County elections and municipal elections

County elections and municipal elections will be held simultaneously in April 2025. By casting a vote, you can influence who will decide on important matters that affect the everyday lives of us all for the next four years.

• In the county elections, voters will elect representatives for county councils. County councils decide on the organisation and provision of health and social services and rescue services in wellbeing services counties. 
• In the municipal elections, voters will elect representatives for municipal councils. Municipal councils decide on the activities and finances of municipalities. 

Residents of Helsinki will only vote in the municipal elections, because Helsinki does not belong to a wellbeing services county. The City of Helsinki is responsible for health and social services and rescue services in Helsinki.

Read more about county elections, municipal elections and voting on the page Frequently asked questions (to be published later).

Schedule for the 2025 county elections and municipal elections 

You can vote either in advance or on election day

Information about advance polling stations will be available in the Information and Result Service of the Ministry of Justice (as of the end of January 2025).

Your election day polling station will be specified on the polling card that will be sent to you before the elections. You can also search for your election day polling station based on your home address in the Polling Station Service run by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency starting on 18 March 2025.

If you have any questions about voting, you may contact the Elections Helpline free of charge (0800 9 4700 in Finnish and English or 0800 9 4771 in Swedish and English) or the WhatsApp message service (050 438 8730). The service will open on 13 January 2025.

Who can vote?

• In the 2025 county elections, citizens of Finland, other EU Member States, Iceland and Norway who reside in a wellbeing services county and reach the age of 18 years on election day 13 April 2025 at the latest are entitled to vote. In addition, other foreign nationals residing in a wellbeing services county are entitled to vote in the county elections under certain conditions. See more detailed information on the right to vote (to be published later). Residents of Helsinki do not have the right to vote in the county elections. 

• In the 2025 municipal elections, citizens of Finland, other EU Member States, Iceland and Norway who reside in the municipality in question and reach the age of 18 years on election day 13 April 2025 at the latest are entitled to vote. 

• In addition, other foreign nationals residing in the municipality are entitled to vote in the municipal elections under certain conditions. See more detailed information on the right to vote (to be published later).

More information on the right to vote in county elections and municipal elections (to be published later).

Polling card 

If you have the right to vote, a polling card will be sent to you before the elections. Polling cards will be sent by post or electronically via Suomi.fi service. For more information about the service, please see suomi.fi/viestit.

FAQ, or frequently asked questions (to be published later)