Riikka Purra, the chairperson of the Finns Party, is the only party leader to agree fully with the statement that living on benefits is too easy in Finland, indicate responses to voter guidance pages produced by YLE and Helsingin Sanomat.
The Finnish president stressed the importance of a functioning caretaker cabinet in the interim between the election and the formation of the next government coalition.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto (Greens) was identified as the preferred presidential candidate by a quarter of the people who responded to a poll conducted for YLE in December.