New Youth Council elected in Helsinki

Helsinki celebrated youth empowerment at the traditional RuutiGaala event in Tiivistämö, Suvilahti, on Wednesday, 8 December. The results of the Helsinki Youth Council election were announced at the event.

Helsinki celebrated youth empowerment at the traditional RuutiGaala event in Tiivistämö, Suvilahti, on Wednesday, 8 December. The results of the Helsinki Youth Council election were announced at the event. A total of 74 young people from various parts of Helsinki stood for election, and 30 representatives were elected to the Youth Council for the two-year term 2022–2023. The new Youth Council will start its term of office on 1 January 2022.

A total of 28,538 young people were entitled to vote in the election, and 10,799 votes were cast. The turnout reached 38.1%, having been 35.4% in the previous election in 2019. The largest number of votes was cast in Kontula and Vuosaari.

The composition of the Youth Council 2022-2023 is:

Aisha Mahmood ​
Jem Alaye ​
Waleed Ahmed ​
Väinö Rönkkö ​
Ehan Wadud ​
Shyreen Joarder ​
Benjamin Skwarek ​
Miro Maaranen​
August Kiattrakoolchai​
Anthony Alekseenko
Fiona Lilleberg ​
Nuur Mahmood ​
Iida Räävi​
Esra Arajärvi ​
Rasmus Suonio ​
Dmitry​ Trubnikov 
Avery Salami​
Seiha Heng ​
Nella Salminen​
El Salo
Janne Oinonen ​
Erik Ehrström​
Saara Helo ​
Jessica Ljungqvist​
Rosa Kumar Saarinen​
Nikolai Kovalenko​
Neil Melén​
Aksel Salonen​
Tuuli Sipilä​
Ilona Virta