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Presidential elections were held in Finland on 16 January 1994 with a second round on 6 February. It was the first time the President had been solely elected by a popular vote and saw Martti Ahtisaari defeat Elisabeth Rehn in the second round. Voter turnout was 78.4% in the first round and 78.7% in the second. This was an open presidential election because the two-term Finnish President Mauno Koivisto had refused to seek a third term.
