Finnish President Wins Landslide Re-Election in Historic Vote

Sauli Niinisto on Jan. 28.

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Sauli Niinisto was re-elected as Finland’s president without recourse to a runoff -- a first since the post has been settled by popular vote.

Niinisto won a second term by a landslide, receiving the backing of roughly 63 percent of eligible voters and more than half of the ballots cast in every area of the 100-year-old nation.