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County and municipal elections The next county and municipal elections will be held on Sunday 15 April 2029. The confirmed results of the 2025 county and municipal elections are available in the Information and Result Service of the Ministry of Ju...

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...

Electoral rights of foreign nationals in municipal elections of Finland Right to vote In municipal elections of Finland, entitled to vote are Finnish citizens who reach the age of 18 years on election day at the latest and reside in Finland. In ad...

Electoral rights of Finnish citizens in municipal and local elections of other states Finnish citizens residing in another EU Member State, Iceland and Norway are, as a rule, eligible to vote and stand as candidates in municipal and local election...

Impact of text message reminders on voter turnout in county and municipal elections to be studied In connection with the 2025 county and municipal elections, the Ministry of Justice and the Prime Minister's Office sent text messages to eligible vo...

Municipal councils Municipal elections are held to elect the councillors of the municipalities. At the beginning of 2025 there are altogether 292 municipalities in continental Finland and 16 in the Province of Åland. Municipal elections are held e...

On Elections ‘General elections’ refer to elections in which the right to vote is universal. This means that all people who meet the statutory requirements are entitled to vote instead of the right to vote being restricted to cover only some speci...

Holding the Election Parliamentary elections in Finland follow the principles below: the elections are direct, secret and proportional the elections are general elections in which all voters have equal rights of voting each voter must casts his/he...

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...

Election Funding The Act on a Candidate’s Election Funding (273/2009) entered into force on 1 May 2009. The Act lays down provisions on candidate’s election funding and its disclosure in parliamentary elections, presidential elections, municipal e...

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 ...

Upcoming Elections 2024−2035 2026 No statutory elections. 2027 Parliamentary Elections 18th of April, 2027 2028 No statutory elections. 2029 County elections and municipal elections 15.4.2029 European Elections 10th of June, 2029 2030 Presidential...

Voting on Election Day On election day the polling stations are open between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. There is at least one polling station in every municipality, and the total number is approximately 2000. Voters may cast their votes at the polling stat...

Counting of the Election Results Counting the advance votes The electoral district committees begin counting the advance votes on election day at 3 p.m. at the earliest (on special grounds earlier, however at the earliest at 12 o’clock). The brown...

Communiqué sur les élections régionales et communales 2025 En Finlande, les élections régionales et communales se tiendront le dimanche 13/04/2025. Les conseils municipaux et les conseils régionaux des régions de bien-être sont élus tous les quatr...

Examples of voting in county and municipal elections On this page you can find: An example of voting in advance An example of voting on election day The examples below shows one way to vote. However, the practices followed at polling stations may ...

Right to vote in county and municipal elections The right to vote is determined in the same way in county and municipal elections. Right to vote in county elections In the county elections, a person who reaches the age of 18 years no later than on...

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...

Schedule for the 2027 parliamentary elections Election day for the 2027 parliamentary elections is Sunday 18 April 2027 . Accordingly, the other important dates are as follows: Saturday 31 October 2026 Date for confirming the number of parliamenta...