The preliminary results are in for Finland's tightly contested election.
Three party leaders all harbour hopes of emerging as Prime Minister.
The incumbent centre-left Sanna Marin met with New Zealand's former Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, in November last year.
Marin ran against Petteri Orpo of the centre-right National Coalition Party, and Riikka Purra of the far-right Finns Party.
The BBC World Service's Europe regional editor Danny Aeberhard spoke to Guyon Espiner.
