Distribution and notification of master list of candidates and list of presidential candidates 

The constituency electoral committee shall distribute a sufficient number of master lists of candidates in parliamentary elections

1) to the central municipal election boards in the electoral district in question to be distributed to the election boards, electoral commissions and election officials as well as to the local executives of the municipalities in the electoral district;

2) to other constituency electoral committees to be distributed to the central municipal election boards, election commissions and election officials of the general advance polling stations in these electoral districts;

3) to the polling representatives of parties, joint lists and constituency associations not belonging to a joint list which have nominated candidates in the electoral district;and to the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, to be distributed to the election officials of advance polling stations abroad. 

The master lists of candidates shall also be kept available to the public.

The central municipal election board shall inform the voters of the master list of candidates in municipal elections, or of the information therein, or of where the master list can be viewed in the manner in which municipal notices are normally made public as well as by displaying a notice in the meeting facilities of the central electoral committee. A sufficient number of the master lists shall be distributed well before the elections to the local executive, the election boards, the electoral commissions and the election officials in the general advance polling stations located in the municipality. In addition, the master lists shall be distributed to the polling representatives of the parties, joint lists and constituency associations not belonging to a joint list which have nominated candidates. The master lists shall also be kept available to the residents of the municipality. (563/2015)

The constituency electoral committee of Helsinki is responsible for distributing the master list of candidates in elections to the European Parliament and the list of presidential candidates in compliance with, as appropriate, the provisions in subsection 1 on the distribution of the master list of candidates in parliamentary elections. If the list of presidential candidates for the second round of the presidential election cannot be delivered to an advance polling station before the beginning of the advance voting in the second round, the election official and the electoral commission shall ensure that the information contained in the list of candidates is on display at the advance polling station as required by the Ministry of Justice.(247/2002)