YLE - The finnish parliamentary election

YLE - the Finnish parliamentary elections

The 2003 Finnish parliamentary elections are due to be held on 16th March. On election night, YLE headquarters will be the media centre - for both domestic and foreign media - where candidates, party representatives, media experts, international observers as well as domestic and foreign journalists will be present.

On election night and prior to the elections, YLE will have a wide range of election programmes on television, radio and the Internet. Forecasts and the results can also be followed on mobile phones and other mobile devices. For the first time, digital television viewers will be able to browse the election pages on Superteletext.

YLE's election machine

This is now the sixth time that YLE has produced its "election machine" to help viewers. It contains nineteen questions on key themes. On the Internet, citizens can answer the same questions as the candidates and test which candidates in their own constituency have the closest opinions to them. The machine helps voters to get to know the candidates better and thereby choose their candidates. Responses from more than 1,300 candidates are stored in the computer's memory.

The election machine is running from 18th February to 16th March.

Sites
www.yle.fi/fbc
www.yle.fi/vaalikone