# List of candidates in Finnish presidential elections

The first Finnish presidential election was held in 1919. For further information: 1919 Finnish presidential election. Presidential elections have been held every 6 years thereafter.
| Candite | Election year | Party | Result |
| Alexander Stubb | 2024 | National Coalition Party | |
| Pekka Haavisto | 2024 | Independent (Green League) | |
| Esko Aho | 2000 | Centre Party | 2. kierroksella 2/2 |
| Martti Ahtisaari | 1994 | Social Democratic Party | Victory |
| Sulo Aittoniemi | 1994 | Finnish Rural Party | 10/11 |
| Paavo Aitio | 1962 | Finnish People's Democratic League | 2/4 |
| Claes Andersson | 1994 | Left Alliance | 6/11 |
| Paavo Arhinmäki | 2012 | Left Alliance | 6/8 |
| Eva Biaudet | 2012 | Swedish People's Party | 7/8 |
| Sari Essayah | 2012 | Christian Democrats | 8/8 |
| Karl-August Fagerholm | 1956 | Social Democratic Party | 2/2 (3.round) |
| Pekka Haavisto | 2012 | Greens | 2/8 |
| Eino Haikala | 1978 | Finnish People's Unity Party | No delegate votes |
| Ilkka Hakalehto | 2000 | True Finns | 6/7 |
| Tarja Halonen | 2000 | Social Democratic Party | Victory |
| Tarja Halonen | 2006 | Social Democratic Party/Left Alliance | Victory |
| Heidi Hautala | 2000 | Greens | 5/7 |
| Heidi Hautala | 2006 | Greens | 4/8 |
| Johan Helo | 1940 | Socialist parliament Group | 2/4 |
| Harri Holkeri | 1982 | National Coalition Party | 4/5 |
| Harri Holkeri | 1988 | National Coalition Party | 2/8 |
| Raimo Ilaskivi | 1994 | National Coalition Party | 4/11 |
| Jan-Magnus Jansson | 1982 | Swedish People's Party | 5/8 |
| Jouko Kajanoja | 1988 | Democratic Alternative | 5/5 |
| Kyösti Kallio | 1931 | Agrarian League | 3/4 |
| Kyösti Kallio | 1937 | Agrarian League | Victory |
| Bjarne Kallis | 2006 | Christian Democrats | 6/8 |
| Toimi Kankaanniemi | 1994 | Christian Democrats | 9/11 |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1950 | Agrarian League | 3/3 |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1956 | Agrarian League | Victory |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1962 | Agrarian League | Victory |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1962 | People's Party of Finland (Majority) | Victory |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1962 | Swedish People's Party (Minority) | Victory |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1968 | Center Party | Victory |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1968 | Finnish People's Democratic League | Victory |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1968 | Social Democratic Party | Victory |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1968 | Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders | Victory |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1968 | Swedish People's Party | Victory |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1973 (elected by emergency law) | Center Party, Social Democratic Party, National Coalition Party Swedish People's Party Liberal People's Party, Finnish People's Democratic League | Victory |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1978 | Center Party | Victory |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1978 | Social Democratic Party | Victory |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1978 | Finnish People's Democratic League | Victory |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1978 | National Coalition Party | Victory |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1978 | Liberal People's Party | Victory |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1978 | Åländsk Samling | Victory |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1978 | Socialist Workers Party | Victory |
| Urho Kekkonen | 1978 | Entrepreneur Party | Victory |
| Eino Kilpi | 1956 | Finnish People's Democratic League | 5/7 |
| Toivo Kivimäki | 1940 | National Progressive Party | 3/4 |
| Kalevi Kivistö | 1982 | Finnish People's Democratic League | 4/6 (2. round) |
| Kalevi Kivistö | 1988 | Movement 88 | 3/4 (2. round) |
| Mauno Koivisto | 1982 | Social Democratic Party | Victory |
| Mauno Koivisto | 1988 | Social Democratic Party, Finnish Rural Party, Pro Koivisto, Åländsk Samling | Victory |
| Keijo Korhonen | 1994 | Non-partisan | 5/11 |
