Schedule for the 2023 parliamentary elections
Election day for the 2023 parliamentary elections is Sunday 2 April 2023. Accordingly, the other important dates are as follows:
- Date for confirming the number of parliamentary seats in each electoral district: Monday 31 October 2022
- The postal voting documents can be ordered starting: Monday 2 January 2023
- Date for collecting data for the voting register (to determine the municipality in which each person is entitled to vote): Friday 10 February 2023
- Deadline for submitting candidate applications: Tuesday 21 February 2023 by 16.00
- Date for confirming the nomination of candidates: Thursday 2 March 2023
- The voting register becomes legally valid: Tuesday 21 March 2023
- Registration for at-home voting ends: Tuesday 21 March 2023 at 16.00
- Advance voting in Finland: 22–28 March 2023
- Advance voting abroad: 22–25 March 2023
- Confirmation of election results: Wednesday 5 April 2023