The 1988 Presidential Election in Finland

• Published in: Scandinavian Political Studies
• Main Author: Paastela, Jukka
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1988
• Subjects: Koivisto; Paavo; Northern Finland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9477.1988.tb00365.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1467-9477.1988.tb00365.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1467-9477.1988.tb00365.x

The article aims to describe and analyse the 1988 presidential election in Finland. The parties and candidates in the election are presented and the electoral system is discussed. For the first time a double‐vote system was used in which there are two ballots, one for the direct election of the pres...