Career
Of the eight candidates in the 2006 election, Arto Lahti was the last who entered as a candidate. Lahti finished last out of the eight candidates in the first round of the election on January 15, getting a vote share of 0.4% (12,989 votes). Following the first round, he endorsed the National Coalition Party"s candidate Sauli Niinistö in the runoff election between Niinistö and incumbent Tarja Halonen on January 29.
