Jyväskylän maalaiskunta and Korpilahti, for their part, on January 1, 2009.
The city council in Jyväskylä is the main decision making body in local level. Its 75 members are elected every fourth year in municipal elections. The city council elects the mayor. The current mayor is Markku Andersson. He is the former mayor of Lappeenranta
