Voting in county elections and municipal elections
County elections and municipal elections are held simultaneously. You can vote in both elections during a single visit to a polling station. However, you can also visit a polling station twice to vote in the elections on different occasions or only exercise your right to vote in either of the elections.
You can vote in county elections and municipal elections in one of the following ways:
Voting on election day
On election day, you may only vote at the polling station stated in the voting register and in the polling card sent to you before the elections. Polling stations are open on election day from 9.00 to 20.00. Read more: Voting on election day
Voting in advance
Instead of voting on election day, you may vote in advance at any of the general advance polling stations in Finland or abroad. The advance voting period begins on the 11th day before election day and ends in Finland on the 5th day and abroad on the 8th day before election day. Read more: Voting in advance
Voting at institutions
Advance voting is also organised at institutions, such as hospitals, residential homes for older people, prisons and garrisons. Only persons being treated at or admitted to these institutions may vote there.
At-home voting
If your ability to move or function is limited to the degree that you are unable to go to an advance polling station or your election day polling station without unreasonable difficulty, you may vote in advance in your own home. You must register for at-home voting with the central municipal election board of your municipality of residence at least one day before the beginning of the advance voting period, in other words on the 12th day before election day at the latest.
Postal voting
Eligible voters residing or staying abroad during the elections may vote by post from abroad. Read more: Postal voting