What is the election all about?
The General Council is TEK’s highest decision-making body, elected by member vote every three years. The delegates for the 2023–2026 term were elected in TEK's election in the spring 2023. The General Council has 70 members, of which 66 represent the Tekniikan Akateemiset ry association and 4 represent the Tekniska Föreningen i Finland r.f. association (Finnish Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers, TFiF). In addition, students have 7 seats on the TEK general council. These seats are not filled in the TEK elections but through an open application, always for one calendar year at a time.
What do the delegates do?
TEK General Council members decide how the interests of TEK members are promoted in the labour market, what kinds of member services are provided to them, and how the profession makes an impact on society. The council elects the board and decides on financial matters, such as membership fees.
A seat on the General Council gives you an excellent vantage point into the Finnish labour market as well as access to a broad network of TEK members in the profession. The council usually meets twice a year. Read more about the council's spring meeting 2023.
In addition to council meetings, the General Council members attend their own groups’ meetings and maintain contact with their groups. For example, the groups prepare initiatives for the council about emphasis and changes in TEK’s activities.
We asked the chairs of the council groups 2020-2023 for their views on the future of TEK and the successes of the past council term. Read more in TEK Magazine's article.
Who can vote in the election?
Members who are individual members (except for student members) of Tekniikan akateemiset ry (TA) or TFiF-TEK and who were approved as members on 1 January 2023 were eligible to vote.
Electoral districts and areas
The electoral district of Tekniikan akateemiset ry (TA) (66 seats in total)
Southern electoral area: Uusimaa (32 seats)
Western electoral area: Åland, Southern Ostrobothnia, Kanta-Häme, Central Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Pirkanmaa, Ostrobothnia, Päijät-Häme, Satakunta and Southwest Finland (21 seats)
Eastern electoral area: South Karelia, South Savo, Kymenlaakso, North Karelia and North Savo (6 seats)
Northern electoral area: Kainuu, Lapland and Northern Ostrobothnia (7 seats)
The TFiF electoral district covers the whole of Finland (4 seats)
Schedule 2023
- Eligibility to vote and stand for election is based on the situation of 1 January 2023. Members who are individual members (except for student members) of Tekniikan akateemiset ry (TA) or TFiF-TEK and who are approved as members on 1 January 2023 are eligible to vote and stand for election.
- Appeal period for election eligibility 10 January – 24 January.
- Candidate registration 10 January at 9.00 – 6 February at 12.00.
- TEK Election Committee confirms candidate lists on 27 February.
- Electoral engine open to candidates 28 February – 13 March 12.00.
- Electoral engine open to all members 13 March after 12.00 – 3 April 23.59.
- Voting begins 20 March at 9.00.
- For postal votes, voting ends on 27 March 2023, and votes delivered by 3 April 2023 will be counted.
- All votes must be with us by 3 April at 23.59.
- Election result announced on 5 April.
Data privacy in TEK's election
Members' privacy is valuable to TEK and plays a key role in all operations. TEK's election is conducted in compliance with data protection legislation and with the data protection principles of the General Data Protection Regulation.
We process personal data only for lawful purposes and for predetermined purposes. Information will not be disclosed for other purposes.
Regarding the election, we only collect information that is necessary for the election and store it for a limited time. The data processing agreements required by the Regulation have been concluded with our partners dealing with personal data.
We inform our members about the processing of personal data in the privacy statement for the General Council elections.
Contact information
The TEK Election Committee is responsible for organizing the election.
If you have any questions, please contact the TEK election team at election@tek.fi.
You read more about the present Council, Board and Committees here.