What remedies are available in the last instance?

Finland

Finland

Answer
  • Re-run the election
  • Correction of the results
Source

Vallag(Election Act), (published 1998-10-02, last amended 2013-06-28)

http://www.finlex.fi/sv/laki/ajantasa/1998/19980714#L8

103 ?

Besv?rsmyndighetens beslut

Har ett beslut eller en ?tg?rd av valmyndigheten varit lagstridigtoch har lagstridigheten uppenbart kunnat inverka p? valresultatet, skall nyvalutlysas i valkretsen eller kommunen i fr?ga eller vid Europaparlamentsval ihela landet, om valresultatet inte kan r?ttas.

Har valkretsn?mnden eller den kommunala centralvaln?mndenf?rfarit lagstridigt vid utr?kningen eller fastst?llandet av valresultatet ochhar lagstridigheten inverkat p? valresultatet, skall detta r?ttas.

OSCE final report on 2011parliamentary elections in Finland, p. 19

http://www.osce.org/odihr/81121

“If the court determines that the decision oraction of an election authority was unlawful and this unlawfulness has clearlyaffected the election result, a new election is held, or, whenever possible,the election result is rectified.”

Comment

Re-election (on constituency level)

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