City Council of Tampere

City Council of Tampere (Finnish: Tampereen kaupunginvaltuusto) is the highest decision-making organ of Tampere. It consists on 67 members who're elected every four years in the municipal election.[1]

The sitting hall of the city council.

City Council of Tampere

Tampereen kaupunginvaltuusto
Leadership
Chairperson
Structure
Seats67
Political groups
Length of term
4 years
Elections
Last election
2017
Next election
2021

The council meets at the central administrative building (sometimes called "The White House") in the city centre. The meetings take place almost always on Mondays.[2] The meetings are sent on radio by Radio Moreeni.[3]

The National Coalition Party and the Swedish People's Party have been in a local alliance since the municipal election of 2008.[4]

Latest election

Since the latest election in 2017 the biggest party has been the Social Democratic Party winning 16 seats. The independent representatives come from two local lists: Tampereen puolesta (lit. For Tampere), which has 3 seats, and Vaihtoehto Tampere (Alternative Tampere) with 1 seat.[5]

After the 2017 election the average age of the city council was 47 years and 39 per cent of the council members were newly members. 43 per cent of councillors were women.[5]

References
  1. "Decision making". www.tampere.fi. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  2. "Kaupunginvaltuusto". www.tampere.fi (in Finnish). 15 September 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. "Radio Moreeni palailee pikkuhiljaa koronatauolta: Kuuntele kaupunginvaltuuston kokous radiosta tänään klo 17 | Radio Moreeni 98,4 MHz". radio.uta.fi. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  4. "Kunnallisvaalit Tampereella 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish). 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  5. "Tampere – Elections 2017 – Election results | Yle". Election results. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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