Representatives election

The results of the elections are here!

JAMKO has elected a new Representative Council for the term 2025. There were 2577 members entitled to vote and a total of 297 JAMKO members voted in the elections. The turnout was 11.53%, a decrease of 3.71 percentage points compared to the last elections. In most of the student unions of Finnish universities of applied sciences, the official election date is the same on 6 November.

JAMKO had six electoral alliances and two candidates stood as independent candidates.

Listed below are the number of seats (full + alternate) in the Council for the coming term, the number of votes and the percentage of votes cast.

  • MisFits MF, 8 + 0, 95 votes, 32% of votes
  • Jyväskylän Insinööriopiskelijat JIO, 4 + 1, 52 votes, 17.5% of votes
  • Sosiaali- ja terveysalan opiskelijat SoTe, 2 + 0, 49 votes, 16.5% of votes  
  • JAMKOn Punavihreät JAMKOPUVI, 4 + 0, 48 votes, 16.2% of votes
  • Jyväskylän perussuomalaiset opiskelijat, 1 + 0, 18 votes, 6.1% of votes
  • Jyväskylän Keskustaopiskelijat JOK, 0 + 1, 6 votes, 2.0% of votes  
  • Independent candidates:
    • Saiyansh Kushal 1 seat, 17 votes, 6.7% of votes
    • Zakaria El Khanjar 1 seat, 12 votes, 4.04% of votes

The candidate with the most votes, the vote-puller, was Iiris Ripatti of the alliance Sosiaali- ja terveysalan opiskelijat SoTe, who received 49 votes.

The new Council will meet 11 November at 16.00 at their organizational meeting, when the composition of the Council may still change if members are elected to the JAMKO Board. In this case, the Student Union will probably organise and additonal election to complete the Council.

See the official results of the elections here

Central election committee

The elections are organized by the central election committee, which is named by the sitting representatives council. The committee is elected annually.

The elections are governed by the election regulations.  (FIN)

More info

keskusvaalilautakunta(a)jamko.fi.

Schedule for the Council Election

27 August: The formation of electoral alliances begins. You do not need to be a member of JAMKO or a student of JAMKO to set up an electoral alliance. However, the members of the electoral alliance must be members of JAMKO and students of Jamk. An electoral association is established using the official form, which is opened at the beginning of the election period on this page.

29 August – 30 September: Nomination period. Candidates must have a valid student union membership for the election. Students must renew their membership for the academic year 2024 – 2025 by 30 September to be eligible to stand for election.

21 October: Voting rights will be checked. You must pay your Student Union membership fee by this date if you wish to vote.

28 October: Voting begins. JAMKO members who have joined JAMKO by 21 October will receive a voting link in the email they provided when they joined the Student Union.

6 November: Election day. The voting link will close at 3 p.m. The results will be announced at the Election Night event in the evening.

11 November: Organizational meeting of the new Council. The Council meets for its first meeting to elect the Chairpersons and representatives to the JAMK working groups.

What is the representatives council?

THE REPRESENTATIVES COUNCIL

  • is the highest authority of Student Union JAMKO.
  • is comprised and lead by JAMK UAS students.
  • consists of 21 members and 21 vice members.
  • operates for one calendar year at a time.
  • uses Finnish language, but international students are welcome to participate.
  • decides the student union’s membership fees, the student union’s plan of action and budget.
  • gives its opinions on other important matters that affect all students in JAMK UAS.

What is the work like?

MEMBER OF THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES
  • is in an integral role of the active student community.
  • affects education, student affairs in JAMKO, JAMK and Jyväskylä.
  • is the voice of students in different JAMK’s working groups.
  • networks with important future connections.
  • gains experience in organisational work, influencing and decision making.
  • gains expert knowledge pertaining to their own interests at JAMKO Academy.
WORKING IN THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
  • will not delay your studies or take a large amount of your time. The representatives meet a few times during the term. However, the representative can make motions and participate otherwise according to their own interest like to working groups.
  • things will not be hard to understand as all matters are prepped beforehand and presented to the members before the meeting.
  • you are the expert in being a student and your opinion has an impact.

Standing as a candidate

Candidacy filing period starts with the electoral announcement.

The candidacy filing period and forming the electoral lists usually begins at the turn of August-September, and the actual elections take place in early November.

JAMK students who have joined JAMKO for the current academic year are eligible to stand as candidates. You stand as a candidate by filling in and sending the electronic conditional application form.

The necessary forms for standing as a candidate and forming a union or ring will be available at the end of the election site during the candidacy filing period.

Candidates may stand as independent candidates or form an electoral alliance and / or electoral ring together with other candidates or unions.

Election documents

Candidacy filing form

form an electoral alliance

Form an electoral ring

Election guiding documents

Rules of the elections (fin)

Registry and Privacy Statement for JAMKO’s Representative Elections

Election declaration 2024