Right to vote

In parliamentary elections, presidential elections and elections to the European Parliament, every Finnish citizen who has reached the age of 18 no later than on the election day is entitled to vote. In presidential elections, the voting age shall be reached no later than on the day of the first round of the presidential election.

In elections to the European Parliament, such a citizen of another Member State of the European Union is also entitled to vote who has reached the age of 18 no later than on the election day and whose municipality of residence referred to in the Municipality of Residence Act (201/1994) is in Finland or who works for the European Union or another international organisation in Finland or is a family member of such a person, and whose personal information has been entered in the Population Information System in the manner referred to in the Act on the Population Information System and the Certificate Services of the Population Register Centre (661/2009). However, a person who has lost his or her right to vote in the country of which he or she is a citizen (home state), due to a court decision in an individual civil or criminal matter, is not entitled to vote in Finland. (1213/2013)

Provisions on the right to vote in municipal elections are laid down in the Constitution of Finland and the Local Government Act. (563/2015)

Voting by proxy is not allowed.