Representative Council
The Representative Council represents all members of the student union and holds the highest authority within AYY.
Representative Council Election
Representative Council Election
The next AYY Representative Council election will be held in fall 2025. Read more about the Representative Council and the election below!
Voting
🗳️ Vote in the RepCo elections 🗳️
Electronic voting opens on 30 Oct at 12 noon and ends on 6 Nov at 3 pm. Voting requires Aalto identification. All members of the Student Union who have paid their membership fee by 30th of September are eligible to vote in the election.
Your vote matters: you will influence the direction in which the Student Union develops. The Representative Council, consisting of 45 students elected through elections, exercises the highest decision-making power at AYY. The members of the Representative Council influence, for example, the Student Union's strategy, policy paper, budget, action plan and building projects.
Thank you for exercising your right to vote!
Candidates
A total number of 326 candidates and 14 electoral alliances are running for the Representative Council. You can view the list of candidates and electoral alliances here.
You can also search for a suitable candidate by filling out the election compass at vaalikone.syl.fi/ayy.
Further information
Candidates and Electoral Alliances 2025
Instructions for Candidates and Alliances
Materials for the Representative Council Election 2025
Questions? Contact vaalit(at)ayy.fi
Upcoming important dates
- 26 Aug–6 Nov: Election advertising is allowed
- 24 Oct–7 Nov: Election compass is open for voters
- 30 Oct 12 noon – 6 Nov 3 pm: Voting period
- 30 Oct 6 pm: Election Panel @OUBS Studio (Jämeräntaival 1) and live stream with English interpretation or in Finnish on AYY's YouTube channel
- 3–5 Nov 3–5 pm: Election Square Event @Korkeakouluaukio Square
- 6 Nov 6 pm: AYY and KY's Election Night Event, publishing the results @Saha (Konemiehentie 3) and live stream that starts at 7.15 pm on AYY's YouTube channel
- 7 Nov: Confirmation of election results
- 23 Nov: Election ads must be removed
Candidates and Electoral Alliances 2025
Get to know candidates and electoral alliances in the 2025 Representative Council election!
Instructions for Candidates and Alliances
Election timeline, instructions and general information for candidates and electoral alliances
Materials for the Representative Council Election
Documents, including forms, agreements, information and other materials.
Election events
AYY x KY Representative Council Election Night
Results of both AYY and KY's Representative Council elections 2025 are published in the election night event on Nov 6. The event is streamed live from Saha in Otaniemi, and our broadcast starts around 7.15 pm before AYY's election results at 7.30 pm. Audience is welcome to attend at the venue too, starting at 6 pm!
AYY's Representative Council Election Panel
The election panel brings together the electoral alliance to discuss the student union’s current affairs! Come and watch as the candidates go head-to-head in AYY’s RepCo election panel on 30 Oct at 18.00 at the OUBS studio at Jämeräntaival 1. The audience will have the opportunity to present questions to the candidates. Snacks and refreshments will be provided.
You can also follow the live stream from the comfort of your own couch via AYY’s YouTube channel. English interpretation will be available.
AYY's RepCo Election Square
Welcome to the AYY tent at Korkeakouluaukio! On our Election Square from 3 to 5 November at 3-5 pm, you can vote and come and pick up election coffee and buns (limited quantity) and an overall badge. You can ask the members of the Central Election Committee any questions you have, look at the posters of the election alliances or chat with the candidates who are campaigning.
News
Rising interest in the Representative Council election – highest number of candidates since 2011
Aalto University Student Union’s (AYY) Representative Council election has drawn more interest than in previous years. In the autumn election, 326 students are running for the Representative Council, which is the third-largest number of candidates in AYY’s history. The number of electoral alliances has also increased.