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Right to Vote and Compilation of the Voting Register Right to Vote Entitled to vote in European Elections held in Finland are 1) regardless of domicile every Finnish citizen who has reached the age of 18 not later that on the day of the election, ...

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...

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...

Right to vote Every Finnish citizen who has reached eighteen years of age has the right to vote in presidential elections. Voting register The Digital and Population Data Services Agency compiles a computer register of everyone entitled to vote (v...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

Postal voting Persons living or staying abroad during the entire advance voting period and on election day may vote by post from abroad in general elections. If you are eligible to vote and wish to vote by post, you must order the postal voting do...

Voting in advance The advance voting begins on Wednesday eleven days before election day and ends abroad on Saturday eight days and in Finland on Tuesday five days before election day. General advance polling stations where any person entitled to ...

Voting and Polling Stations Voting in the European Elections In the European Elections you can vote either on election day from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. or in advance during the advance voting period Instructions on how to vote Hidden

Voting and Polling Stations Voting in the Presidential Elections In the Presidential Elections you can vote either on election day from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. or in advance during the advance voting period Voting and Polling Stations Voting in the Munic...

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...

Polling stations in parliamentary elections The notice of right to vote states the election day polling station for each eligible voter. A list of advanced polling stations close to the voter’s place is residence is enclosed to the notice. Informa...

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. 

8.2.2024 | The second round of the presidential election will take place on Sunday 11 February 2024. Polling stations will be open from 9.00 to 20.00. Preliminary results will be published on the evening of the election starting at 20.00.

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.

27.5.2024 | Advance voting in the elections to the European Parliament, or European elections, will be conducted in Finland from 29 May to 4 June 2024 and abroad between 29 May and 1 June 2024. However, many of the advance polling stations located abroad are open for a shorter period than this. The election day is Sunday 9 June 2024.

15.1.2024 | Advance voting in the 2024 presidential election will be conducted from 17 to 23 January 2024 in Finland and from 17 to 20 January 2024 abroad. The election day is Sunday 28 January 2024. 

24.1.2024 | According to preliminary data, 1 882 670 votes were cast in advance in the 2024 presidential election. This means that 44 per cent of eligible voters residing in Finland voted in advance.

30.1.2024 | A second round will be conducted in the presidential election as none of the candidates received more than half of the votes in the first round. The candidates in the second round are Alexander Stubb representing the National Coalition Party with candidate number 8 and Pekka Haavisto representing a constituency association with candidate number 10. The candidate numbers are the same as in the first round.