Presidential elections | HS's big presidential election exam will be shown live on TV for the first time

Helsinki Sanomat's big presidential election exam will be held on Tuesday, January 23, from 8 to 10 p.m. The exam will be administered by the head of the Department of Politics and Economics from HS Veera Luoma-aho and political editor Robert Sundman.

The exam will be shown live on Nelose.

Some of the questions will be heard from different parts of the world, as Helsingin Sanomat's correspondents will also be able to speak. In the first round exam, the candidates are asked questions by the China correspondent Matilda Jokinen and US Correspondent Elina Väntonen. Helsingin Sanomat's former NATO correspondent will also be heard in the exam From Elina Kervis.

There are eight candidates in the exam: Lee Andersson (left), Olli Rehn (center), Harry Harkimo (movement), Jussi Halla-aho (ps), Jutta Urpilainen (s.d.), Mika Aaltola, Alexander Stubb (cook) and Pekka Haavisto (green). Acting as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sari Essayah (kd) is not present, but at the same time participates in the meeting of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels.

The presidential election exam will be held in Suvilahti, Helsinki, and you can watch it live on HS.fi, in addition to Nelonen and Ruutu. You can watch the exam later as a recording.

A possible exam for the second round of the elections is scheduled for February 6.

I GOT THE EXAM in addition, you can think about the election situation in the company of the current Lauantaikerho podcast. It regularly appears on Saturday mornings in HS's app and in the most common podcast services. Saturday Club is an investigative journalist in its standard composition Emil EloHS Vision producer Susanne Salmi and political editor Robert Sundman.

HS has also published a 9-episode Pressapod, where the candidates talk about their values. You can listen to Pressapod episodes here. You can also listen to them Press dates that is, candidates' answers to familiar questions from speed dating events that bite into them as people.

If you use HS's application, you can find the podcasts by selecting Listen > Podcasts > Saturday Club/Pressapodi from the menu.

HS.fi offers exams and podcasts as well daily news in addition to extensive coverage of other background articles on all presidential candidates.

For months, Helsingin Sanomat's investigative team scrutinized the backgrounds of the top candidates in the presidential election. The articles in the Mäntyniemi päsanjajajat story series can be read in their entirety at HS.fi here.

HS has also asked all presidential candidates to write their own views on Finland through Finnish literature, and these essays can also be read on HS.fi.

HS's political editors make observations from the inner circle of politics and the core of campaigns In the interlude section.

Political reporter Marko Junkkari on the other hand, writes columns and analyzes about the elections on his Junkkari column twice a week.

The reports made in different parts of Finland, on the other hand, tell about the atmosphere around the country.

The presidential election The 1st actual election day is Sunday, January 28. You can follow the result and mood on HS.fi all evening, and the next morning, January 29, the result will be discussed live on HS's election studio broadcast.

In HS's election machine can compare candidates' answers.

You can familiarize yourself with HS's election reporting principles here.

HS and Nelonen Media belong to the same Sanoma group.

Update January 19, 2024 at 4:52 p.m.: More detailed information about candidates participating in the exam edited into the story.