Centre-right Stubb leads Finland presidential election first round

Centre-right Alexander Stubb of the National Coalition Party led the first round of Finland's presidential election on Sunday, with 28.3% support from advance ballots, justice ministry data showed.

The liberal Green Party member Pekka Haavisto was second with 25.8% support, followed by nationalist Finns Party's Jussi Halla-aho at 16.1%, the data showed as counting continued. A second-round run-off will be held on Feb. 11 if no candidate obtains more than 50% of the votes in Sunday's election.