How to vote

Who can vote

Every Finnish citizen who is 18 by election day. Eligible voters are sent a polling card with their polling station and advance voting days.

On election day

Sunday, April 18, only at the polling station named on your polling card. Check vaalit.fi for polling hours.

Advance voting

At any general advance polling station in Finland from April 7 to 13, or abroad from April 7 to 10.

At home

If limited mobility makes it unreasonably difficult to get to a polling station, you can vote at home during advance voting. Register with the central municipal election board of your municipality by April 6, 2027 at 4 p.m.

From abroad

• Vote at an advance polling station abroad, April 7–10.
• Or vote by post if you are abroad for the whole advance voting period and on election day. Order postal voting documents from the Ministry of Justice (from Jan 18, 2027); post your vote from abroad with enough postage to the central municipal election board of your voting municipality. Check vaalit.fi for the postal voting deadline. A postal vote is final.

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