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Recent issues Confirmed results of county and municipal elections now available online Type: Press release Publication date: 16.4.2025 21.59 Election day for county and municipal elections is Sunday 13 April 2025 Type: Press release Publication da...

The Election Unit of the Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice Matters relating to elections and political parties are dealt with at the Ministry of Justice within the Department for Democracy and Public Law’s unit for Democracy and Elections. T...

Political Parties A party is a registered association entered into the party register kept by the Ministry of Justice. Parties are non-profit associations whose main purpose is to influence public issues. One usually becomes a member through a loc...

Appeal Against Election Results Decisions on the confirmation of the results of the first and second presidential elections are not subject to appeal. In other elections these decisions may, however, be appealed against to a regional administrativ...

General Information In Finland through general elections are elected the Parliament, the President of the Republic, the councils of the municipalities (310), and 13 Members of the European Parliament. The foundation of the Finnish election legisla...

Development of the Election Information System The Election Information System is a key tool in conducting general elections. The Election Information System is used, for example, for the registration of eligible voters, nomination of candidates, ...

Processing of personal data in the services of the Ministry of Justice The Ministry of Justice processes personal data in order to comply with a legal obligation or, in certain situations, to perform a task carried out in the public interest or ba...

Right to Vote and Compilation of the Voting Register Right to vote Regardless of domicile, every Finnish citizen who has reached the age of 18 not later than on the day of the election is entitled to vote. Voting register The Digital and Populatio...

Election Results Counting the Advance Votes The constituency electoral committees begin counting the advance votes on election day at 3 p.m. at the earliest (for a particular reason at noon at the earliest). The brown ballot envelopes sent from th...

Electronic voting in Finland The electronic voting experiment The project to introduce electronic voting was started in 2005. Before the project was started the Ministry of Justice outlined the broad guidelines for electronic voting in three memor...

Eligibility and nomination of candidates in county elections Candidate eligibility and nomination of candidates A person is eligible to stand as a candidate in county elections if the person resides in the wellbeing services county in question (me...

To hold the best elections in the world, we need to work together – and prevent election interference Elections form the foundation of a democratic society. In a representative democracy, voters elect the political decision-makers who decide on im...

Eligibility and nomination of candidates in municipal elections Candidate eligibility A person is eligible to stand as a candidate in municipal elections if the person's municipality of residence is the municipality in question, the person has the...

16.4.2025 | The recount of the votes cast in the county elections and municipal elections is now complete. The confirmed results are available in the Information and Result Service of the Ministry of Justice. 

31.7.2018 | DIRECTIVES COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2013/1/EU of 20 December 2012 amending Directive 93/109/EC as regards certain detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Unio...

4.4.2025 | The 2025 county elections and municipal elections will be held simultaneously, but they are two separate elections. The Ministry of Justice has published communication materials providing examples that will help voters know what to do when they go to a polling station. 

10.4.2025 | Sunday 13 April is election day for the 2025 county elections and municipal elections. Polling stations will be open on election day from 9.00 to 20.00. Preliminary results of the elections will be announced starting at 20.00.

23.4.2018 | Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights FINLAND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 17 April 2011 OSCE/ODIHR NEEDS ASSESSMENT MISSION REPORT 25-27 January 2011 Warsaw 15 February 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ................................

25.3.2025 | County elections and municipal elections will be held simultaneously on Sunday 13 April 2025. The advance voting period is from 2 to 8 April 2025 in Finland and from 2 to 5 April 2025 abroad.

5.6.2024 | According to preliminary data, 1 087 560 votes were cast in advance in the 2024 European elections. This means that approximately 25,3 per cent of eligible voters residing in Finland voted in advance.