| Väinö Kotilainen | 1943 | Non-partisan | 2/2 |
| Risto Kuisma | 2000 | Reform Group | 7/7 |
| Eeva Kuuskoski | 1994 | Non-partisan | 8/11 |
| Arto Lahti | 2006 | Non-partisan | 8/8 |
| Henrik Lax | 2006 | Swedish People's Party | 7/8 |
| Paavo Lipponen | 2012 | Social Democratic Party | 5/8 |
| Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim | 1919 | National Coalition Party | 2/4 |
| Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim | 1919 | Swedish People's Party | 2/4 |
| Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim | 1944 (elected by emergency law) | Non-partisan | Victory |
| Sauli Niinistö | 2006 | National Coalition Party | 2/2 (2. round) |
| Sauli Niinistö | 2012 | National Coalition Party | Victory |
| Juho Kusti Paasikivi | 1946 | National Coalition Party | Victory |
| Juho Kusti Paasikivi | 1950 | National Coalition Party | Victory |
| Juho Kusti Paasikivi | 1950 | Swedish People's Party | Victory |
| Juho Kusti Paasikivi | 1950 | Liberal Swedish Party | Victory |
| Juho Kusti Paasikivi | 1950 | National Progressive Party | Victory |
| Juho Kusti Paasikivi | 1950 | Independent Middleclass | Victory |
| Juho Kusti Paasikivi | 1950 | Small Farmers Party | Victory |
| Juho Kusti Paasikivi | 1956 (unofficial candidate) | National Coalition Party | 3/3 (2. round) |
| Rafael Paasio | 1962 | Social Democratic Party | 3/4 |
| Mauno Pekkala | 1950 | Finnish People's Democratic League | 2/3 |
| Elisabeth Rehn | 1994 | Swedish People's Party | 2/2 (2. round) |
| Elisabeth Rehn | 2000 | Swedish People's Party | 4/7 |
| Lauri Kristian Relander | 1919 | Agrarian League | 3/4 |
| Lauri Kristian Relander | 1925 | Agrarian League | Victory |
| Eero Rydman | 1956 | People's Party of Finland | 7/7 |
| Risto Ryti | 1925 | National Progressive Party | 2/2 (3. round) |
| Risto Ryti | 1940 | National Progressive Party | Victory |
| Risto Ryti | 1943 | National Progressive Party | Victory |
| Ahti M. Salonen | 1978 | Constitutional People's Party | 4/4 |
| Helvi Sipilä (first female candidate) | 1982 | Liberal People's Party | 7/7 |
| Emil Skog | 1962 | Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders | 4/4 |
| Timo Soini | 2006 | True Finns | 5/8 |
| Timo Soini | 2012 | True Finns | 4/8 |
| K. J. Ståhlberg | 1919 | National Progressive Party | Victory |
| K. J. Ståhlberg | 1931 | National Progressive Party | 2/2 (3. round) |
| K. J. Ståhlberg | 1937 | National Progressive Party | 3/3 (2. round) |
| K. J. Ståhlberg | 1937 | Small Farmers' Party of Finland | 3/3 (2. round) |
| K. J. Ståhlberg | 1937 | People's Party | 3/3 (2. round) |
| K. J. Ståhlberg | 1937 | Liberal Swedish Party | 3/3 (2. round) |
| K. J. Ståhlberg | 1946 | National Progressive Party | 2/2 |
| Hugo Suolahti | 1925 | National Coalition Party | 3/6 |
| Pehr Evind Svinhufvud | 1931 | National Coalition Party | Victory |
| Pehr Evind Svinhufvud | 1937 | Patriotic People's Movement | 2/3 (2. round) |
| Pehr Evind Svinhufvud | 1940 | National Coalition Party | 4/4 |
| Karl Söderholm | 1925 | Swedish People's Party | 6/6 |
| Väinö Tanner | 1919 | Social Democratic Party | 4/4 |
| Väinö Tanner | 1925 | Social Democratic Party | 5/5 (2. round) |
| Väinö Tanner | 1931 | Social Democratic Party | 4/4 |
| Pekka Tiainen | 1994 | Communist Workers' Party | 11/11 |
| Sakari Tuomioja | 1956 | National Coalition Party | 4/7 |
| Sakari Tuomioja | 1956 | Liberal League | 4/7 |
| Ralf Törngren | 1956 | Swedish People's Party | 6/7 |
| Riitta Uosukainen | 2000 | National Coalition Party | 3/7 |
| Matti Vanhanen | 2006 | Centre Party | 3/8 |
| Veikko Vennamo | 1968 | Finnish Rural Party | 3/3 |
| Veikko Vennamo | 1978 | Finnish Rural Party | 3/4 |
| Veikko Vennamo | 1982 | Finnish Rural Party | 6/7 |
| Raino Westerholm | 1978 | Christian Democrats | 2/4 |
| Raino Westerholm | 1982 | Christian Democrats | No delegate votes |
| Matti Virkkunen | 1968 | National Coalition Party | 2/3 |
| Veltto Virtanen | 1994 | Non-partisan | 7/11 |
| Johannes Virolainen | 1982 | Keskustapuolue | 3/6 (2. round) |
| Matti Väisänen | 1925 | Socialist Workers and Smallholders election organization | 2. kierroksella 4/5 |
| Paavo Väyrynen | 1988 | Centre Party | 2. kierros 2/4 |
| Paavo Väyrynen | 1994 | Centre Party | 3/11 |
| Paavo Väyrynen | 2012 | Centre Party | 3/8 |