County elections and municipal elections on Sunday 13 April 2025

County elections and municipal elections will be held simultaneously on Sunday 13 April 2025. The advance voting period is from 2 to 8 April 2025 in Finland and from 2 to 5 April 2025 abroad.

In the county elections, voters will elect councillors to the county councils that decide on the organisation and provision of health, social and rescue services in the wellbeing services counties, while in the municipal elections, voters will elect councillors to the municipal councils that decide on the activities and finances of municipalities.

Residents of Helsinki and Åland are an exception 

Residents of Helsinki and Åland will not vote in the county 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.

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.   

Who can vote in county elections and municipal elections? 

In the 2025 county elections, citizens of Finland, other EU Member States, Iceland and Norway who reside in a wellbeing services county and reach the age of 18 years on election day 13 April 2025 at the latest are entitled to vote. In addition, other foreign citizens aged 18 or over who reside in a wellbeing services county are entitled to vote if they have resided in Finland uninterruptedly for at least two years. Residents of Helsinki do not have the right to vote in the county elections.

In the 2025 municipal elections, citizens of Finland, other EU Member States, Iceland and Norway who reside in the municipality in question and reach the age of 18 years on election day 13 April 2025 at the latest are entitled to vote. In addition, other foreign citizens aged 18 or over who reside in the municipality are entitled to vote if they have resided in Finland uninterruptedly for at least two years.