County elections and municipal elections will be held at the same time in April 13th, 2025. By voting, you can help choose who will make important decisions that affect our daily lives for the next four years.

Municipal elections

In the municipal elections, voters will choose representatives for municipal councils. Municipal councils decide on what municipalities do and how they spend money. Municipalities take care of things like schools, sports facilities, environmental issues and water supply services.

County elections

In the county elections, voters will choose representatives for county councils. County councils decide how health and social services and rescue services are organized and provided in wellbeing services counties.

Who can vote?

The right to vote is the same in county elections and municipal elections.

If you have the right to vote, a voting rights notice will be sent to you before the elections. Voting rights notices will be sent by post or electronically via Suomi.fi service. For more information about the service, please see suomi.fi/messages.

You can vote in the county and municipal elections if you are over 18 years old or turn 18 by election day, April 13, 2025. Additionally, one of the following conditions must be met:

• you are a citizen of Finland and have a home municipality in Finland, or
• you are a citizen of an EU country, Iceland or Norway and have a home municipality in Finland, or
• you are a citizen of another country and have had a home municipality in Finland continuously for at least two years.

Who can you vote for?

In the county elections you can vote for a candidate from your wellbeing services county. Your wellbeing services county is the area where your home municipality is located. In the municipal elections you can vote for a candidate from your home municipality.

Political parties and voter associations nominate candidates for county and municipal elections.

You can find information about candidates from your wellbeing services county and municipality in newspapers, on TV and on the internet, for example.

Schedules

You can vote in the elections either in advance or on the actual election day.

• Election day is Sunday, April 13, 2025. Read more about voting on election day.
• Advance voting in Finland is from April 2 to April 8, 2025. Read more about advance voting.
• Advance voting abroad is from April 2 to April 5, 2025.
• Registration for home voting is by April 1, 2025, before 4 PM.