Pro-EU Sauli Niinisto became the first candidate to win a first-round victory since the electoral system was changed to a direct popular vote in 1994 Finland's President Sauli Niinisto cruised to a rare first round election win on Sunday after a campaign in which his delicate balancing of ties with neighbour Russia and the U.S.-led NATO military allianceresonated with voters. With all votes counted, Niinisto won more than 60 percent of the vote, the election commission said, his closest rival Pekka Haavisto of the Greens of Finland securing just 12.4 percent. "I am very surprised at this kind of support. I must think hard how to be worthy of it," Niinisto, 69, told reporters. "I have no intention of making changes just for the sake of making changes. Surely we will follow very closely what is happening outside of Finland, globally, and if needed, then wewill surely react." Pro-EU Niinisto became the first candidate to win a first round victory since the electoral system was changed to a direct popular vote in 1994.
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