Ministry of Justice launches investigation into rejected votes in regional and municipal elections – Election Director: “I don’t consider it a failure”

Over 120,000 votes were rejected in the municipal and regional elections. The Ministry of Justice has promised to launch an investigation into the situation.

The number of rejected votes in regional elections increased by more than tenfold in some places compared to previous elections.

A total of 125,000 votes were rejected in the municipal and regional elections. We asked the criticized Director of Elections at the Ministry of Justice, Arto Jääskeläinen, 5 key questions about the situation and what went wrong. He admits that this should not happen.

Iltalehti found out in which large cities and which welfare areas the most votes were rejected. The large number of rejected votes has sparked discussion after the municipal and regional elections held on Sunday. Iltalehti found out how many votes were rejected in Finland's largest cities and 21 welfare areas. A vote can be rejected if the ballot is empty, filled in incorrectly or if the candidate with the number written is a candidate in anothe…

In Sunday's double election, something extremely unusual happened: the percentage of rejected votes literally exploded. Regardless of the culprit, it is nothing short of a scandal.

The regional election boards and municipal central election boards will confirm the election results late Wednesday evening.