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. 53 \% of the respondents supported Halonen, while 47 \% 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 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)
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, the numbers were respectively 55\% and 45\% (mtv3, tuesday)