The latest poll from Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat in co-operation with Gallup puts the two remaining candidates - incumbent president Tarja Halonen (Social Democratic Party) and former minister of finance Sauli Niinistö (Coalition Party) - in a dead heat, heading into the second and final round of the Finnish presidential election on Sunday. 51\% of the respondents supported Halonen, while 49\% supported Niinistö. The result is within the margin of error at 3\% , also 24\% of those questioned refused to state who they will vote for. Previous polls had given Halonen - who received about 46\% of the votes in the first election nearly two weeks ago against runner-up Niinistö's 24\% - a larger lead, though the movement is within the margin of error , the numbers were respectively 55\% and 45\% (mtv3, tuesday)
The latest poll from Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat in co-operation with Gallup puts the two remaining candidates - incumbent president Tarja Halonen (Social Democratic Party) and former minister of finance Sauli Niinistö (Coalition Party) - in a dead heat, heading into the second and final round of the Finnish presidential election on Sunday. 51\% of the respondents supported Halonen, while 49\% supported Niinistö. The result is within the margin of error at 3\% . Approximately 24\% of those questioned refused to state who they will vote for. Previous polls had given Halonen - who received about 46\% of the votes in the first election nearly two weeks ago against runner-up Niinistö's 24\% - a larger lead, though the movement is within the margin of error . In a poll conducted by Finnish TV channel MTV3 on Tuesday Halonen and Niinistö were supported by 55\% and 45\% ofthe respondents, respectively.
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