Election day for county and municipal elections is Sunday 13 April 2025

Sunday 13 April is election day for the 2025 county elections and municipal elections. Polling stations will be open on election day from 9.00 to 20.00. Preliminary results of the elections will be announced starting at 20.00.

The 2025 county elections and municipal elections will be held simultaneously, but they are two separate elections. In the county elections, voters may only vote for a candidate standing for election in their own wellbeing services county, while in the municipal elections, voters may only vote for a candidate standing for election in their own municipality of residence. The candidates and their candidate numbers can be found in the Information and Result Service of the Ministry of Justice. The lists of candidates will also be displayed in the voting booths.

Residents of Helsinki will only vote in the municipal elections. The City of Helsinki and Åland do not belong to any wellbeing services county but are responsible for organising health, social and rescue services in their area themselves, which means that residents of Helsinki and Åland will not vote in the country elections. Municipal elections are not conducted in Åland at the same time as elsewhere in Finland, but the next municipal elections will be held there in autumn 2027.  

Voting on election day is possible at the polling station specified in the polling card

On election day, voters can only vote at the polling station of their own voting district. The polling card tells each voter where to vote on election day. A voter can also find their polling station using the Polling Station Service run by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.

Polling stations will be open on election day from 9.00 to 20.00. If there is a queue at a polling station at 20.00, all those who have arrived at the polling station by that time will still be allowed to vote.