Holding the Election

The Ministry of Justice is responsible for carrying out the election.

In addition to the Ministry of Justice statutory duties are carried out by

• the Electoral District Committee of Helsinki (candidate nomination and confirmation of the election result in the whole country)
• all electoral district committees (counting of the result)
• the central election committees of the municipalities (the arrangements for the election in the municipalities),
• election committees (voting on election day on the polling stations),
• election commissioners (advance voting at advance polling stations)
• electoral commissions (voting in prisons, hospitals etc. and voting at home)
• The Population Register Centre and local register offices (duties in connection to the voting register)