Postal voting

Persons living or staying abroad during the entire advance voting period and on election day may vote by post from abroad in general elections. If you are eligible to vote and wish to vote by post, you must order the postal voting documents to an address abroad. You may then cast your vote and send it back to the central municipal election board of residence or population registration municipality in Finland.

To order the documents, use the link in the column on the right.                              

Your postal vote must arrive at the central municipal election board of your municipality of residence or population registration municipality by 19.00 on Friday 7 June 2024.
 

Here is what you should do:

Things to take into account when voting by post

Once the voter has posted the postal vote covering envelope to Finland, the vote has been cast and the voter can no longer vote in the elections in question, for example at a mission abroad or at a polling station in Finland. A postal vote is final, in the same manner as all other votes, and it cannot be changed or replaced later.

The same standards apply for postal voting as for regular voting taking place before election authorities. For example, voting more often than once or in another person’s name is an offence punishable under the Criminal Code, as is influencing another person's voting by violence or threat of violence.

Make sure that your contact details are up-to-date

The Digital and Population Data Services Agency sends a notice of right to vote (polling card) to all eligible voters whose address is known. The polling card is sent to the voters around 1.5 months before the election day. The polling card indicates the address to which you must return your postal vote (the address of the central municipal election board of your municipality). Therefore, it is important that you make sure well in advance that your contact details are up-to-date in the Population Information System.

Read more on the website of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.

Instructional video on postal voting 

(YouTube)