ends on the last voting day at 12 PM).
Announcement of election results: Starting from November 4, 2026, at 2:00 PM (announcement of election results).
Voting will be conducted electronically. All regular members of the Diakonia University of Applied Sciences Student Union O'Diako who have paid their membership fee by October 5, 2026, at 8:00 PM, are eligible to vote. Voting will take place through Webropol link in student email.
Candidates can run for election if they have paid their membership fee to the Diakonia University of Applied Sciences Student Union O'Diako by the end of the nomination period on October 5, 2026, at 8:00 PM. To become a candidate, you must complete an electronic candidate nomination form. Candidates can form an electoral alliance with a maximum of ten (10) members. An electoral alliance must designate a representative, who can also be a person outside the alliance. The electoral alliance is formed by completing a founding statement, which must include the names of all candidates belonging to the alliance. The founding statement of the electoral alliance must be submitted within the nomination period. The alliance must have a name, which will be published in the election notices. The name or symbol of the electoral alliance must not violate anyone's personal rights, be commercial, or otherwise inappropriate. The Central Election Committee has the right to instruct the electoral alliance to rename itself or reject its symbol. A candidate can belong to only one electoral alliance. If a candidate has not indicated their membership in an electoral alliance, they will be considered an independent candidate.
The list of candidates will be published on the student union's website and social media. The list of candidates will be available on the student union's website until the end of the elections. Requests for corrections to the list of candidates must be submitted to the Central Election Committee by email to the address toiminnanjohtaja@odiako.fi within seven (7) days of its publication. More detailed rules governing the elections can be found in the O'Diako rules and the election regulations, which are available in the student union's materials bank at www.odiako.fi. Links to election documents are also available on the student union's website. The primary working language of the representative council is Finnish, but participation in English is also possible. Any exceptions to this election announcement will be communicated by the student union's Central Election Committee through the student union's website at www.odiako.fi.
Nomination form: https://opku.lime-forms.se/forms/cgo0zYn4jptpXkMwt6fx
Helsinki, September 14th, 2026
Markus Toppila Olivia Löytänen
Chair of the Central Election Committee Secretary of the Central Election Committee
Diakonia University of Applied Sciences Student Union O'Diako
Kyläsaarenkuja 2, 00580 Helsinki