Finns choose centre-right Stubb as president, preliminary results show

National Coalition Party presidential candidate Alexander Stubb is likely to win Finland’s election, early results suggest (Emmi Korhonen./Lehtikuva via AP)

Ex-prime minister Alexander Stubb is projected to win Finland’s presidential election run-off on Sunday against former foreign minister Pekka Haavisto.

Finnish public broadcaster YLE projected that centre-right candidate Mr Stubb, of the conservative National Coalition Party, wins the Finnish presidency with 51.4% of the votes, while independent candidate Mr Haavisto from the green left will get 48.6% of the votes.