City council
Kaupunginvaltuusto
Who sits on this body?
Party presence
Members by party up to the meeting on 21 Sep 2026, 44 in total.
- Left Alliance 3 3 people
- Social Democrats 10 10 people
- Greens 1 1 people
- Swedish People’s Party 4 4 people
- Centre Party 12 12 people
- National Coalition 7 7 people
- Christian Democrats 3 3 people
- Finns Party 4 4 people
Councillors (44)
- Pia Leinonen Left Alliance 9/9 meetings
- Seppo Tastula Left Alliance 5/9 meetings
- Sirpa Orjala Left Alliance 9/9 meetings
- Emilia Teerikangas Social Democrats 7/9 meetings
- Emma Haapasaari Social Democrats 8/9 meetings
- Kristiina Teerikangas Social Democrats 9/9 meetings
- Miia Pöppönen Social Democrats 9/9 meetings
- Risto Koljonen Social Democrats 9/9 meetings
- Sakari Ruisaho Social Democrats 8/9 meetings
- Sofia Behluli Social Democrats 8/9 meetings
- Tiina Isotalus Social Democrats 9/9 meetings
- Veikko Vuorinen Social Democrats 9/9 meetings
- Ville Urpilainen Social Democrats 8/9 meetings
- Mari Pitkänen Greens 9/9 meetings
- Hans Snellman Swedish People’s Party 9/9 meetings
- Jennie Elfving Swedish People’s Party 8/9 meetings
- Marlén Timonen Swedish People’s Party 9/9 meetings
- Mats Brandt Swedish People’s Party 9/9 meetings
- Esa Saari Centre Party 7/9 meetings
- Johanna Paloranta Centre Party 5/9 meetings
- Jouni Huhtala Centre Party 8/9 meetings
- Juuso Kokkoniemi Centre Party 8/9 meetings
- Marjaana Leivo Centre Party 9/9 meetings
- Markus Anttila Centre Party 8/9 meetings
- Merja Kivelä Centre Party 9/9 meetings
- Oliver Pietilä Centre Party 9/9 meetings
- Reetta Hjelm Centre Party 8/9 meetings
- Reino Herlevi Centre Party 9/9 meetings
- Sari Innanen Centre Party 7/9 meetings
- Susanna Lindholm Centre Party 9/9 meetings
- Anna Nurmi-Lehto National Coalition 8/9 meetings
- Helinä Marjamaa National Coalition 8/9 meetings
- Janne Jukkola National Coalition 6/9 meetings
- Patrik Friis National Coalition 8/9 meetings
- Pekka Kauppi National Coalition 8/9 meetings
- Pekka Nurmi National Coalition 9/9 meetings
- Pentti Haimakainen National Coalition 8/9 meetings
- Hanna-Lea Ahlskog Christian Democrats 8/9 meetings
- Jukka Paananen Christian Democrats 6/9 meetings
- Mauri Salo Christian Democrats 9/9 meetings
- Mauri Peltokangas Finns Party 7/9 meetings
- Minna Koskela Finns Party 9/9 meetings
- Timo Sillanpää Finns Party 8/9 meetings
- Ulpu Keränen Finns Party 9/9 meetings
Deputies and former councillors who have attended (14)
- Anette Johansson Left Alliance 4/9 meetings
- Janne Mild Social Democrats 1/9 meetings
- Mauri Lahti Social Democrats 3/9 meetings
- Ranja Pelttari Social Democrats 3/9 meetings
- Pauliina Holmqvist Swedish People’s Party 1/9 meetings
- Annikki Klemola Centre Party 2/9 meetings
- Hannu Herlevi Centre Party 1/9 meetings
- Jarmo Hämäläinen Centre Party 1/9 meetings
- Jonas Heinola National Coalition 3/9 meetings
- Juha Puurula National Coalition 3/9 meetings
- Kauko Kivilehto National Coalition 2/9 meetings
- Hannu Kippo Christian Democrats 3/9 meetings
- Heikki Järvi Christian Democrats 1/9 meetings
- Matti Kalliokoski Finns Party 3/9 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
- 19 Oct 2026 Meeting 19 Oct 2026 Agenda · 8 items
- 21 Sep 2026 Meeting 21 Sep 2026 Minutes · 11 items
- 24 Aug 2026 Meeting 24 Aug 2026 Minutes · 15 items
- 8 Jun 2026 Meeting 8 Jun 2026 Minutes · 10 items
- 11 May 2026 Meeting 11 May 2026 Minutes · 10 items
- 13 Apr 2026 Meeting 13 Apr 2026 Minutes · 8 items
- 2 Feb 2026 Meeting 2 Feb 2026 Minutes · 13 items
2025
- 8 Dec 2025 Meeting 8 Dec 2025 Minutes · 17 items
- 10 Nov 2025 Meeting 10 Nov 2025 Minutes · 13 items
- 20 Oct 2025 Meeting 20 Oct 2025 Minutes · 14 items