City council
Kaupunginvaltuusto
Who sits on this body?
Party presence
Members by party up to the meeting on 17 Aug 2026, 34 in total.
- Left Alliance 1 1 people
- Social Democrats 12 12 people
- Greens 1 1 people
- Centre Party 8 8 people
- National Coalition 4 4 people
- Christian Democrats 1 1 people
- Finns Party 2 2 people
- US 5 5 people
Councillors (34)
- Markku Kankainen Left Alliance 8/8 meetings
- Aku Kinnunen Social Democrats 6/8 meetings
- Esa Niivee Social Democrats 8/8 meetings
- Heidi Saarinen Social Democrats 8/8 meetings
- Heikki Rinnekangas Social Democrats 8/8 meetings
- Jorma Poti Social Democrats 8/8 meetings
- Kari Leppänen Social Democrats 8/8 meetings
- Pertti Takanen Social Democrats 4/8 meetings
- Piritta Rantanen Social Democrats 7/8 meetings
- Sari Jussila Social Democrats 5/8 meetings
- Tiina Altti Social Democrats 8/8 meetings
- Tuula Peltonen Social Democrats 7/8 meetings
- Ulla Patronen Social Democrats 7/8 meetings
- Anna-Kaisa Vierinen Greens 7/8 meetings
- Anssi Mennala Centre Party 3/8 meetings
- Joonas Pahkala Centre Party 8/8 meetings
- Leena Pärnäjärvi Centre Party 8/8 meetings
- Matti Similä Centre Party 7/8 meetings
- Merja Lahtinen Centre Party 8/8 meetings
- Mika Kyrö Centre Party 7/8 meetings
- Sanna Pekki Centre Party 5/8 meetings
- Tarja Uusipaasto Centre Party 4/8 meetings
- Antti Manninen National Coalition 8/8 meetings
- Heikki Paavisto National Coalition 7/8 meetings
- Jukka Järvinen National Coalition 8/8 meetings
- Lotta Ahola National Coalition 8/8 meetings
- Markku Virstajärvi Christian Democrats 4/8 meetings
- Jukka Haaparanta Finns Party 8/8 meetings
- Markos Koskinen Finns Party 8/8 meetings
- Aarre Luoto US 8/8 meetings
- Antti Lähdesmäki US 7/8 meetings
- Ismo Reitmaa US 8/8 meetings
- Jyrki Kokko US 8/8 meetings
- Tiina Rinne-Lampinen US 8/8 meetings
Deputies and former councillors who have attended (6)
- Ari Sarin Social Democrats 1/8 meetings
- Päivi Lahtinen Social Democrats 2/8 meetings
- Maysam Lailah Greens 1/8 meetings
- Ville Erkkilä Centre Party 3/8 meetings
- Simo Tyynelä National Coalition 1/8 meetings
- Katja Minkkinen US 1/8 meetings
This list is compiled from the attendance lists in the council’s minutes since 1 Jun 2025. Councillors are those who attended at least half of the meetings, and those elected in 2025 who attended one of the last three meetings. Parties come from Statistics Finland’s candidate data for the election.
Meetings by year
2026
- 17 Aug 2026 Meeting 17 Aug 2026 Minutes · 13 items
- 25 May 2026 Meeting 25 May 2026 Minutes · 13 items
- 20 Apr 2026 Meeting 20 Apr 2026 Minutes · 8 items
- 9 Mar 2026 Meeting 9 Mar 2026 Minutes · 11 items
2025
- 8 Dec 2025 Meeting 8 Dec 2025 Minutes · 9 items
- 17 Nov 2025 Meeting 17 Nov 2025 Minutes · 9 items
- 15 Sep 2025 Meeting 15 Sep 2025 Minutes · 7 items
- 9 Jun 2025 Meeting 9 Jun 2025 Minutes · 10 items
- 26 May 2025 Meeting 26 May 2025 Minutes · 8 items
- 5 May 2025 Meeting 5 May 2025 Minutes · 15 items
- 17 Mar 2025 Meeting 17 Mar 2025 Minutes · 11 items