HS: Experts expect voter turnout to rise in this week’s presidential elections

THE UPCOMING presidential elections are likely to reverse the decline in voter turnout due to factors such as the lack of a dominant candidate, reports Helsingin Sanomat.

“I wouldn’t personally be surprised even if we saw voter turnout at 75 per cent. In any case we’ll probably be talking about an increase of several percentage points [from the previous presidential elections],” Sami Borg, an election expert at the Foundation for Municipal Development (KAKS), stated to Helsingin Sanomat on Monday.