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The presidential election was held in Finland in January and February. The first round took place on 22 January 2012 with advance voting on 11–17 January, and the second round occurred on 5 February with advance voting on 25–31 January. The elected candidate's term began on 1 March 2012 and will last until 2018.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Valituksi tuleminen – Vaalit )〕 The incumbent Tarja Halonen was ineligible for re-election, having served the maximum two terms.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Article 5, clause 54 of the Finnish constitution )〕 All the eight political parties represented in the Parliament nominated a candidate during the latter half of 2011. No candidate received a majority of votes in the first round; with 37.0 percent of the vote, Sauli Niinistö of the National Coalition Party won the first round and faced off against Pekka Haavisto of the Green League, who got 18.8% of the vote, in a two-round system.〔 Niinistö led the polls prior to the election, while Haavisto was neck and neck with Paavo Väyrynen of the Centre Party competing for the second place, ultimately defeating Väyrynen by a margin of 1.3 percentage points (about 37,000 votes). The election marked an end to an era of Social Democratic presidents. The Social Democrats had held the office for a continuous period of 30 years. It was also the first time that a Green League candidate was on the runoff ballot. Sauli Niinistö won the second round with 62.6% of the votes (1.8 million votes), while Pekka Haavisto received 37.4% of the votes (1.1 million votes). ==Power of the president== The President's powers were curtailed in the constitutional reform in 2000, and yet further in 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Laki 1112/2011 Suomen perustuslain muuttamisesta )〕 Currently the President leads the Finnish foreign policy together with the cabinet. EU affairs, however, fall to the Prime Minister's authority. The President has little domestic power. He or she can dissolve the parliament, but only at the Prime Minister's request. The President can choose not to ratify a bill, but this only returns it to parliament, which must then approve the bill again in order for it to become a law without the President's signature. The President's power to appoint officials has been reduced, but he or she still appoints all military officers as well as judges. The President is the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defence Forces. The President also has the power to pardon anyone convicted of a crime. With the curtailment of the President's formal powers, many analysts have emphasized the President's position as a leader of values. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Finnish presidential election, 2012」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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