Iran Press/ Europe: With all votes counted on Sunday, the centre-right Stubb of the National Coalition Party had 51.6 percent of the votes, while independent candidate Haavisto from the green left got 48.4 percent of the votes. Initial voter turnout was 70.7 percent.
Stubb, who started his political career as a lawmaker at the European Parliament in 2004, won the first round on January 28 with 27.2 percent of the vote ahead of Haavisto with 25.8 percent. He has also led Haavisto in surveys, most recently by 6-8 percentage points.
Both men campaigned as pro-European and strong supporters of Ukraine, taking a tough stand on Russia.
216
Read more:
Finland closes borders with Russia as tension over asylum seekers rises
