National candidate register 

The Ministry of Justice establishes a register which contains all the candidates included in the master lists of candidates in the entire country in the elections in question or the candidates in the list of presidential candidates (national candidate register). 

The authority processing the candidate applications shall, on the 38th day before the election day of the presidential election and on the 31st day before the election day of other elections, ensure that the national candidate register contains the information given about a candidate in the master list of candidates or in the list of presidential candidates, as well as the candidate’s age on the election day and personal identity code.

The information contained in the candidate register is available free of charge to the candidate, the party and joint list that nominated the candidate, and to the authorities referred to in this Act.

If necessary, the Ministry of Justice provides a printout of the national candidate register containing the information concerning each candidate in a certain electoral district or municipality that is included in the master list of candidates. The Ministry shall ensure that a sufficient number of printouts are distributed to the central municipal election boards, electoral commissions, election officials of the advance polling stations in Finland as well as to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to be distributed to the Finnish diplomatic missions and Finnish ships serving as advance polling stations.