Voting districts 

A municipality forms a voting district unless there are grounds for dividing it into several voting districts. The local council determines the voting districts. When making the decision, the changes in the municipal division entering into force in the beginning of the following calendar year shall be taken into account. The local council also determines which voting district those persons who do not have a registered place of residence in the Population Information System belong to.

The decision concerning the voting districts enters into force on 15 October, provided that the decision is made and notified to the local register office in the manner specified by the office in April of the same year at the latest. If a decision is made or notified to the local register office later, it enters into force on 15 October the following year. (247/2002)

If a decision to change the municipal division is made after the decision determining the voting districts, the local council or, where a ministry has made the decision, the local executive shall without undue delay review the voting district division.

A decision on the voting districts that has been notified to the local register office shall be observed regardless of an appeal submitted to an administrative court until the resolution of the appeal, unless the administrative court rules otherwise. A decision of the administrative court on the appeal is not subject to appeal. (247/2002)