Schedule for the presidential election

The next presidential election will be held on Sunday 27 January 2030.

According to the Finnish Constitution the President of the Republic is elected by a direct vote for a term of six years. The election day in the first round is the fourth Sunday of January. If none of the candidates has received a majority of the votes cast, a new election shall be held on the second Sunday after the first election between the two candidates who received most votes in the first election.