City council
Kaupunginvaltuusto
Who sits on this body?
Party presence
Members by party up to the meeting on 8 Jun 2026, 32 in total.
- Left Alliance 3 3 people
- Social Democrats 5 5 people
- Greens 1 1 people
- Centre Party 10 10 people
- National Coalition 6 6 people
- Christian Democrats 1 1 people
- Finns Party 2 2 people
- MLYL 4 4 people
Councillors (32)
- Jenni Lankinen Left Alliance 8/8 meetings
- Maarit Koivisto Left Alliance 6/8 meetings
- Riina Heinonen Left Alliance 8/8 meetings
- Ari Laaksonen Social Democrats 8/8 meetings
- Kati Jokinen Social Democrats 8/8 meetings
- Laura Lähteenmäki-Ojala Social Democrats 8/8 meetings
- Marke Tissari Social Democrats 7/8 meetings
- Timo Tamminen Social Democrats 8/8 meetings
- Laura Kilpiö Greens 8/8 meetings
- Heikki Vainio Centre Party 8/8 meetings
- Ilkka Uusitalo Centre Party 8/8 meetings
- Jari Välimäki Centre Party 8/8 meetings
- Juho Pietilä Centre Party 8/8 meetings
- Julia Lehtinen Centre Party 8/8 meetings
- Mikko Vuolle Centre Party 7/8 meetings
- Olavi Ala-Nissilä Centre Party 8/8 meetings
- Pekka Ahokas Centre Party 8/8 meetings
- Pentti Jussilainen Centre Party 8/8 meetings
- Teija Ek-Marjamäki Centre Party 8/8 meetings
- Anne Paljakka National Coalition 8/8 meetings
- Olavi Suominen National Coalition 8/8 meetings
- Roger Penter National Coalition 8/8 meetings
- Sanni Lehto National Coalition 7/8 meetings
- Sirpa Pietilä National Coalition 8/8 meetings
- Tarja Mäki-Punto-Ristanen National Coalition 8/8 meetings
- Pasi Riuttaskorpi Christian Democrats 8/8 meetings
- Kari Leppäjoki Finns Party 7/8 meetings
- Timo Lahtinen Finns Party 8/8 meetings
- Esa Aronoja MLYL 8/8 meetings
- Lasse Laaksovirta MLYL 8/8 meetings
- Matti Ylitalo MLYL 7/8 meetings
- Pasi Markula MLYL 5/8 meetings
Deputies and former councillors who have attended (7)
- Mika Helin Left Alliance 1/8 meetings
- Leila Tanskanen Social Democrats 2/8 meetings
- Päivi Vanha-Perttula Centre Party 1/8 meetings
- Siiri Jumppanen National Coalition 1/8 meetings
- Jarmo Metsänperä Finns Party 1/8 meetings
- Juha Vuorinen MLYL 2/8 meetings
- Tuomas Vuori MLYL 2/8 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
- 8 Jun 2026 Meeting 8 Jun 2026 Minutes · 9 items
- 18 May 2026 Meeting 18 May 2026 Minutes · 15 items
- 16 Mar 2026 Meeting 16 Mar 2026 Minutes · 13 items
2025
- 8 Dec 2025 Meeting 8 Dec 2025 Minutes · 15 items
- 10 Nov 2025 Meeting 10 Nov 2025 Minutes · 11 items
- 29 Sep 2025 Meeting 29 Sep 2025 Minutes · 13 items
- 25 Aug 2025 Meeting 25 Aug 2025 Minutes · 15 items
- 2 Jun 2025 Meeting 2 Jun 2025 Minutes · 25 items
- 19 May 2025 Meeting 19 May 2025 Minutes · 13 items
- 17 Mar 2025 Meeting 17 Mar 2025 Minutes · 13 items