JAMKO COUNCIL ELECTED FOR 2026

A new representative council has been elected for Student Union JAMKO for the 2026 term. There were 2,335 members eligible to vote, and a total of 332 JAMKO members cast their votes in the election. This means that the voting percentage was 14.22%. Last year’s voting percentage was 11.53. For most student unions at Finnish universities of applied sciences, the official election day is the same, November 5.

“The Representative elections have been held and the turnout increased compared to the previous elections. We came close to our turnout target, but it is always good when a larger proportion of people vote. If the turnout rate falls too low, one can always wonder which students are voting and whose voices are being heard. I am pleased that students have taken to the digital ballot box and made their contribution to JAMKO,” sums up Lauri Kujala, chair of the central election committee. 

37 candidates and eight electoral alliances participated in the JAMKO elections, and seven candidates ran as non- aligned. 

The number of seats (regular + alternate) in the representative council for the upcoming term are listed below

Insinööriopiskelijat: 113 votes, 9 seats, 0 alternates
MisFits: 79 votes, 6 seats, 3 alternates
Jyväskylän sosiaali- ja terveysalan opiskelijat: 54 votes, 3 seats, 0 alternates
Tradenomiopiskelijat: 15 votes, 1 seat, 0 alternates
JAMKO’s Punavihreät: 14 votes, 1 seat, 3 alternates
Jammaajat: 11 votes, 0 seats, 1 alternates
Oikeisto-opiskelijat: 10 votes, 0 seats, 1 alternates
Tarvaalan agrologiopiskelijat: 6 votes, 0 seats, 1 alternates

Non- aligned candidates: 
Aada Rühlmann, 13 votes, elected
Tarja Aflecht, 2 votes, alternate 
Vincent Udochukwu Columbus, 2 votes, alternate        
Mulata Nurhusen Mehamed, 0 votes, alternate
Rajesh Munnangi, 4 votes, alternate
Sulo-Pekka Simonen, 5 votes, alternate
Camilla Tyynelä, 4 votes, alternate

Iiris Ripatti, a social and health care student, received the most personal votes with 28. She was also among those who received the most votes last year. 

The new Representative council will be organized on November 10-11 at 4:00 p.m., at which time the composition of the representative council may still change if members are elected to the JAMKO board. There are 21 actual representative council seats and 15 reserve seats. The composition of the representative council will be confirmed after the board elections.

See the official election results here. 

More info:

Lauri Kujala, Chair of the Central Election Committee, pj.keskusvaalilautakunta@jamko.fi 

Central Election Committee, keskusvaalilautakunta@jamko.fi